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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8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Tap at Churchkey in DC. Low lights makes it difficult to see color, but looks pitch black with tan head. Aroma is maqlty, but very subtle. Flavor is fantastic! Subtle malts, chocolates, touch of hops. So smooth. Wonderful!
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jan 2010
at 15:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Beer #3 in a "Collaboration Trifecta". The beer is black with some reddish-brown around the edges and a somewhat fizzy medium tan head that burns away steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Burnt malt aroma along with notes of coffee and pine. Medium body with a roasty and charred malt character with flavors of hops, coffee, and citrus. The finish is moderately bitter coffee with a lingering hops aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2010
at 13:00
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Fizzy black pour - kind of looks like cola - nose of chocolate, light smoke, moderate hops, a bit of vegetal character - taste is initially of smoke, espresso, chocolate - then, in typical Stone fashion, the aggressive hops kick in - sometimes this works for them - in this case, it does not - instead of melding with the other qualities of the beer, it simply sticks out, and takes over the beer, leaving a soapy taste in the finish - the body is too light for the abv - there are some decent elements, but this beer is kind of a mess.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2010
at 19:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
bottle - Pours black with a small tan head and smells of roast chocolate with citrus hops and a whiff of pine. Hops dominate this full bodied brew. The pine and citrus accented hops are backed by roasted malt that leads into a dry finish. Very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2010
at 18:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Served on draft at Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Pours nearly black with a medium sized creamy tan head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of roasted malts and chocolate with a hoppy finish. Taste is bitter earthy hops, caramel, roasted malts, nuts, chocolate, a salty note and some faint fruity notes. Medium bodied. Nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jan 2010
at 15:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9.5
Bottle as shown. Pours a very dark brown with a small paperthin light tan head that diminishes quickly to nothing leaving spotty lacing along the glass. The aroma is a smokey malt with dark fruit and alcohol. Medium mouthfeel with a rich roasted malt with chocolate and smoke with a nice dry finish. Alcohol is present but not overpowering. A very good American strong ale from Brew Dog.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2010
at 22:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, Beer Ritz, Leeds. Poured a dense dark brown , virtually black colour with a decent sized tan head. Pretty poky aroma that promised much, with a load of resinous hops, dark chocolate and malt . Flavour was initially hop heavy (deliciously so) then evolved into a chocolatey, roasty feast. Oh yeah, bish bash bosh as the rubber lipped chef might say. Lingering bitter finish. Darn clever stuff, want more...
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2010
at 11:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark brown color. Treacles, macadamian nuts, toffee, milk chocolate and candided apple nose. Rich dark chocolate on top of coffee cake and caramel mouth. Very nice malt backbone. Full bodied. Much more of a strong ale over an IPA. Well balanced. The coffee cake and dark chocolate linger in the finish. Superb.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2010
at 15:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Mahogany with a tiny off white head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt and hints of hops. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, espresso, chocolate and hoppy notes.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2010
at 11:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Beverages4Less. Pours a very dark coppery brown with a multi-finger foamy tan head. Interesting aroma. Sort of like hamburger and sweat sox. Medium body with creamy carbonation. Flavor is dark malt, but still has a meat component. A little smokey. Finishes mildly smokey, somewhat hoppy. Very unusual. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2009
at 18:09