Magic 8 Ball
Magic Rock Brewing in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Special|
Score
7.47
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Our Black IPA fuses speciality malts with a tropical punch bowl of new world hops to deliver a contradictory yet cultured concoction. A classically ‘pale’ aroma and quenchingly fruity palate belies a broodingly dark and deceptive appearance. Can a beer be both ‘black and pale’? Time to consult the Magic 8 Ball.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from keg at Grove Inn. Almost black as pitch. Shiny naked surface, dotted spots on the glass. Aroma of roasted, earthy malts. Dark fruity and dark honeyed flavours alongside coffee grounds leading to a long-lived ending of malty bitterness. Well bodied. A lovely, tasty drink (Huddersfield 09.07.2014).
Tried
on 01 Aug 2014
at 01:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Spuyten Duyvil, Brooklyn tap: Pours black with a beige head. Aroma is citrus, spice, chocolate, and fresh coffee. Taste is quite fruity with a moderate amount of hop bitterness. The backbone of the roasty malts blends in well with the IPA character. A well-executed example of the style.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Mar 2014
at 16:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at York Tap. Pours near-black, thick tan head. Aromas of roasted coffee and orange, some pine. Big hop flavour, lots of roast bitterness too. Lots going on, rich mouthfeel. Finishes with a lingering orange bitterness. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Feb 2014
at 00:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg @ Port Street Beer House, Manchester. Pours black with intense roasted malts, tongue-numbing liquorice and a little too much vegetal notes for me. Couldn’t get much of the tropical fruits unfortunately but still this is an evil tasting beer with lots going on, like a stormy black cloud.
Tried
on 17 Feb 2014
at 01:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From my backlog. Black colour with a dense off-white head, good duration and lacing. Aroma has notes of fresh hops with citrus hints and some roasty notes. Flavor is bittery with resins and pine notes, moderate licorice in the finasl with a good bitterness with medium duration.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2014
at 14:19
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Tap at Bar Animal. Herbal, leafy hop aroma, pleasant roast. Black, offwhite head. Old pine cones, needles, soapy roast, some umami, sticky hop resins, slightly vegetal. I am amazed how much the roast gets buried. Too heavy on the resinny hops for my taste.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jan 2014
at 13:10
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Keg @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Extremely dark but not black with a very thin head. It’s instantly recognisable as a Black IPA with plenty of tropical fruits in its rather fizzed up texture. Its aroma is its most complex part combining fruity hops and roasted malt.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2014
at 07:36