Dark Depths
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Rotating|
Score
7.06
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Another entry into Sam Adams Small Batch Series – Dark Depths. Depths is a IPA or a hoppy porter brewed with a lager yeast for an interesting mesh of styles.
Across the cold and brackish waters of the Baltic, the English Porter was transferred, from a mild ale to a dark and complex lager that confounds definition. Immersed in dark, roasted malts and a bold citrus hop character, these big and contrasting flavors are brought together with the smoothness of a lager for a brew that’s bold, mysterious, and full of flavor.
Across the cold and brackish waters of the Baltic, the English Porter was transferred, from a mild ale to a dark and complex lager that confounds definition. Immersed in dark, roasted malts and a bold citrus hop character, these big and contrasting flavors are brought together with the smoothness of a lager for a brew that’s bold, mysterious, and full of flavor.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Dark brown color with a finger of beige head. Nice level of citrus hops and the malt character reminds me of the Boston lager. The heavier roasted malt presence integrates very well... nicely done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2012
at 19:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours with a near black hued body and mediums sized brown head that leaves great lace and is very retentive. Aromas are of coffee, chocolatey roast, earthy, light caramel, flan, floral, flowery, lightly spicy. Flavors are medium bitter, sweet, lightly metallic, chocolate, resin, bready, dry and tin like. Bitter, roasty and bready. A bit lifeless. Medium to medium low carbonation. Medium to low body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2012
at 15:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Flaska från SB. Mörkt brunröd och beige stort skum som bildar fina gardiner. Fantastiskt fin fruktig doft av söt besk grapemarelad, plommon och mörkt fruktbröd. Rejäl grapebeska och sötma. Skulle kalla detta för en mörk västkust barley wine om den hade varit lite starkare. Malten finns i bakgrunden och skaper en porterrund len munkänsla och slipar av kanterna på beskan och skapar balans. En liten lakriston i eftersmaken är också riktigt fin. Kalasgott!
Tried
on 31 Oct 2012
at 06:49
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled, from Systembolaget. Clear dark mahogany colour, mid sized head. Aroma of molasses and peppermint, slight grapefruit. Sweet with medium-full body and rounded mouthfeel. Molasses, caramel and soy sauce. Some salt and coffee. Resiny bitterness. Unpolished and sticky.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2012
at 06:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
1 pt 6 fl oz bottle at Dahlberg. Pours thick black with a small an head. Aroma is toasted malty and crisp hoppy. Bitter, dry and crisp hoppy. Grapefruity and light pine. Bitter and dry nto a toasted malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2012
at 19:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from SB cons 2012-10-12 Göteborg AR: chocolate, coffey, roasted malt, grape, AP: deep ruby, high frothy steady coffey beige head, great lacings - many layers F: russit Apples, smokey, roasted malt, chocolate, grape fruit, caramel fudge, some vanilla, funky fruitiness that I usually don’t like but this time ig was very appeling ;)
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2012
at 10:45
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a black color with a longlasting off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate licorice and caramel aroma with some weak hoppy hints. Roasted malty chocolate and licorice flavor with hoppy hints. Has a roasted malty licorice and chocolate finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2012
at 06:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled@SBWF2012. Close to black colour, small off-white head. Aroma is spices, mild raisins, fruits, roasted malts and some alcohol. Flavour is very similar with some mild floral and winelike notes in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2012
at 00:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bomber courtesy of Ida (non-RB). Pours black with a small beige head that doesn’t leave much trace while dissipating. Smell is slightly sweet with roasted malts, caramel, burnt cookies, lemon zest, freshly cut grass, liquorice root, grapefruit juice and toffee.Taste is slightly sweet adm bitter with grapefruit rinds, dark bread, roasted malts, dark roast coffee, pine, freshly cut grass, burnt wood, liquorice root and toffee.Mouthfeel is slightly round and medium bodied. Finish is slightly sweet and malty with grapefruit rinds, roasted malts, burnt caramel, wood, freshly cut grass and toffee.
Tried
on 09 Oct 2012
at 15:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ SBWF’12
Pours dark brown with a bubbly light brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, grainy notes, old hops, sweet syrup. Taste is sticky and malty with roasty and fruity notes. Bitter and roasty finish with grainy and fruity notes. A bit unbalanced black IPA.
Pours dark brown with a bubbly light brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, grainy notes, old hops, sweet syrup. Taste is sticky and malty with roasty and fruity notes. Bitter and roasty finish with grainy and fruity notes. A bit unbalanced black IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2012
at 07:41