Proper Black
St. Austell Brewery in St. Austell, Cornwall, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
6.86
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A contradiction in term, black IPA’s are a clash of styles old and new. Modern tangy citrus hops merge with roasted chocolate malts for a truly classic beer. Black as night, but close your eyes and you're drinking a zesty IPA.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle picked up from Tesco. A black coloured pour with reddy hues and a lasting frothy mid tan head. Aroma is nice Hoppy pine with floral notes with jam on burnt toast., little ashy edge on the nose. Flavour is composed of bitter acrid roast, rich dark chocolate, jammy fruits and a little pine. Palate is creamy, verging on oily, lowish carbonation. Lingering bitter burnt roast, and pine bark.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2016
at 15:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tasted from the tap on the 02/07/2016. Almost opaque black colour with medium foamy beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, some hops, licorice and dark berries. Taste is medium coffee and intense roasted malts. Some hops too. Next one please!
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jul 2016
at 06:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Tesco, drunk at home after a hard day. Yes this is ’proper black’, opaque with very little head or natural carbonation. Lots of heady roast malt, liquorice and beef gravy in the aroma. However, the taste doesn’t live up to the expectations of the smell. Bitter with burnt malt. Palate is watery, with a bitter and slightly acrid aftertaste. Still good although it starts better than it ends.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2016
at 18:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle, thanks to Mark. Pours black, thin receding tan head. Aroma is smoky roast. Taste continues, with a smooth full body, some cocoa. I’m glad others have picked up a creamy tropical mango element, which creeps up on the finish. I actually bought a mango earlier today and I imagine this would go well with that. Too late I guess. Very nice this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2016
at 16:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle not sure where from, been sitting around since before Christmas - Proper shocked with this. Thick black body, perfectly lasting head. Nose is a smoky tropical fruit kebab, all sorts going on in there, sour, sweet, chocolate, coffee. Taste is the same, thick rounded mouthfeel, long on the way out. Stunned. Expected it to be meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2016
at 16:06
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a pitch black color, topped with a medium sized and nicely lasting head, creamy and beige. Pleasant roasty aroma, mild, with some chocolatey notes and sweet tropical fruits coming after you. Taste starts with mild roastiness, moderate bitterness, slight fruity feel to it Some mild coffee notes in the aftertaste. Medium light body. A very decent BIPA.
Tried
on 20 May 2016
at 13:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Beerwolf, Falmouth. It pours black with a small tan head. The nose is bitter - sweet, liquorice, plum, fig, Dandelion & Burdock, fruit cake and chocolate orange. The taste is bitter, rich roast, liquorice, plum, prune, blueberry muffin, berry, charred wood, burnt pine, alcohol and cacao nib with a dry, roasted finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Almost a touch too sweet, but it had a nice plum?berry character to it. Nor bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Feb 2016
at 12:19