Dark Thoughts
Baerlic Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
7.23
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A classic IPA with maniacal evil, Dark Thoughts CDA is brewed with cold-steeped roasted malts for an eerily smooth darkness. Dryhopped with 6.66 lbs of pungent Columbus hops.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Clear, bright, dark brown color with a medium tall beige head; aroma of orange marmalade, balanced flavor with a long, light bitter finish
Tried
from Can
from
New Seasons Market - Fisher’s Landing
on 15 Jan 2026
at 02:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark brown with a thin head. Chocolate and mint, grapefruit. It’s got a good hop bitterness hit also this candied orange sweetness that brings this across the palate well.
Tried
from Draft
from
Bottleworks
on 17 May 2025
at 04:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Loyal Legion - PDX, pours a deep dark brown / near-black with a small tan head. Aroma has a nice balance between roasted malt and gentle earthy, piney hops. Flavour is well-balanced, with deep roasted malt, earthiness, and a little pine. Real good balance, with plenty of roast and hops to boot. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
at
Loyal Legion
on 22 Feb 2025
at 04:58
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Watering Hole. Aroma is resin hops, quite full on harshness, maybe touch of caramel. Taste has the caramel again, little spice, light bitterness. Bit boring for me, but alright.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:05
7/10
Metal as fuck, also great flavor, malt and hop make love. 6.66 abv
Tried
from Can
on 13 Apr 2018
at 22:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Black pour with off white head. Hop aroma, some grass and hay. Malt skeleton with hop muscles. Not sure what the skin is Baie Lekker
Tried
on 31 Jan 2018
at 21:39
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Watering Hole. Lightly roasted malty nose, with lots of chocolate and some light apricot. Well-balanced on the palate, with more of that apricot and chocolate coming out. Bitter finish with some light roastiness, but feels more fruity than roasty. Pretty nice take, a fruity and juicy black IPA. --- Beer merged from original tick of Dark Thoughts on 16 Jun 2016 at 21:18 - Score: 7. Original review text: Very nice black IPA. Hoppy but with good malt character. Apricot and chocolate. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jun 2016
at 09:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Baerlic, Portland OR. Pours dark brown with a smooth head. Aroma of roasty malts, hints of herbal hops, coffee, chocolate and cocoa. Taste is smooth, slightly roasty and hoppy with some grass, pine and resin. Finish is smooth, slightly hoppy and roasty with some coffee and herbal notes. Slightly unbalanced, but quite bitter black IPA.
Tried
on 25 May 2016
at 23:15
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at the brewery. Pours a dark brown color with a small white head. A light fruity pine nose. The flavor is big pine, chocolate, ash, citrus. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Apr 2016
at 23:53