Vantablack
Pondaseta Brewing Company in Amarillo, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Rotating|
Score
6.51
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Vantablack is the deepest descent yet—an abyssal evolution of I Seek a Darkness, forged in collaboration with Bare The Mark. This Double Cascadian Dark Ale spent 24 relentless months aging in Willett bourbon barrels, emerging darker, heavier, and more consuming than before. Vantablack roars with layered notes of charred oak, bitter chocolate, resinous pine, and espresso, all wrapped in a slow-burning bourbon warmth.
This is not a beer that fades quietly—it looms, it resonates, it consumes. Turn it up, & stare into the void.
This is not a beer that fades quietly—it looms, it resonates, it consumes. Turn it up, & stare into the void.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can shared by ClarkVV. Opaque, dark brown, light viscosity, no head or lacing.Aroma pine over roasted malt & bourbon.Taste tart pine(?), followed by bourbon.Thin, frothy texture, soft carbonation, finish as taste.Too many ideas that don’t play well together
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jun 2026
at 23:22
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Undated can drunk 6/20/26.
Pine and grapefruit with a gentle bourbon spice. A bit of chocolate and roast, no big malt, seemingly very dry. But no booze. Hint of soft, juicy greenery.
Big, big whiskey, oak, alcohol. Had a lot of Willett and that's not Willett, that's just booze. Dry, too much so, with piney hops and alcohol lingering. Bitter and too thin. This needs so much more malt to balance the IBU, alcohol and whatever this burning tannin is.
Pine and grapefruit with a gentle bourbon spice. A bit of chocolate and roast, no big malt, seemingly very dry. But no booze. Hint of soft, juicy greenery.
Big, big whiskey, oak, alcohol. Had a lot of Willett and that's not Willett, that's just booze. Dry, too much so, with piney hops and alcohol lingering. Bitter and too thin. This needs so much more malt to balance the IBU, alcohol and whatever this burning tannin is.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 20 Jun 2026
at 22:56