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Black Iris Brewery in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Special|
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7.10
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For our March band collaboration, we had the pleasure of inviting the incredible Codespeaker down to brew with us. Hailing from Edinburgh, this bruising post metal band first caught my ears while on tour with Hundred Year Old Man but cemented a friendship hanging out in the merch tent at Damnation Festival 2025.
For this beer, we’ve returned to one of our favourite styles here at Black Iris, the Black IPA. For me, there is no other beer style that encapsulates the kind of freedom and quest for innovation that thrived in the beer scene around 2014-18. We focused on pushing the initial pine bitterness in this beer with Cascade and Simcoe whole leaf in the boil, in good numbers to counteract the mat sweetness, while finishing El Dorado and Idaho 7 at pitch. The whole thing comes together with Strata T90 in conditioning.
Chocolate, pine, orange, whilst all at a smashable 5% for extra drinkability.
For this beer, we’ve returned to one of our favourite styles here at Black Iris, the Black IPA. For me, there is no other beer style that encapsulates the kind of freedom and quest for innovation that thrived in the beer scene around 2014-18. We focused on pushing the initial pine bitterness in this beer with Cascade and Simcoe whole leaf in the boil, in good numbers to counteract the mat sweetness, while finishing El Dorado and Idaho 7 at pitch. The whole thing comes together with Strata T90 in conditioning.
Chocolate, pine, orange, whilst all at a smashable 5% for extra drinkability.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can at Adrian's. Pours brown, nose is roasted piney, taste is pine, roast, bitter. 7 Time to put some codespeaker on!
Tried
on 25 Jun 2026
at 08:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Nice CDA. Pleasantly balanced overall, mellow roast, some orange peel, toasted pine, bit of cocoa. Somewhat tame but the balance is there and it’s well drinkable. Softly bitter linger in the finish.
Tried
from Can
from
Clapton Craft
on 18 Jun 2026
at 21:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from House Of Trembling Madness. Dark brown body with a thin beige head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. No visible carbonation. Aroma of coffee, orange and blueberry. Flavour of blueberry and chocolate. Medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. A solid low ABV black IPA.
Tried
from Can
at
House Of The Trembling Madness (Lendal)
on 04 Jun 2026
at 22:56
