Something Something Darkside
Weird Beard Brew Co. in London, Greater London, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
7.64
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“This is a beer that has lost its way, like a young skull with no real identity. An innocent pale beer that wanted more. A strong hoppy IPA that fell in with the wrong crowd, tempted in by the darkness, by the decadence of the imperial stouts. Sweet, thick and roasty, yet high on hop aroma and flavour. This is something you have never tried before, and possibly should never try. But you will, you will give in to temptation, and you will succumb to its influences, come to the dark side.
Drink fresh for a big hop hit from the Simcoe, Citra, Pacific Gem and Columbus dry hops. But a complex malt backbone including chocolate malt, roasted barley, oats and what, along with honey and molasses, means this beer will age well.”
Drink fresh for a big hop hit from the Simcoe, Citra, Pacific Gem and Columbus dry hops. But a complex malt backbone including chocolate malt, roasted barley, oats and what, along with honey and molasses, means this beer will age well.”
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home, 5th April 14. Smells of burnt caramel, molasses. Taste is creme brûlée, burnt sugar, molasses some bitterness. Strange but quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2014
at 01:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
On tap at The Craft Clerkenwell. Well it’s big in terms of punch. No heat just a little sting on the finish. But you know the alcohol is there. Black as night beer no real head. Dark chocolate on the aroma. Surely this is an imperial stout. I mean this has nothing in the same terms as an ipa. Touch of sour on the aroma. Some hop on the finish. For me it’s a slightly watery bodied slightly failed impy stout.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Mar 2014
at 10:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Pigs Ear 2013 - London. Pours black with a frothy tan cap. Good dark malt aroma with accents of burnt pine, coconut and grapefruit. Medium sweet flavor with a bit of alcohol punch, dry cocoa, dried citrus fruits, dirt. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Good condition. Finishes with charred dark malts, dark fruits, warming alcohol and torched wood. A manly black IPA, this.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Feb 2014
at 01:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at Brewdog Camden, London. A black coloured pour with virtually no head to speak of. Hoppy, roasty, pine aroma. Tastes similar, slightly hoppy, roasty, pine, some citrus fruit with a bitter ending. Pretty good but I was expecting something much better.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2014
at 12:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Pours jet black with a large head. Aroma is strong, sweet pine. Taste has lots of piney hops and a touch of roast. Bit of pineapple on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2014
at 14:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at The Sheffield Tap; dark black pour with thin tan head, pine aroma, taste has pine with some earthiness along with dark fruits and some roasted malts and chocolate.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Feb 2014
at 11:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle at home sourced from sourced market. Opaque black / dark caramel with a lasting light tan head. Aroma is cream caramel, coffee, soft roast and piney citrus hop. Flavour is big bold caramel, biting roast, pine hop and solid assertive grapefruit bitterness. Palate is big full sticky creamy. Finish carried a boozy kick and soft slightly astringent roast. Tasty big black ipa.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2014
at 12:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Jacks, Goring-on-Thames, Oxon, Tuesday 21st January 2014 consumed at Bath Marina Campsite, Saturday 25th January in Frank (camper) Pours black with creamy light beige head, some film. Hoppy roasty beer but wonderfully smooth. Some fresh green hop juice runs through the nose. Lovely roasty hoppy balance, warming indulgent and yet hoppy, its great. Soft in the mouth, strong, very strong but damn good, loving the hops. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.8
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2014
at 11:00
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
6th December 2013
Pigs Ear. Sold to me as a Double Black IPA. Opaque dark brown - black beer. Small bubbly tan head. Smooth dark malt and a little dark chocolate. Light tangy dark fruit underneath. Hops are spicy and piney and also carrying a little citrus. Finishes smooth with more hop spice that carries on well in to the aftertaste. Very nicely done (alleged) blend.
Pigs Ear. Sold to me as a Double Black IPA. Opaque dark brown - black beer. Small bubbly tan head. Smooth dark malt and a little dark chocolate. Light tangy dark fruit underneath. Hops are spicy and piney and also carrying a little citrus. Finishes smooth with more hop spice that carries on well in to the aftertaste. Very nicely done (alleged) blend.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2013
at 08:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Gravity dispense at Pigs Ear ’13, 05/12/13. Off black with a moderate tan covering that settles to form a swirl. Nose carries a boozey blast, pine waftings, earthy tropicals, grapefruit, cocoa, bitter roast. Taste comprises bitter grapefruit, nice roasted tones, burnt toffee, earthy, tangy hop presence, light pine bite. Medium bodied with a kick, fine carbonation, booze laced closure. Decent ramped up CDA.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2013
at 06:27