2XIBA
Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
6.72
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that slid off at a decent pace. Not much lace, somewhat messy.
The aroma had a sweet sugary thickness up front over top of some roasted malts coming through slightly like ash, but not too dry with some sweet sticky grapefruit, light resin and a touch of spicy earthiness.
The flavor was sweet in the beginning and developed a slight spicy contour to align the sweet with the spice somewhat nicely. Black licorice, somewhat. Aftertaste was mainly sweet with a touch of roast far underneath. Finish was sweet.
The palate was medium bodied with a fair sipping quality about it. Some hop abrasion, just enough to tell me that it’s a black IPA and finding it’s ability to try and be a palate wrecker, but not too much. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, Southern Tier pulled off an interesting and almost overly sweet black IPA but still maintained it’s call by staying within it’s style.
jcwattsrugger (14787) ticked 2XIBA from Southern Tier Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at P&P. Translucent dark brown with medium beige head. Aroma is pine hops, medium body, medium carbonation, and pretty good small bubble lacing. Taste is herbal hops, dark malt, and bitter.
CLW (16859) reviewed 2XIBA from Southern Tier Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12 oz. bottle from Spruce Creek Provisions, Kittery. Very dark brown/ black color, thin lasting head retention, laces the glass. Aroma is light pine needle, mild roast and just a touch of sweetness.
Chocolate malts base that comes off just a tad flat in flavor. Pine hop is rather mild and muted by the sugar. The sugar makes it end sweet but also covers the alcohol. The body seem thin even with the 8%, pretty balanced overall. This is a standard CDA / Black IPA.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed 2XIBA from Southern Tier Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at the "Black Friday 01" tasting on 01/22/2016. Pours a brown-black color with a medium beige head that recedes steadily to a film. Strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malt, pine and hops. Medium body with flavors of roast malt, piney hops and a bit of dark fruit. The finish is malty up front with a resiny hops aftertaste. Above average overall.
trapped (8300) reviewed 2XIBA from Southern Tier Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draught @ Albion. Dark brown with reddish tint, medium sized creamy tan head, faint caramel aroma with piney hops, low carbonation, bitter roasted malt taste with faint citrus flavor, thin body, long bitter burnt malt finish. More piney than citrusy.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours deep mahogany into a tulip. Mocha head recedes to nothing. Stale chocolate aromas. Stale chocolate and caramel upfront turning to hot earthy espresso in the lasting finish.
cheap (9533) reviewed 2XIBA from Southern Tier Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5
Darker, astringent spiced initial flavors. Rude heavy alky feel at times. Over the top in impact. Fer sure. Volatile olfactory. Hot alky laced finish. Not impressed.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Deep, rubied-brown with a frothy tan head. Licorice, bitter chocolate aroma. Taste is bitter dark cocoa, anise, pine....cream.... Really nice.
Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed 2XIBA from Southern Tier Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a very dark brown color with orange highlights and a large foamy dark tan head that lingered and left decent lacing. The aroma was leafy fruity/citric/piney hops with a malty and anise undertone. The flavor was toasty and malty with anise, almost wood, vanilla and leafy/fruity/piney hops. Medium length finish. Medium body. Pleasant.