Hoppy Bunny ABA
The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery in Farmville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.22
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The Duck-Rabbit Hoppy Bunny American Black Ale is both intensely hoppy and intensely black! Eight separate hop additions offer delicious bitterness and beguiling hop aroma/flavor. Heavily represented among these hops are Chinook, which provides deep pine and sticky citrus components, and a New Zealand hop called Motueka, from which we get bright fruit and spearmint notes.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle, Wine Warehouse, Charlottesville. Pours black with two-inches of brown head. Smells of dark fruits. Tastes on tangy pine, soap, and chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2013
at 04:33
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On draught at The Taphouse in Hampton. Pours a deep black color with a medium thick and foamy tan head that diminishes slowly. Patchy lacing on the glass. Aroma of piney hops, citrus and malt. Medium-bodied with flavors of resiny hops, toasted malt and citrus. The finish is malty up front with a piney hops aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 May 2013
at 20:44
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap. Pours opaque black with a small brown head and perfect lacing. Aroma is really roasty, with notes of pine and citrus as well. Flavor is about the same, lightly sweet, light bitter, quite roasted. Medium plus body, creamy mouthfeel. Nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Apr 2013
at 20:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Location: 12 oz bottle from Total Wine-McLean, 2/26/13
Aroma: The nose of this one is heavy roasted/burnt malts with some citrus/grapefruit hops too
Appearance: This one pours into the glass an opaque dark brown color with a long lasting, thick froth of lighter brown colored head that completely coats the glass in a sheet of lace
Flavor: Pretty balanced between the strong roasted malts, some burnt notes, and a bitter hop finish
Palate: The body is medium, it has a bit too much carbonation, and a lengthy, dry finish
Overall Impression: This is an interesting beer. It leans toward the burnt malt side, especially in this style, but it also has a a strong hop presence to balance out the malts. Works pretty well overall. On a completely unrelated note, the head retention is pretty spectacular as well.
Aroma: The nose of this one is heavy roasted/burnt malts with some citrus/grapefruit hops too
Appearance: This one pours into the glass an opaque dark brown color with a long lasting, thick froth of lighter brown colored head that completely coats the glass in a sheet of lace
Flavor: Pretty balanced between the strong roasted malts, some burnt notes, and a bitter hop finish
Palate: The body is medium, it has a bit too much carbonation, and a lengthy, dry finish
Overall Impression: This is an interesting beer. It leans toward the burnt malt side, especially in this style, but it also has a a strong hop presence to balance out the malts. Works pretty well overall. On a completely unrelated note, the head retention is pretty spectacular as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2013
at 12:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Deep dark brown coloured body with a thick, three centimetre tall deep brown head - the body being about 90% opaque! Aroma of sticky, pungent and very resinous hops that show a lot at first, then the scent dies down to licorice, anise, alcohol and tons of roasted malts. Medium-bodied; Assertive roasted malt with a good hop flavour, not overpowering, some pine and citrus notes and little else. Aftertaste shows a relatively simple roasted malt flavour, a hint of earthiness, but a lot of pine and grapefruit hop notes. Overall, surprisingly not as good as I’d expected, but with their high standards, that’s not a bad thing - this beer is good, just not great...good from a roasted malt perspective (no surprise) just not good from a hoppy perspective (once again, not what they’re known for). I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Total Wine in McLean, Virginia on 07-November-2012 for US$8.99/6 pack sampled at home in Washington on 27-January-2013.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2013
at 23:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dense black pour that throws up an equally dense, long lasting, tan head. Dark roasted malt aroma with some pine. Almost smoky. The flavor is as bitter as the bitterest stouts from the roast malt. I don’t care for roast malt bitterness to this degree, but if that’s your thing; you’ll probably love this one.
Tried
on 26 Oct 2012
at 16:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at lost dog cafe in McLean Virginia. Very dark with a long lasting tan head. Citrus with a strong roasted malt backbone. Mild but lasting hoppy aftertaste.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Aug 2012
at 15:51
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
On tap at Porter beer bar. Pours a black with a brown head that lasts throughout the beer with strong retention and laces nicely. Aroma has a nice combination of dark grains, pine hops and a bit of grassiness with just a hint of chocolate. Flavor begins with strong dark and roasted malts up front but is joined by a pine hoppiness and has even a hint of mint in the finish. Quite nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2012
at 09:37
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Sweet chocolate, fresh pine, dark roasted coffee aroma. Black with a large brown head and thick creamy lacing. Ashy espresso, sweet chocolate, and minty pine flavor. Medium body, crisp astringent dry finish. Outstanding Black IPA! Smelled so good I couldn’t quit sniffing, and then later I burped pine tree (yeah, I know I’m not too lady like sometimes).
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2012
at 16:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle. Pours a black color with a large beige head. A sweet fruity nose with some roast and chocolates. A sweet fruity and pine flavor with mandarin oranges, spearmint (yes, I read the description) very smooth. A bit of chocolates, mint chocolates really with oranges. Sounds decadent. A bit thin. Very smooth and tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2012
at 22:36