Bashah
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
Collab with: Stone BrewingIPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.39
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What does it mean? Yes, what indeed does it all mean. Meaning of course is elusive and illusive. It can’t or shouldn’t be found on this bottle. Should it? Yet what if it was? Would you begin to look for pearls of wisdom or life direction on a beer label? Perhaps it’s been there all along. Since meaning is a mere illusion, perhaps we shouldn’t let it have any influence on our destiny. This particular beer refused to succumb to the illusion of meaning or allow capricious parameters to have any influence on its own fermented fate. Are we even asking the right question? Are you feeling frustrated in the emptiness? If so, that could be because someone got to this beer before you, and thus there’s a reason for that emptiness. It’s empty. And if so, perhaps there indeed is not any meaning for you here after all.
Style over Substance, or Substance over the scriptures of Style? The latter, thank you very much. Twice.
Style over Substance, or Substance over the scriptures of Style? The latter, thank you very much. Twice.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
11.2 fl oz bottle from Bacchanalia, Cambridge - where they enthused about it. Batch #298 Pours an intense black colour - a slight chestnut glow appearing when held to a strong light., and a light tan head. The aroma is quite literally stunning - full-on petrol to start, like a forecourt on a hot afternoon, but then revealing tar, smoke, pine resins and bitter chocolate; incredibly hoppy taste - dry, grassy, spicy, mollases, with a thick, oily, texture - this is what I’d expect a mouth full of real hops to taste like. The alcohol tickles and warms the throat, and begs me to take another sip. A stunning beer. Will probably improve with age - if anybody can wait!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2009
at 14:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask handpull at The Rake. Black, no head. Imp stout intense tar aroma. Some gingerish alcohol heat on finish. Good dark syrup flavour. oily texture. I like it. Like dark choc covered biscuits with hint of ginger. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Oct 2009
at 11:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Brewdog webshop. Dark brown colour, tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, yeast, fruits and hops. Taste of roasted malts, hops and fruits. A bit sour. Dry and bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2009
at 07:31
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity at Oxford Beer Festival, 15-10-09 A very dark beer with a filmy light beige head. The aroma is tobacco, old shoe leather and some dark fruits most unusual. Taste has also got a little bit of rolling baccy’ but there are dark sticky fruits, hops and a big malty base, touch of smokiness but not that much its rather strange at first but then it sort of grows on you so by the end it’s actually quite enjoyable. A8 A4 F6 P3 Ov14 3.5
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Oct 2009
at 02:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask@SBWF2009. Rubyish black colour, small brown head. Aroma is grass, fruits, roast and also some mild notes of earth. Flavour is grass, fruits, some floral notes as well as mild berries. Also some smoked notes lurking in the background.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Oct 2009
at 09:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Stockholm Beer Festival. Cloudy very dark brown. Licorice aroma. Mid-sweet with clean, rounded mouthfeel and medium body. Tarry licorice aroma - not much Belgian style about this Black Belgian Double IPA. Smoky, tarry and concetrated. Salty finish with San Diego style bitterness. Crazy BrewDog stuff as ever.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Sep 2009
at 11:09
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home... Deep dark brown... Thin tan head... Soft toffee roast... Bitter mslts... Soft toffee... Little too much crystal 3.5 Bottle at home ... Deep Dark Brown ... deep dark roast ...big foam head that persists a bit... little roast ... light smoke ...little charcoal nose ... big bitter chocolate front (too bitter for me as im not a bitter fan) huge pine hop hiding behind it ... light hop resins ... again the hop is quite bitter ... packed full of flavour ... nice soft body with light carbonation thats well suited... hop lingers on with a light bitterness... packed full of hop,hop,hops ...3.4 ...tk2 at home to celabrate brewery ownership ... deep brown .... big wooody hop ... nice roast ... soome toffeee ... lots oh hop resins .... loads of chocolate .... really enjoying this ... 3.6 Bottle at home .. deep black ... thin tan head ... rich sweet chocolate toffee roast nose ... crwamy malts ... cheewy rich light treacle chocolate roast ... bitter woody linger ... some pine hop ... i like the deep dark roast ... i dont like the bitterness 3.6 bottle at home ... deepblack ... thin tan head ... soft sweet toffee malts ... sweet soft roast malt ... mellow roast ... soft toffee juicy soft roast 3.7 bottleat home 01/2013... deep black thin tan head ... soft toffeee malt nose ... sweet malts ... hops died off ... blicorice ... na 3.2 bottle at home ... deep blacvk ... small tan head ... dark sweet chocolate roast ...soft fruit roast ... soft chocolate ... dark roast ... soft dark sweet malts ... sweet fruits .. dark fruits.. light bitter helrbal fruit 3.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2009
at 14:17