Black Smith
Akasha Brewing Company in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺
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Score
7.03
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jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Black Smith from Akasha Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Deep dark brown coloured body with a deep almost black glow and a thick, three centimetre tall rich brown head that stays afloat for a long time. Aroma of grapefruit, roasted malt, resin, toffee, caramelised sugars and a dose of pineapple and tropical fruits - quite nice. Medium-bodied; Strong rich roasted malt flavours with grapefruit, earth, nuts with pine and resin at the tail end that showcases the hops. Aftertaste shows a great balance between the hops and malt with the hops showing through with a ton of bitterness and a deep robust pine and resin bite, while also showing bunches of roasted malt, bitterness and toffee at the tail end. Overall, a very nice Black IPA (a style I like a lot) with a deep sweetness from the caramelised sugars, but having a great balance between tons of hops and a good robust roasted malt note. I sampled this 375 mL can purchased from Australia Wine & Spirits here on Pitt Street in Sydney (CBD), New South Wales, Australia on 12-August-2019 for AU$7,00 sampled a few hours later in my hotel room here in Sydney, NSW, Australia on 12-August-2019.
TedE (2767) reviewed Black Smith from Akasha Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pint on tap at Club Rivers, Riverwood. Dark beer with a thin white head. Creamy nose of dry cocoa and bandaids. Good lacing, light effervescence, bitter taste. Finish is dry fruit and bitter chocolate. You can taste medicinal herbs throughout. Nice, unusual IPA.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Black Smith from Akasha Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can. Dark brown with a good inch of beige head. Choc-orange aroma with some bread, grapefruit and lychees. Just medium bodied, soft carbonation. Moderately sweet with citrus and tropical fruit, some chocolate. A little resin creeps in towards the fairly bitter finish. A lot of the Dark Harvest about this one. Which means it's really good.