Glastonbury Brewing Co. Equinox

Equinox

 

Glastonbury Brewing Co. in Somerton, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular
Score
6.79
ABV: 5.9% IBU: - Ticks: 11
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This black IPA is crafted to play with your senses! It pours very dark with a cream-like head. Complex flavours from a combination of bitter chocolate and sweet roasted malt cut with citrus and sharp pineapple. A fantasy of ‘Hop Americana’ Chinook, Cascade and Mount Hood.

Food match with chargrilled steaks, meat and poultry with spicy rubs. Perhaps try with blackened salmon or black cod.
 

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7.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Handpcask from the Bunny Hop Ale House, Langley Mill. Darkest brown/black and opaque with a thin khaki head. Scent of molasses and malt notes with faint suggestions of pine. Taste is balanced, starts sweet but turns to an intense bitter which lingers ominously in the finish. Light body for the ABV, soft to medium carbonation. More a straight out Porter than a BIPA Although it's a good beer by whichever name you choose.
Tried from Cask on 25 Feb 2022 at 20:21

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Keg at Ring O' Bells, Taunton. Pours deep brown to black with a tan head. Aroma: toasted malts, pine, citrus. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, roasted malts, charcoal, earth, himt of molasses. Medium bodied, soft carb, lingering dry finish with bitter chocolate notes
Tried on 19 Jul 2018 at 07:00

6.5/10
Nice easy drinker
Tried on 13 Oct 2016 at 19:57

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
On tap at the west gate in bath. Deep almost black with a thick creamy head. Ark a has a touch of citrus hops and chocolate malts. Taste is a balanced bitter sweet.
Tried from Draft on 26 May 2015 at 15:28

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Glastonbury Equinox (by Glastonbury Ales.):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 3/5

20/XI/14 - tap @ CBC Covent Garden (London) - BB: n/a (2014-1357)

Clear brown beer, irregular beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: bit cheesy, hay, grains, soapy touch. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: cheesy hops, bit of caramel, rubbery/chemical bitterness. Did not like that much.
Tried from Draft on 20 Nov 2014 at 13:06

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask at Craft 100 April 2014 - London. Pours rich brown with a bubbly tan head. The nose has toasty pine, minerals, orange. Medium sweet flavor with balanced toasty bread, light ashy roast, minerals, bitter earth. Medium bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Finishes with a drying mineral edge, some bittersweet cocoa, accents of pine and citrus. Good stuff.
Tried from Cask on 28 Oct 2014 at 15:30

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask, on gravity, at the Hare, Bristol 23/5/2014. Dark brown with a slight, beige, head. Sweetish, slightly cakey, malts, grassy hops, a touch of citrus fruits and some roastiness in the finish. Good.
Tried from Cask on 24 May 2014 at 23:10

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask gravity @ Craft100. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a fruity hoppy licorice aroma. Slightly roasted malty licorice hoppy bitter flavor. Has a roasted malty licorice hoppy bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 13 Apr 2014 at 05:31

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
3rd April 2014
Craft100 fest at Craft Clapham. Cask. Opaque dark brown beer, residual pale tan head. Palate is light and smooth with modest fine carbonation. Smooth.dark malts, touch of dark chocolate. Nice sweet pine with lesser tropical fruits and citric hop underneath. Light tangy fruity finish. Mild bitter linger. Good cda.
Tried from Cask on 09 Apr 2014 at 12:21

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask gravity at Craft 100, thanks to Robbie. It pours darkest brown with a thick, creamy beige head. The nose is earthy, toast, roasted malt, citrus and candied peel. The taste is bitter, roasty, earth, toast, grapefruit rind, liquorice, charred notes and dirt with a bitter, roasty finish. Medium body and prickly, fine carbonation. Good deal of raw bitterness. Solid cda.
Tried from Cask on 06 Apr 2014 at 02:32