Grumpy Unicorn IPA
Black Kettle Brewing in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.28
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With Nugget, Amarillo and Cascade hops
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5/10
A golden ipa with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, sweet caramel malt with light treacle and butterscotch notes, so-so. In mouth, sweet caramel malt with resinous hops, light butterscotch, very old school and malt forward.
Tried
on 14 Aug 2021
at 23:23
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
The aroma is floral hops with some malt hints. Has modest foggy bright brown body and a squitch of head. Flavour is nice hoppiness with a bit of malt thrown in. Okay oiliness on the mouth, nice crisp finish. This is an okay ipa, seems to be on the darker side of IPAs.
Tried
on 22 Oct 2018
at 05:15
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cloudy amber,white head.Vague fruity nose.Bland fore/mid with fruity notes.Big burst of uncoordinated hop bitterness. Lacks malt sweetness
Tried
on 11 Dec 2015
at 03:01
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap. Pours a light mahogany color with sparse head. Lots of watery caramel. Not offensive but really not much there.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 May 2015
at 18:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft - Sweet grapefruit and light resin. Clearing gold with a rich beige head. Little candy grapefruit and some pithy bitterness and a dry finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Dec 2014
at 13:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
2014-04-25, draught at the brewery, 12oz glass, 7-4-6-3-12=32
Cloudy light amber color with compact head. the aroma is nice, fruity, but later followed by some yeast and vegetables. Rather dry mouthfeel; some caramel flavor, strong bitterness, but it still has a bit too much vegetable component, probably needs some tweaking with the yeast.
2014-03-14, draught at the brewery, 12oz glass, 8-4-7-3-14=36
Cloudy light amber color. The aroma is fruity, quite impressive, with some sweat. Nice malt flavor with light residual sweetness. Strong bitterness. Warning: light vegetable touch I’m the end.
Cloudy light amber color with compact head. the aroma is nice, fruity, but later followed by some yeast and vegetables. Rather dry mouthfeel; some caramel flavor, strong bitterness, but it still has a bit too much vegetable component, probably needs some tweaking with the yeast.
2014-03-14, draught at the brewery, 12oz glass, 8-4-7-3-14=36
Cloudy light amber color. The aroma is fruity, quite impressive, with some sweat. Nice malt flavor with light residual sweetness. Strong bitterness. Warning: light vegetable touch I’m the end.
Tried
on 03 Jul 2014
at 13:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bronze, slight haze. The aroma is nice, floral and piney. Not really hoppy but has a little bitterness, good pale and slightly biscuity malt base, though. Re-rate has a brighter, more floral and balanced palate. Bumped it up a few points from 3.1 to 3.4
Tried
on 20 Apr 2014
at 22:41
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Black Kettle, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out loads of floral hops, some vegetal notes, and zesty biscuity malt. Flavour is super floral, almost soapy, with a zesty quality. Very dry and quite bitter on the palate, yet quite drinkable. Could use more refinement, as there is a strange vegetal-like grassiness to tit. Good for a first batch - will definitely revisit later on.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Mar 2014
at 14:37