Freak State
BrewDog USA in Canal Winchester, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.55
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Freak by name, freakishly dank by nature. The perfect balance between light and dark. Aromas of grapefruit and stone fruits on one side of the state line and flavors of roasted malt and resinous hops on the other.
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3.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
From a can this stuff pours large and in charge. It smells like fresh volatile pine needles. Taste is big black and bitter blue. Alarming dark beer flavor. Mouth coating hoppy imperial black. Difficult, rude. Terribly on style. Whew. Somebody give me a fresh clean pale lager for a chaser. So much beer in a little can. Oh my. Ass kicker. Certainly comes across a lot more than 7%.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jun 2018
at 21:08
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 3/14/2018. Pours nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/rind, light pepper, pine, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, spicy rye, toasted dark/brown bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate dark/roast/bready/rye malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/rind, light pepper, pine, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, spicy rye, toasted dark/brown bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy, roast bitterness; and rye spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/rind, light pepper, pine, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, spicy rye, toasted dark/brown bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate dark/roast/bready/rye malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness and rye spiciness balance; with zero acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from hop/roast bitterness and rye spiciness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, fairly sticky, and slightly resinous/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.6%. Overall this is an awesome black IPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate dark/roast/bready/rye malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish, never aggressive. Loved the Chinook, Simcoe, Citra, and Columbus hop profile as expected. Very juicy and fairly dank hop complexity; nice roast/rye malt backbone, that still lets the hops shine. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Tried
from Can
on 25 May 2018
at 00:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Craft Brewed. Pours a deep brown to black with a finger of foam that lingers. Pine and citrusy hops with some light chocolate orange aromas. Porter-like body, good hops throughout, roasted malt is played down, hops up. Nice black IPA / hoppy porter.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Apr 2018
at 18:04