Hello, Darkness Black IPA
River North Brewery in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
6.30
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
At the brewery during GABF week, 2014. Aroma of heavily roasted grain and malt; almost reminds me of a porter. Some chocolate and coffee flavors. Not a ton of hops for an ipa.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
On draft at the brewery. Pours a clear dark cola with a tan head. Fruity nose. Flavors of citrus and tobacco. Bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sample at the taproom. Pours a clear dark brown color with a medium tan head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of roast malt, hops and coffee. Medium-bodied with flavors of roasted malt, earthy hops and citrus. The finish is roasty with a dark malty aftertaste. Decent overall.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Medium brown and a bit murky, a bit toasty, light chocolate, toasty, a bit thin, light body and the malts on this are kind of basic cocoa.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft @ the brewpub. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty spicy hoppy weak yeasty aroma. Roasted malty spicy yeasty hoppy flavor. Has a roasted malty spicy yeasty hoppy finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Sampled at the brewery. Pours a mahogany brown with some beige head. Nutty nose, pine, choc, coffee, vegetal, some fresh hop leaf. Flavor is malty, cracker, bread, vinous, pine, herbal, coffee. Bitter, dry finish. Really nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught at the brewery on October 12, 2012Clear dark brown color, brown head. Hoppy, bitter, acidic, herbal taste. Spritzy mouthfeel, high bitterness. Malty, mineral, herbal, hoppy taste. Warming alcohol.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Tap @ River North. Pours a dark brown appearance with a tan head. Roasted dark malts, some chocolate, somewhat bitter hoppy flavor. I didn’t feel like the flavor completely came together between the roastiness of the dark malts and the bitterness of the slightly piney hops. Some decent qualities but could use a little work.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap @ River North Brewery, Denver. Pours dark brown with a small offwhite head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, grapefruit, light pine. Taste is somehow sweeter that aroma, malts, coffee, dark chocolate, sweet fruit, peach, grapefruit, pine. Medium body, soft carbonation. 0303012
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
On the more stout-like end of the spectrum for the style - medium dry and fairly roasty, with quite a bit of char and a light woody note - mild bittersweet chocolate notes and a touch of mineral through the middle - moderate woody hops. - a bit thin - okay.