Blacklight Banana
Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Garage ProjectStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special Out of Production
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Score
7.12
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For this year’s Rainbow Project collaboration with Garage Project we drew the colour indigo. After much research on both sides the idea that excited us all most was that of the Blacklight Banana. Ripe bananas uniquely glow bright indigo under UV lights, one possible reason for this being that it identifies them as a food source for animals that see in the UV range, like bats. Molasses, Caramelised Bananas, Banana Purée and Bourbon Barrel Aged Coffee Beans elevate this beer to something special. Find out more on our website at: http://www.sirencraftbrew.com/blacklight-banana-collaboration-with-garage-project/
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8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ Fermentoren, Aarhus. Pours balck with a brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, dark chocolate, cocoa, sweet fruit, banana, alcohol. Flavor is light sweet, malty, caramel, cocoa, chocolate, fruity, banana, light alcohol. Medium body, soft to average carbonation, sweet finish with light warming alcohol. 171016
Tried
on 17 Oct 2016
at 12:08
6/10
Tried
on 16 Oct 2016
at 16:05
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Cork & Cask. Black body with a thin beige head that gradually fades. Very faint lacing. Aroma of green banana, roasted malt and chocolate. Flavour of liquorice, flower petals and chocolate cake. Medium body with a creamy mouthfeel. Soft fizz. Sweet and simple but rather tasty. The banana is well integrated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2016
at 17:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap @ Fermentoren, Aarhus. Black with a brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, banana and chocolate. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish with warming alcohol. Oily. Even though I let it warm up the banana wasn’t too dominant. 141016
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Oct 2016
at 15:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Beer Gonzo, Online Store, Earlsdon, Coventry in my Rainbow Project box. Consumed at home making pizzas, Thursday 13th October 2016 Shark eye black with a beige head, incredibly the coffee with a little burnt caramel somehow manages to steal the show here. However the banana adds a lot of body here, really soft squidginess, just getting a bourbon hit. Getting a Mocha coffee, milkshake feel, love this. A8 A4 T8 P5 Ov17 4.2
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2016
at 14:30
8/10
Tried
on 09 Oct 2016
at 20:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml bottle from Honest Brew, shared with the Mrs. Was looking forward to this one after reading the description, sounded like it could be very interesting. In the end, I found it to be just a decent banana flavoured strong stout, so was a little disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2016
at 11:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren. Unclear very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma roasted malt, dark fruit, little banana, yeast, notes of phenols and a little chocolate. Flavour is malt, dark fruit, yeast, notes of phenols, little metallic, little chocolate, caramel, notes of sourness, medium sweet, little bitter and wood.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2016
at 11:10
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Euston Tap. Black. Low carbonation. Some aoy sauce, heavy roast, alcohol on the palate and in the aroma. A little banana l, and this is sweet, along with some soy sauce. Banana mostly in the finish. Very rich. Good. A little acidic at the end.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Oct 2016
at 20:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at casc. It pours jet black with a medium tan head. The aroma is rich roasted malt, coffee, rather fruity, big banana split character, cacao nibs, dark chocolate, light vanilla and toffee. The taste is rich, yet smooth, slick, roasted malt, coffee, vanilla, fruity, touch of banana (not as much as aroma) some alcohol, dark chocolate, toasty, ash and charred wood with a toasty finish. Full body and moderate carbonation. Nice blend of flavours. Good fun.
Tried
on 08 Oct 2016
at 11:22