Hop Noir
Titanic Brewery (UK) in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Oakham AlesIPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Special
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Score
6.59
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A very special limited-edition collaboration, brewed in partnership between England's largest brewer of stouts and porters Titanic Brewery, and legendary pioneers of New World hops, Oakham Ales.
Dark in colour, this Black IPA offers a rich hop aroma featuring a lineup of hops all from New Zealand: Taiheke, Waimea and Green Bullet. These flavours carry on throughout, with sweet roasty undertones on the finish.
The name Hop Noir is a nod to the little-known fact that the RMS Titanic’s first port of call was in fact France. The ship arrived off the coast of Cherbourg on the evening of April 10th to collect not only passengers but also 15,000 bottles of beer! The ship wasn’t there for long, and soon set sail into the dark night sea.
Dark in colour, this Black IPA offers a rich hop aroma featuring a lineup of hops all from New Zealand: Taiheke, Waimea and Green Bullet. These flavours carry on throughout, with sweet roasty undertones on the finish.
The name Hop Noir is a nod to the little-known fact that the RMS Titanic’s first port of call was in fact France. The ship arrived off the coast of Cherbourg on the evening of April 10th to collect not only passengers but also 15,000 bottles of beer! The ship wasn’t there for long, and soon set sail into the dark night sea.
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eurosoba (18570) ticked Hop Noir from Titanic Brewery (UK) 5 months ago
Tried
from Cask
at
Cavern of the Curious Gnome
on 04 Oct 2025
at 23:00
6.3
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Hop Noir from Titanic Brewery (UK) 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Gravity cask at the 28th St Albans Beer Festival, 26/09/25.
Extremely dark mahogany brown topped with a beige cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is earthy fruits, modest roast, charr, toffee.
Taste comprises herb, cocoa powder, charr, biscuit.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close spiked with mellow light earthy hop bitterness.
Passable CDA ... on the twiggy side of things ... expected from Titanic but hoped Oakham's influence would help ramp this one up!
Tried
on 26 Sep 2025
at 16:53