Noctambula
Brujos Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Rotating|
Score
7.64
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A 7.6% ABV Black IPA or Cascadian Dark Ale that balances a dry, roasted malt backbone with dank, resinous hop oils. Featuring a complex hop profile of Citra, Citra Cryo, NZ Cascade, Simcoe Cryo, and Riwaka, it offers an intense aroma with notes of espresso and dark resin.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home in the garden, 30th May 2026. Pours black. Taste is citrus, cocoa, toasted malts - white punchy - good
Tried
from Can
on 30 May 2026
at 10:35
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Undated can, ca. 4/7/26, drunk 5/27/26.
Nice mix of dark chocolate and resinous pine. Ample base malt rounds them both out, though. Coffee, grapefruit, pine lingering pleasingly in just enough quantity and without excessive acidity/resin and no overboiled hop. No alcohol noted. Clean and bright.
Rather roasty coffee character up front with some ash and char. Oily, with resin/pine undercurrents. Base malt is ample and does come through pretty quickly to soften and balance things. Juicy pine and white grapefruit still persist on the finish. Just aggressive enough to define the style without being obnoxiously resinous/roasty. That said, the benchmark for me is still S&S2 which has succulent base malt and juicy, bright pine and grapefruit notes. This one is getting there, but the flavors don't quite burst forth like Hill's masterpiece. That said, S&S2 is almost 2%abv higher, so can't expect quite as much intensity.
Nice mix of dark chocolate and resinous pine. Ample base malt rounds them both out, though. Coffee, grapefruit, pine lingering pleasingly in just enough quantity and without excessive acidity/resin and no overboiled hop. No alcohol noted. Clean and bright.
Rather roasty coffee character up front with some ash and char. Oily, with resin/pine undercurrents. Base malt is ample and does come through pretty quickly to soften and balance things. Juicy pine and white grapefruit still persist on the finish. Just aggressive enough to define the style without being obnoxiously resinous/roasty. That said, the benchmark for me is still S&S2 which has succulent base malt and juicy, bright pine and grapefruit notes. This one is getting there, but the flavors don't quite burst forth like Hill's masterpiece. That said, S&S2 is almost 2%abv higher, so can't expect quite as much intensity.
Tried
from Can
from
Half Time
on 27 May 2026
at 19:31
9/10
Tried
from Can
on 16 May 2026
at 11:41
8.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16oz can to go from Churchkey. This beer slaps. Translucent black, huge three fingers of beige head. Burnt toast, coffee grounds and leafy green hop on the nose. More vegetal than piney. Some grapefruit. Flavor really leads with leafy, grassy hop, pine and burnt toast are the backbone. Medium full, roasty, bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2026
at 01:08