Drop the Anchor
Black Iris Brewery in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
7.41
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Single hopped and dry-hopped, black IPA. Dark malts combine with the tangy, citrus kick of American hops in this intense black IPA.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Hydrology. Pours dark brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of blackcurrant and liquorice. Taste has dark malt, prune and light tropical fruit. Bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 05 May 2024
at 15:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Dark brown pour with a beige head. Nose is prunes,blackcurrant lozenge, mostly dark fruits. Taste is blackcurrant jam, liquorice, more prunes, bitter chocolate. Very dry. Malty sweet & lightly bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jan 2024
at 21:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can with the München Ratebeer Group, that I picked up from Hoptimism, Webshop, Loughborough, Leicestershire, Wednesday 1st July 2020 at Dave's. Pours black, toasty, burnt toast, soft mouthfeel, bitterness builds. This is utterly fabulous, I like BIPA's but this is top notch.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jul 2020
at 19:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. Black, velvetty creamy dark tan head. Dry chocolate and coffee with perfume and herbs. Medium full, fruity, perfume, cocoa and choc. Lightly bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jul 2020
at 19:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Dark, black in fact, very nice light brown head. Dark roast, coffee, citrus, even sour beer notes hit those nose sensors. The flavor is intensely chocolate-malt roasty, with a delightful background / overlaid aromatic of citrus and West Coast pine. Nice bitterness melding in with the aftertaste. Overall it's not a punch of phat flavors that makes this beer great, but the perfect smooth marriage of the various components.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jul 2020
at 19:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black. Aroma is moss peat mushrooms and some cocoa. Taste is easy fresh with mushrooms and peat. Quite drinkable. A bit one dimensional. Still interesting.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2020
at 19:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can 440ml. @ home.
[ As Black Iris Drop the Anchor ].
ABV: 6.5%. Clear dark almost black brown colour with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, dark malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, light wood - woody, light licorice hops. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, licorice hops, grapefruit, fruity hops, dark malt, roasted, hop bitter, light wood - woody, medium dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20200630]
7-4-7-4-15
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jul 2020
at 09:33
7/10
Tried
on 30 Jun 2020
at 22:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can bought from Hoptimism and drunk at home. Very dark brown, bordering on completely black, with a nicelt-sized tan head. Burnt malt, pine needles, molasses in the heady aroma. Taste is sweet for the style with notes of citrus amongst the gritty malt. It finishes more bitter with notes of orange oil and pine resin in the finish. Exquisite.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jun 2020
at 21:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home, from Hoptimism, 22/05/20. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent khaki cap. Nose is cocoa powder, toffee, pine needle, dusty hops, brown sugars. Taste comprises dusty berry fruits, chocolate, pine needle, toffee, brown sugar dusting, blackcurrants. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light dryness in a close cloaked in balanced dusty hop bitterness. Solid CDA work.
Tried
from Can
on 22 May 2020
at 22:12