B Side: Black IPA
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.05
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Here at BrewDog, we love the hidden tracks; the unexpected discoveries. The B-Sides.
Take our 10HL pilot kit. It is the place our brewers let those imaginations fly and lay down unpredictable, creative tracks. Our brew team use it to dial in our small-scale experimental brews, each then finding its way to our bars as a draught-only special release.
However, we felt the naming convention used previously – Pilot Brew XXX – didn't fully reflected the ingenuity displayed by our brewers. To depict this a little better we now release each pilot brew as a bona fide B-Side; alongside our production-batch launches that take place at our bars, you’ll be able to discover a flip side in the form of one of our B-Side releases.
Take our 10HL pilot kit. It is the place our brewers let those imaginations fly and lay down unpredictable, creative tracks. Our brew team use it to dial in our small-scale experimental brews, each then finding its way to our bars as a draught-only special release.
However, we felt the naming convention used previously – Pilot Brew XXX – didn't fully reflected the ingenuity displayed by our brewers. To depict this a little better we now release each pilot brew as a bona fide B-Side; alongside our production-batch launches that take place at our bars, you’ll be able to discover a flip side in the form of one of our B-Side releases.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as BrewDog B-Side Black IPA (by BrewDog):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.3/5
26/I/16 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 25/XI/16 (2016-68)
Clear dark brown beer, big irregular creamy yellow to beige head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: tropical fruits, grapefruit, citrus, little malty. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of citrus, grapefruit, little sour, bit malty, some caramel. Aftertaste: hoppy, citrus, soft roast, tropical fruits, grapefruit.
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.3/5
26/I/16 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 25/XI/16 (2016-68)
Clear dark brown beer, big irregular creamy yellow to beige head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: tropical fruits, grapefruit, citrus, little malty. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of citrus, grapefruit, little sour, bit malty, some caramel. Aftertaste: hoppy, citrus, soft roast, tropical fruits, grapefruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2016
at 15:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Brewdog Helsinki, Helsinki. Colour is black with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, citrus, grass, hops, dryness and malts. Very fresh.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jan 2016
at 12:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg @ BrewDog, Manchester. Black with a thin off-white head. Has dark malts infused with a tropical fruit aroma and taste.
Tried
on 22 Jan 2016
at 11:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Brewdog Helsinki. Pours dark brown, almost black with a smooth head. Aroma of juicy fruits, roasty malts, fresh chewy grassy hops and hints of citrus. Taste is smooth, fresh hoppy and juicy with some grass, tropical notes, some roastiness and hints of citrus, pine and chocolate. Finish is smooth, hoppy and grassy with some citrus, pine, resin and hints of roastiness and chocolate. A lot more regular IPA notes here than in black IPAs usually. Quite nice and quaffable.
Tried
on 22 Jan 2016
at 09:14
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught. Almost opaque deep brown liquid with medium tan head. Aroma of coffee, tangerine, fresh hops, butter, grain and light ash. Taste is light sweet and medium bitter with notes of butter, coffee, tangerine, citrus and caramel. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Bit buttery... Would be nice otherwise.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2016
at 13:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap@ Brewdog Helsinki. Near black in color with a thin off white head. Citrusy fruity, hoppy, sweet fruits in aroma. Some roastedness as well. Feels very fresh. Roasted malt, some chocolate, citrus fruits. Gentle smooth finish. Pleasant stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jan 2016
at 11:18
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
BrewDog Prototype Black IPA. Pours a pitch black color, topped with a fairly small and quiskly settling beige head. Amazing fruity aroma with lots of sweet notes and some citruses as well. Mildly citrusy taste, hint of souryness, moderate bitterness. A bit spicy actually without any roasted character. Bittery aftertaste, non-lasting. Very fine.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2016
at 06:34
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled as Prototype Black IPA Fast gone cream head over jet-black beer. Aromatic, extremely fruity hops’ nose with grapefruit, bursting passion fruit, faint lychee. The IPA nose one wants. Dry, hoppy, straw, reeds, dry unmalted grains. Much less fruity, but great in another way. Light body, faint slickness. Maybe one of the best black IPA’s ever sampled.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2015
at 13:57
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at Brewdog Birmingham. Poured a clear dark brown with a frothy off white head. The aroma is yeast, grassy hop, light smoky malt. The flavour is moderate bitter with a dry powerful floral hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Didn’t like this too much. Not sure what hops were used but it didn’t work for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Dec 2015
at 12:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle from the Brewdog online shop. Pours clear dark brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of faint roast, light citrus. Taste is bitter, but lacking the expected punch of hops. Bland finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2015
at 14:03