Release the Hounds
Big Rig Brewery in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
6.56
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Gluepot (959) reviewed Release the Hounds from Big Rig Brewery 5 months ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 15
A thin tan head on a brown/black body. The nose is faint, with elements of coffee, oats and a hint of citrus hops. The taste is well rounded and roasty. There is medium bitterness coffee, lactose, a touch of chocolate and some earthy hoppiness. The body is quite rich for the ABV and the moderate carbonation is appropriate to the style. A nice middle of the road black IPA
Robinvboyer (8037) reviewed Release the Hounds from Big Rig Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Black pour, big mocha head. Light pine resin aroma, with a copious amount of roasted malt, and some coffee. Medium. Bitterness, not sure there is enough hop presence to make this a black ipa and not a hoppy American porter, but it’s still quite well done, and one of the better beers from this brewery that I’ve tried.
DSG (25977) reviewed Release the Hounds from Big Rig Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can sample at a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks Stas. Dark brown, tan head. Piney and resinous hops, citric, dark malts, some roast, ash, bitter finish, medium-bodied.
thorongil (8206) reviewed Release the Hounds from Big Rig Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(can) clear, very dark brown colour with a small brown head; aroma of roast, hint of jam; balanced flavour with a long, medium bitter finish
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
473 ml can from a LCBO in Ottawa. Real black in the glass, with a more than one finger frothy pale beige head. Hopy with some licorice and cat pee (sry ...) on the nose. Taste is crisp hopy, licorice, dark malty, hopy bitterness, later adding some citrus elements. Really nice.
omhper (44752) reviewed Release the Hounds from Big Rig Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Keg at Big Rig Brewery, Ottawa. Near black with rich creamy head. Chocolate, tar and citrus up front. Mid sweet with medium-full body and dense, rounded mouthfeel. Caramel, chocolate and licorice. Tarry bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
2 canettes reçues en cadeau d’un ami... Le nez est composé d’agrumes, de chocolat amer et de cannabis. Il me rappelle aussi la terre humide. En bouche, les noix et la torréfaction se mêlent de la partie. C’est très bien équilibré mais ça ne goûte vraiment pas ce que ça sent. Merci, car mon expérience passée à manger du "pot" ne s’est vraiment pas bien terminée ;-( La finale est courte et bien amère, mais relativement douce pour le style.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Release the Hounds from Big Rig Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tasting at Matt’s, can
Dark brown color. Roasted malt and caramel aroma, hint of good coffee. There is some residual sugar, but the roastiness wins, quite aggressive, a bit too much in the final. Not bad.
BeerPlace (10899) reviewed Release the Hounds from Big Rig Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
473ml bottle at Matt’s. Pours a very dar brown with a beige head. Aroma is piney hops, burnt malt, slightly earthy. Taste is strong piney bitterness, burnt malt, with smokey notes. Quite aggresive, but not bad.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Release the Hounds from Big Rig Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can. Dark brown colour, though not a lot of head. The aroma has a fudgey dark malt character, with some earthy hop and a minty, anisey note. Has a spicy, anisey note, with sweet brown sugar and fudge. That spicy character is a bit over the top, but there’s just enough dark sugars to make it work.