Puzzler Belgian Black IPA
Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Collab with: Great Lakes Brewery (Canada)IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular Out of Production
|
Score
7.26
|
|
Belgian Black IPA
Crafted in collaboration with our friends at Great Lakes Brewing from Toronto, buckets of black malt give this beer a deep earthy-brown colour and a huge body. Generous portions of bittering hops add balance and tip the flavour profile definitively to the hoppy side of the scale, while Belgian yeast endows the collaborative brew with a slightly spicy undertone.
Crafted in collaboration with our friends at Great Lakes Brewing from Toronto, buckets of black malt give this beer a deep earthy-brown colour and a huge body. Generous portions of bittering hops add balance and tip the flavour profile definitively to the hoppy side of the scale, while Belgian yeast endows the collaborative brew with a slightly spicy undertone.
Sign up to add a tick or review
7.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
650 ml bottle. Pours black with light white head. Aromas of pines, grapefruit, and roasted malts. Similar flavors reminiscent of a CDA or Black IPA plus coffee and chicory. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2012
at 00:17
7.8/10
—
Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
This smells great from the get-go. Citrus and tangerine. Pours clear but black, if that makes sense. Some decent head and great lacing. Hops smells pretty good. Not super bitter but just enough with some sweetness. A touch of fruit on the end of this. On tap at volos.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Nov 2012
at 18:31
7/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle - Huge aroma with roasted malts and tons of hops. The citrus mixing with the malt gives it an unusual but pleasant aroma. Jet black with a lingering small brown head. A distinct bitterness that lingers well after and a citrus hop that is very forward. I can sense the yeast profile although it is subtle in the finish. Very rich and oily, a great cold weather beer but a bit one sided. I would have prefered more malts to balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2012
at 13:55
7.4/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Black,small tan head.Piney hop nose.Dry malt start,citrus hop mid.Big lasting hop end, both bitter & piney, light roastiness.Great lacing
Tried
on 31 Oct 2012
at 10:47
8.6/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
650mL bottle, pours a deep dark amber brown with a small beige head. Aroma is very roasted, with deeply roasted charred malt and a fairly prominent hop presence further back in the nose. Flavour is very rich and flavourful, with loads of dry roasted malt, balanced beautifully with the perfect amount of bitter hop presence. Extremely full-bodied, with a creamy palate that transitions beautifully from the dark roasted malt to the moderate hoppiness. No Belgian qualities that I detect. Rich and warming - executed really well to how a black IPA should. Surprisingly awesome offering from Phillips (and Great Lakes). Easily my favourite of theirs.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2012
at 21:49