Saddle Black (5.8%)
Purity Brewing in Alcester, Warwickshire, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
7.01
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Saddle Black is our gnarly black beer using Pilgrim, Chinook and Cascade hops to help give a full smoky and citrus aroma. The roasted malts used to craft this full flavoured black beer will give a taste of chocolate and espresso, whilst the use the of smoked malt gives saddle black a well-rounded finish. With aromas are a mix of black pepper, deep fruits, orange and spices. The mouthfeel is full bodied and complex with a lingering bitter finish. IBU 65.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Old rating - A pint from the tap at Biere Atelier, St Helier, Jersey. Pours a deep black with a creme head. Aromas of coffee & malt. Tastes again of coffee & malt with a medium body and with a dry bitter finish. Very good black IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jul 2025
at 14:23
09/01/2014. PICCADILLY TAVERN, 71-75 London Road, Piccadilly, MANCHESTER, Greater Manchester, England
Tried
on 21 Jan 2023
at 09:05
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sort skum brun Citrus sød kaffe mørk malt Bitter modrTe sød Modrate Oile blød
Tried
on 08 Jun 2021
at 10:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Pours hazy very dark brown with airy light tan head. Clear aroma of malt and yeast, with notes of hops and mild touches of fruit. Bitter, roasty aftertaste with touches of hops and notes of bready malt and estery hints. Birtter, roasty aftertaste with nutty hints, A nice and well-balanced one.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Feb 2021
at 21:07
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can, 5.8%. Weak fruity and roasted aroma. Almost black colour. Big stable creamy light brown head. The flavour is roasted and bready with a mild rye bread note. Good, mild, caramelly hoppiness. Quite flavourful and really good for its ABV.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Feb 2021
at 21:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Black, beige head. Aroma has roast, choc, light pine and floral hops. Roasted, piney flavour, some choc. Bitter, smooth mouthfeel.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Dec 2020
at 16:09
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. A black beer with a lazing dark brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, citrus fruits, and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, chocolate, citrus fruits, and hops, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Oct 2020
at 10:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Third by cask, shared with Finn at Purecraft. Ruby-black body, steady fawn-coloured head, laces well. Smell of brown malts, chocolate added by fruit. Well blended taste of choco-caramel and dark fruits. Hints of pine needles to the ending, nicely roasted. A good one. (Birmingham 03.02.2020).
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Mar 2020
at 17:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Delt med Rune. Svart. Mokkafarget filmskum. Spotlacing. Lett lakrisaroma. Smaken lakris & kakao. Tørr avslutning.
Tried
on 03 Feb 2020
at 21:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml can from TBS in Moscow. Pours pitch black with a tall beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, smoke, citrus. Taste is roasted malt, smoke, coffee, some pine. Moderate bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Nov 2019
at 09:36