Imperial Black
Buxton Brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
7.68
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A straight-up IPA that delivers big, rich, soft berry fruit flavour and aromas from the massive amount of dry-hopping, all wrapped up in the aesthetic of a beautiful jet-black beer.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
At a tasting, thanks kerenmk, very dark brown colour, flavour of ash, wood, grapefruit and a hint of dark bread, fruity flavour with some smoked meat, strong characterfull bitterness. Very enjoyable and highly original.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2013
at 13:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
33cl bottle from Õllepood Nr.1 Gambrinus, Tartu. Pours pretty much black with a tan head. Fresh hoppy aroma with pine, fruits, citrus and some dark and roasty notes in the background. Quite dominated by the hops, but well balanced and refreshing. Moderate sweet with delicous hoppy flavours and a quite bitter and citrusy finish. The black aromas seems to stay in the background and it’s more like a regular IPA, but certainly a nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2013
at 07:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample at a tasting at Beer Market Jaffa. Thanks troubles. Dark brown color. Pleasant aroma of fruity and piney hops and a bit of roastiness. Pretty bitter flavor with piney and fruity hops, some dark malt with some roastiness and a touch of chocolate. Medium-bodied. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2013
at 04:27
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Intense aroma of pine, fruits, raisins, hints of salt. Pours pitch black with beautiful big tan head. The head stays for a long time. Nice lacing also. Taste: raisins, coffee, roasted malts, piney, grapefruit. The bitterness gets more intense in the finish. No noticeable alcohol. Medium carbonation. Overall: really great looking and smelling beer.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2013
at 09:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Brewdog Shepard’s Bush opening night. I’m not sure this is the beer I asked for but here goes. Aroma is roast and light tart earthy mushroom. Opaque black pour with a persistent light tan head. Flavour is mineral, smooth roast coffee and earthy hop. Light sour raspberry in the finish. Body is a touch light.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2013
at 13:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled 500ml @Beer Hunters
Dark brown, almost opaque color, small steady beige head. Hoppy nose with hints of licorice. Medium-bodied. Sweetish malty backbone, fruity hoppyness and salty licorice. Quite sweet black IPA. American style, not British of course.
Dark brown, almost opaque color, small steady beige head. Hoppy nose with hints of licorice. Medium-bodied. Sweetish malty backbone, fruity hoppyness and salty licorice. Quite sweet black IPA. American style, not British of course.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2013
at 10:27
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beer Parlour, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Black, with a tan coloured, thin, tight, white head. A handsome beer. Aroma is the whole works. Roasted malt with a light smokiness. Big grapefruit hoppiness too. It’s all a bit odd really, until you taste it and it all comes together. Very bitter, long roasty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2013
at 12:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Fra flaske på Cardinaltreff sep-13: definitivt friskere og mer sympatisk enn Hardknott Code Black (også en svart bleking). Syrlig og litt medisinal, men allikevel god medisin. Interessant blanding av sødme, syrlighet og mørk bitterhet. God fylde, men stilarten (som språklig er en selvmotsigelse, a contradiction of terms ville en engelskmann sagt) er foreløpig ingen favoritt hos meg.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2013
at 11:51