Enlightenment Series Black the RIPA
Renaissance Brewing in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand 🇳🇿
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Series Out of Production|
Score
7.30
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Next, for the IPA part, we use a generous amount of New Zealand grown hops- both Kiwi and American varieties - throughout the boil and in the hopback. To finish it, and add the last blast of flavour and aroma, we dry hop in the fermenter with another generous blend of Kiwi hops.
The result, a dark, flavoursome IPA full of fruit, flower, and citrus with just a hint of earthy spice.
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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Missed rate from 19.2.2016. Uncontrollable beige head sat on a totally black still body. Massive hop aroma - huge! Quite thick on the palate with a prickly feel. Full on hops flavours with a rye background. Citrus, earthy, slightly metallic, lemon pith - very clean on the palate. Absolutely fantastic beer
Rich, roasted and hoppy, and plenty carbonated.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Shared bottle. Pours almost black with a foamy tan head. Aroma is a bit subdued, with some malt and rye notes. Taste is more pronounced with rye, roasted malt, earth, plenty of dark chocolate, citrus, and pine. Very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Hundholmen, Bod�. The colour is deep dark reddish brown to black with a beige head. Aroma of grapefruit, pine, coffee beans, dark chocolate, grass and rye bread. Lots of pine the flavour along with grapefruit, grass and with ash and dark chocolate in the background. Has a slick mouth feel, medium bitterness and heavy bitterness. Both well hopped and roasted, but the latter is losing the battle. Very tasteful and a little bit unbalanced.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draft at Zeezicht, Breda. Dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of fruity hops, roast, dark chocolate, grassy notes and caramel. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
500ml bottle at 6.66%. Pours very dark brown with a glorious head. Lots of spice, ginger, cardamom, vanilla, plums, cherries, some brandy heat, some citrus and pine come through as it warms, little bit of toast near the end. Good full body. Fantastic.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Lukt: Kaffe, citrus og honning.
Utseende: Sort.
Skum/kullsyre: Tykt skum.
Smak: Kaffe, citrus og honning.
Hvor: Kjøpt@VP Bryne, Nydt@Hjemme.
Medium: Flaske@330ml, ABV@6,66%, Når@18.12.2016
Kommentar: Flaskens label sier "Renaissance Enlightenment Series Black the RIPA" men både ABV og tekst på flasken peker mot at det er "Renaissance Enlightenment Series Fresh Hopped Black the RIPA" på 6.66% ABV. Ratet som denne da resten av etiketten ikke stemmer med Fresh hopped.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at Craft Beer Rising 2014 - London. Pours clear, dark brown with a creamy, tan head. The nose holds burnt bread, pine, earth. Light sweet flavour with big torched earth character, more ash, burnt pine, charred malts. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with robust bitterness, more earth, baking cocoa, scorched pine. Not bad, but too ashy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
50cl bottle from Pipetown Traders pours a murky black with some creamy, tan head. Nose has a lot of toast, rubber, citrus peel, heavy pine, soap, bread crust. Flavor is sweet with malt and dark chocolate, rubbery, soapy, dried orange peel. Full bodied, bitter finish.
