Bodacious Black & Tan
Hoppin' Frog Brewery in Akron, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Black and Tan Regular|
Score
7.59
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Our IPA and Stout converge for a really great flavor combination to create a rich and robust black & tan. The assertive hoppy character of our Hoppin to Heaven IPA is perfectly complimented by the intense deep roasted flavor of our BORIS Oatmeal Imperial Stout. Two great tastes that taste even better together.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pouts deep black into an English pint. Mocha head tophats and recedes to hug rim leaving sheet lacing. Pine and chocolate aromas. More stout than IPA with upfront roasted chocolate and a resiny hop finish.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2008
at 23:04
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
65cl bottle from ølbutikken, cph. ap:pours near black, large brown thick head, although not that creamy. ar:hops, faint flowerlike notes. great aroma. palate:smooth, nice great. flavor:hoppy, roasted grains, sugar, hops, charchoal, end is nicely bitter roasted grains, and some sweetness from the hops. flavor is very good. overall a truly pleasant drink, daring, powerfull, delicate. wish there was more of it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2008
at 18:04
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
(Bottle thanks to ekstedt!)On October 18, 2008Black color, light brown head. Fresh hoppy, malty and salty scent. Salty, grainy, sweet, chocolate, roasted taste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium high bitterness. Long roasted aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2008
at 17:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500ml bottle bought at Barley Wine, Copenhagen. Smells like an IPA, looks like a stout and has the delicious taste of a stout combined with an IPA (67% IPA and 33% stout). Overall the beer is a successful synthesis of the styles. Lacing-head with a tan coloured foam. Deep, dark coloured body. Aroma of sappy fruits with piny hints, followed by a well bodied taste of chocolate malts and coffee beans, ending up with a nice hoppy, bittersweet aftertaste. Almost outstanding! (hotel room, Hotel Danmark, Copenhagen 18.09.2008).
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2008
at 09:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark brown with medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, coffee and vanilla notes. Sweet flavour with plenty of roasted malt, caramel, coffee and chocolate notes. Solid hoppy finish.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2008
at 04:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Black with a lasting, light brown head. Aroma has tropical fruit hops with a touch of caramel and chocolate. Hoppy bitter flavour clashing, not blending, with chocolate and roast notes. Sure, the IPA gets more interesting, and some of the flavour notes I didn’t like about it are covered up, but it’s still a waste of the brewery’s best beer.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2008
at 11:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Pours pitch black with a creamy stable brown head. Nose is hoppy - pine & citrus with vague roasted hints. Sticky & full bodied. Ashy notes. Grapefruit. Drinkable & a fine experiment! Like the 2 styles better apart though!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2008
at 08:33
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bomber from Beer Geek. Pretty dark brown color with ruby glints; decent tan head. Smells like stout with resin. Medium body with creamy carbonation. Tastes like a stout with resin. The stout seems to have a lot of toasted malt, and the IPA seems to have a lot of resin bitter. There is an underlying sweet note from the stout. This is a killer combination. Get it if you can.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jun 2008
at 20:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bomber pours an opaque black with a foamy, lacing tan head and a watery texture. Aroma is sort of unique, tropical fruits and mild citrus fruits from the hops mixed with caramel and cookie dough from the roasted malts. Flavor is similar, two parts with the citrus fruits, key limes mixed with bitter chocolate, coffee, toast and a bit of licorice. Creamy in the mouth with a lasting bitterness that’s a mix of coffee and citrus bitterness. I don’t totally know what to make of this. It was certainly enjoyable to drink bit it doesn’t give you enough of one particular thing to make it a real winner.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2008
at 19:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
bottle - Well this one is certainly different. I never would have thought to make a black and tan with an IPA and an imperial stout. It works though. The aroma is led by the citrus and pine accented hops character and backed up by the dark roast malt. The flavor is an interesting combination of the coffee noted roast malts and the assertive hops that put this one pretty high on bitterness, but the big stout malts balance it out. It’s pretty full bodied and quite enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2008
at 14:47