Readymade : Vacuum
Stillwater in Grand Mound, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Two Roads Brewing CompanySmoked / Rauchbier Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.22
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What is with the paradoxical term 'Black IPA' anyway? Whatever it is, we do love black beers.. also smoked beers, and of course everyone loves hops these daze.. A complex blend various smoked, caramel and subdued roasted malts lay the base for a combination of piney, dank and (dark) fruity hops.. While there is a lot to contemplate with this beast, just be sure to enjoy it without getting too sucked into its enigmatic composition.
Label Design Notes: The layout of the label reinforces the absurdity by recalling both early promotional materials from Braun and Alfred Stieglitz's photo of Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain".
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tandembrewer (2982) reviewed Readymade : Vacuum from Stillwater 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at What?s Brewing Beer Festival 2016, Stavanger. Pours black with dense beige head. Aroma of caramel, dark bread, some chocolate, some pine needles and herbs. Tastes bitter and fruity, medium bodied, dry mouth feel
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Readymade : Vacuum from Stillwater 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft. A black beer with a lazing brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, caramel, and smoke. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, smoke, and caramel, leading to a bitter finish, where a hint of chocolate appears.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Readymade : Vacuum from Stillwater 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draught @ BeerTemple, Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 250, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1012 RR. [ As Stillwater Readymade - Vacuum ].Hazy medium amber yellow color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, dark malt - roasted, fruity malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, fruity hops, smoked notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, smoke, dark malt, fruity malt, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20160902]
Tinus (5080) reviewed Readymade : Vacuum from Stillwater 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Brown colour, white head. Aroma of hops, malts, light chocolate. Malty flavour, light sweet, bitter, caramel and pine. Malty finish, caramel and loads of hops. Nice. Not very smoky though.
(from 35cL bottle @ Leuven Innovation, Leuven 2015)
MarcoDL (7854) reviewed Readymade : Vacuum from Stillwater 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at beertemple. Black pour. Aroma of smoked malt, mild roast, fresh fruity hop and toffee. Taste is creamy, with citrussy hop, licorice, mild roast, subtle smoke and some toffee. Tasty brew.
Borresteijn (12407) reviewed Readymade : Vacuum from Stillwater 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at OIBF’16. Black colour, beige head. Aroma of lots of roast, light smoke, pine, salmiak, liquorice. Flavour of salty liquorice, both salmiak and Dutch "boerderijdrop", heavy roast, light smoke, saltiness, some caramel sweetness, firm hoppy bitterness. Light to medium bodied. Good.
Jow (8309) reviewed Readymade : Vacuum from Stillwater 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at stags head although don’t really have time to be in bar right now. Blackish brown pour fine head. Nose is licorice and some smoke. Tastes of licorice, chocolate, birch beer, some pine, touch of salt. Ok body and carb. Pretty good brew doesn’t sing for me.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Readymade : Vacuum from Stillwater 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Rich deep dark brown coloured body with a small, but noticeable single centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of smoked meat, bacon and a touch of herbs with a good deal of roasted malt and earthiness. Medium-bodied; Strong grassy flavour at first that dies out and shows a lot of roasted characteristics, especially the malt and also some nice smoked flavours from the malt to some light citrus. Overall, a nice beer, even though I didn’t want to really like it, it was nice and definitely worth trying if you can find i! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Foggy Bottom, Eye St NW, Washington [DC] on 11-May-2016 for US$ 3,99 sampled at my hotel room in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on 21-May-2016.
danlo (13133) reviewed Readymade : Vacuum from Stillwater 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
330ml bottle from Mother Kelly’s. Black-brown colour with a foamy beige head leaving lacing. Aroma of smoked malt, roasted, woody, booze. Taste is roast malt, smoke, ash, chocolate & coffee, earthy, liquorice with some dark fruits.citrus & pine hop bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy roast bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Idiosynkrasie (17851) reviewed Readymade : Vacuum from Stillwater 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
355ml bottle. Darkest brown colour with average, late awakening, creamy, fairly lasting, moderately lacing, off-white to beige head. Slightly roasty, dark malty aroma, notes of dark chocolate, hints of black- and blueberry, very mild smokiness. Taste is roasty dark malty, slightly sweet, dark chocolately, notes of blackberry, blueberry, mild smokiness; soft and smooth, minimally sticky palate.