Black Hop Down
Cromarty Brewing Co. in Cromarty, Highland, Scotland 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
7.45
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Black IPA. Awesome hops, wicked malts and some balls to the wall wizardry make this a dark beer light! Hopped with Simcoe, Chinook and Columbus.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared in London - many thanks to Paul. Pours clear dark brown with a frothy beige head. Big grape nose with modest toasted pine, orange. Medium sweet flavor with ashy roast, slight minerals, burnt grains, toast, baking cocoa, oily pine. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Nicely resinous to finish, plenty of robust roast, hard bittersweet cocoa, charred toast. Solid CDA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2014
at 10:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at Bruces. It pours near black with a tan head. The nose is sweet cocoa, piney hops, dark chocolate cake, roasty, sherbet and stewed orange. The taste is bitter, ashy, dark chocolate, light booze, piney, rich roast, light coffee, toast, earth and grapefruit rind with a dry, roasty finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Punchy and flavoursome. Rather nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2014
at 10:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
@Indyman - Very dark brown, thin head. Very aromatic with resinous hops and burnt malts. Some grassy elements in the flavour together with plenty of hop. Pleasantly high bitterness.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2014
at 11:23
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Hanging Bat. Pours black, nose is tropical fruit, dry roast, taste is pine, fruity, roasted chocolate, bitter.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2014
at 09:44
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at the hanging bat... Deep black... Thin tan lacing... Dark chocolate roast nose... Dark roast.. Soft chocolate... Light pine.. Light charcoal... Dry chocolate linger
Tried
on 10 Oct 2014
at 07:19
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at The Hanging Bat. Pours black with a thick white head. Pine and citrus aromas, light roast. Taste is very hop bitter. Thick body, bitter finish. Lovely.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2014
at 08:36