Rock City Black Rock

Black Rock

 

Rock City in Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands 🇳🇱

  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular
Score
6.70
ABV: 9.0% IBU: 15 Ticks: 4
Release your dark side met deze Imperial Cascadian Dark Ale. Subtiele geroosterde smaken van de SINIMAR®, met een frisse hopkick van Amarillo® en Simcoe®.

HOPS: Dynaboost Simcoe®, Amarillo®, Simcoe®
 

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7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at home, shared with James, 15th February 26. Pours black, aroma is roasted malts, taste is roasty, citrus and liquorice - decent and potent

Tried from Can on 18 Feb 2026 at 10:01


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

440ml can. Opaque, darkest brown colour with minimally late awakening, average, frothy, slowly diminishing, minimally lacing, beige head. Roasty, chocolately, dark malty and citrusy fruity, hoppy aroma, hints of coffee, cocoa, orange, mandarine, lemon, liquorice overtones. Taste is citrusy fruity and zesty bitter hoppy, mildly roasty and chocolately, dark malty basis, hints of cocoa, instant coffee, lemon, orange, mild coffee and hoppy bitterness, weak, citrusy tartness; a touch of liquorice in the finish, well hidden alcohol.
Oily-watery texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously minimally dry palate, fine, dense, soft, mildly prickly carbonation.
Relatively simple, seemingly light - acceptable.

Tried from Can from Hetbiermoment.nl on 28 Jan 2026 at 20:21


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

0.44 l can from 'SpeciaalBierPakket.nl'. Slightly hazy, very dark ruby to black with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, beige head. Sweetish, rather fruity-floral, slightly dank and a little roasty aroma of passion fruit, pineapple, mango and light coffee. Quite sweet, malty, gently bitter, slightly roasty, rather fruity-floral and a bit dank taste of passion fruit, mango, pineapple, some coffee and dark chocolate, followed by a medium long, gently roasty-bitter finish. Medium to full body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Really decent brew, quite intense, very much on the hoppy rather than the roasty side (apart from the finish).

Tried from Can from SpeciaalBierPakket.nl on 04 Jan 2026 at 17:53


5
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

From tap at Rock City, Amersfoort. Not what I expect from a 9% Black IPA. Thin, only mild roast, some fruity hoppy notes, orange. Lacks thick roast and piney hop.

Tried from Draft at Rock City Brewpub on 06 Dec 2025 at 22:42