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Brewed at/by: Ipswich Ale BreweryIPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular Out of Production
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Score
6.91
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Lube? Hey, get your mind out of the gutter. Social lubrication, people coming together to unwind, is what we are talking about. This American Black Ale has a dark body, medium bitterness, balanced with West Coast hops and sweet orange peel.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Deep dark brown coloured body with a creamy white head and about a 70% opacity. Aroma of nice fresh hops with a good roasted malt scent and very little else - just very fresh hops and malt. Medium-bodied; Nice roasty malt at first with a deep pungent creaminess following soon behind. A bit of fresh hops, and light caramel sweetness also noticeable, but this one is mainly about the fresh hops and the roasty malt that show a lot of body, actually. Aftertaste is nice and well-rounded, the malt comes through for sure, but the palate is left grassy and herbal from the hops. Overall, a nice beer - definitely worth trying if you can find it! I sampled this pint on draught at Virtue Grain & Feed in Alexandria (Old Town), Virginia earlier this evening on 15-October-2011 for US$7.00.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Oct 2011
at 23:01
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 oz bottle from Table and Vine, West Springfield, MA. $5.99. Black color in a shaker glass. Nose is light pine hops with mild roast. Thin bubbly tan head, light lace. Taste is spot on the nose. Mild pine needles, roasted malt and hop bite in the finish. Some chocolate malt. A mild lingering bitterness. Body is medium leaning toward the lighter side. High carbonation. Overall ok. Some good flavor however, I would choose other brews in this style before buying again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2011
at 17:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A clear reddish brown ale with a thick lacing brown head. In aroma, a nice chocolate malt with grassy hops, capucino, very smooth. In mouth, a big whollop of bitter chocolate, floral hops, coffee grinds, lingering and challenging. Very nice. On tap at Meadhall, Sept. 11 2011.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Sep 2011
at 19:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours dark brown/black color with tan head. Roasted malt and pine hop aromas. Roasted malt and chocolate flavors with some citrus and pine. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Decent, but I was hoping for more hop flavors.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2011
at 15:13
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pine, grapefruit peel, and orange peel aroma. Mahogany, medium beige head, good lacing. Charcoal initially. Swift transition to orange peel. Finishes with pine. Smooth bitterness without being resinous or biting. A good everyday IDA.
Tried
on 17 Sep 2011
at 18:55
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
12 ounce bottle from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a very dark brown color with a medium creamy brown head. Decent head retention. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate and something faint that seems dirty and off. The taste is bitter hops, some roastiness in the finish and faint nuttiness. Medium bodied. A bit muddled and well off balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2011
at 19:52
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Blanchard’s, Allston 650ml ($5.50): Pours a black color with a tan head. Aroma is of roasted malts and plenty of citrus. Taste is very grapefruit hops, more so slanted in that direction than any other Black IPA, I’ve ever had. Kind of strange and perhaps is an intentionally unbalanced beer. In any case, I though it was drinkable enough.
Tried
on 04 Sep 2011
at 13:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle pours a nice looking mahogany with semi loose mocha head. The aroma offers up dark roasted coffee , dark roasted malts and chocolate as well as spicy and earthy hops in the background. The taste jumps at you all at once with a rolling and twisting mix of dark roasted coffee, spicy hops, resiny bitter pine hops, some chocolate and dark roasted to burnt malts. As the taste goes to midway and then toward the finish the highly roasted to brunt malts take over the flavor leaving timid levels of spicy and resiny hops and coffee behind mumbling to themselves in the corner. Nice stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2011
at 08:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
New 4 pack Black IPA, 8 dollars, yes please. Pours a solid black with a frothy creamy khaki head that sticks around forever a leaves lots of sticky lace. Smell is piney and citrusy with hints of garlic and a solid roasted grain backbone. Smells like a hoppy porter, but these two style lines are so blurry who the hell knows. Taste is roasted coffee with a mineral edge. Pine and citrus come out to cut through the roast and almost succeed. Mineral earthy roasty finish lingers after every sip. Moderate carbonation and body with a resinous acridic mouthfeel. Decent black IPA but really straddling the porter line with this one. I’m a bit disappointed that the artwork didn’t make it onto the 12oz bottle label, oh well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2011
at 19:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours black into a snifter. Pancake head with good retention leaves spider lacing. Earthy resin aromas. Dry, with sweet dark caramel and mocha before turning to a sour resin finish.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2011
at 06:23