Backcountry Black IPA
Deep River Brewing Company in Clayton, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
6.61
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This India Pale Ale is a big, black, hoppy monster, with everything you love about a traditional West Coast IPA while its dark chocolate roasted malts keep it true to its East Coast roots. Five different hop varieties, including two different dry hop additions. Add to the layering of hops in this beer and make it deliciously complex yet easy to drink. Sticky to the last drop.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
s: oatmeal - caramelised sugar - cereal a: rich oily black body - soapy light brown head t: citrusey - earthy - light coffee p: creamy - deep malts - alpha acids o: old-school - bitter & hoppy - straight-forward 16oz can - Trader Joe's (grocery): Morrisville/Cary, North Carolina - purchased: 10-June-2023 - US$2,75! - canned: 05-June-2023 (four days before purchase!) - tagline: 'it gets the people going' - sampled: 27-October-2023 (second to last beer before the 2023 USMC Marathon 2023!)
Tried
from Can
on 24 Sep 2024
at 06:01
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
Pine, grapefruit peel and chocolate malt aroma. Dark brown with large tan head. Moderately sweet chocolate malt, and strong bitter pine and grapefruit peel flavor. Good body and balance. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jan 2021
at 00:53
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Dark clear brown color, light tan head. Aroma of pine needles on a roasty background. Taste is bitter pine, burnt espresso. Tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Sep 2016
at 07:10
2.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Big can. Metalic aroma as it nears my lips. Taste is large barge and in charge. Bitter black almost licorice ipa, wew. Large foamy rocky head. So dark. Think burnt imperial iap. Kick in the face this is. Rude freacken nasty mahfah at the end. If you liek big black mouth coating ipa, you need to ignore my numbers adn give this a spin. Put your seatbelt on.
Tried
from Can
on 16 May 2016
at 15:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample at Hoof Hearted during the Dragonsaddle Triple IPA Can Release on 11/15/2015. The beer pours a dark brown color with a medium tan head that recedes steadily to a film. Short strings of lacing. Aroma of roast malt, hops and pine. Medium body with flavors of roasted malt, resiny hops and a touch of chocolate. The finish is malty up front with a short hoppy aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2015
at 21:03
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
16 ounce can from Beer Study, 4/1/15. Dark brown with a massive foamy tan head, most of the glass, a sign of something amiss. Aroma of tart fruits and roasted malt. The taste is chocolate, tart fruits, nuts. Thin bodied. Something is wrong here.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jun 2015
at 17:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampled at GABF 2013. Pours a watery black with some beige head. Nose is insane, tropical fruit, pine, malt, light bread crust, white grape. Flavor also has quite a bit of tropical fruit, candy, orange. Clean, piney finish. Very nice. Drinkable. Solid for the style.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Oct 2013
at 08:20