Buxton Brewery Black Rocks

Black Rocks

 

Buxton Brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular
Score
7.46
ABV: 5.5% IBU: 61 Ticks: 81
A new-age classic style that we've re-mastered and re-brewed for the first time since 2014. An IPA, in all respects but appearence.
 

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is roasted, chocolate, grapefruit, taste is similar.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2015 at 06:15


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Deliciously Different. Shared with tderoeck and Erwin. Dark brown colour, beige foam. Creamy mouthfeel. Aroma of coffee, roasted malts, citrus and some fruitiness. Well balanced Black IPA. Very good.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2014 at 02:36


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8

Draft at Churchkey. Black color, brown edge. Aroma of bright pine and roast. Taste is roasty and bitter, light body.

Tried from Draft on 01 Sep 2014 at 17:42


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Imported from my RateBeer account as Buxton Black Rocks (by Buxton Brewery):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5

1/IX/14 - 33cl bottle @ home - bottled: 19/III/14, BB: 19/XII/14 (2014-965) Thanks to JefVerstraete for sharing the bottle!

Clear dark purple to brown beer, big creamy irregular beige head, very stable, adhesive. Aroma: hoppy, fruity touch, citrus, soapy, floral, hint of caramel and mocha. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of citrus, bit grassy, roasted malts, coffee, hoppy bitterness. Aftertaste: bit floral, hoppy, some caramel, coffee, cocoa powder, bitter, some citrus.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Sep 2014 at 12:16


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Pours black with a large lasting head.Nose shows roasted malt, resinous hops, pine and fruit confectionery.Cocoa and roasted malt as flavours along with more of the confectionery. Some pine too. Finishes with a strong hoppy bitterness.Nice creamy carbonation works well.

Tried on 03 Jul 2014 at 21:56


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Dunkelbraunes Bier mit schöner beigen Schaumkrone. Geruch röstmalzig, Kaffee + schöne herbe fruchtige Aromen. Geschmack röstmalzig, schokoladig, Kaffee, fruchtig, hopfig, bitter, klasse Bier!

Tried on 06 Jun 2014 at 12:32


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cola brown to black pour. Roasted coffee and toasted brown bread combined with pine and citrus aroma, taste is the same but doesn’t quite live up to the aroma. Nice mouthfeel, overall a strong bipa but slightly underperforming.

Tried on 24 May 2014 at 02:49


8.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours very dark, almost black, with a mahogany tinge. One and a half finger beige head which is thick and creamy and persists. Aroma- lots of hops, chocolatey malt, liquorice, hints of dark fruit. Quite a bit going on, and the hops dominate. Taste- roasty malts, cocoa, espresso coffee, hop bitterness, fruity notes detectable, lingering bitterness at the end. Medium to full mouthfeel, quite creamy but with a nice amount of carbonation. Very interesting, and very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2014 at 13:28


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

330ml bottle. Black-brown colour, foamy off-white head leaving lots of lacing and aroma of dark malt, chocolate, fruity, citrusy hop. Taste is roasted malt, caramel, fruity floral orange citrus, grapefruit hoppy with coffee, chocolate notes and tangy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry roast bitter finish. Very drinkable black IPA.

Tried from Bottle on 16 May 2014 at 14:08


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle 330ml (ABM)
Dark black color, small steady brown head. Aroma has citrus and roasted maltyness. Medium-bodied. Nice strong roast with good grapefruity and resiny hoppyness. Although it is "only" 6 % this beer has lots of things going. Good balance of roast and bitterness. Quite dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 06 May 2014 at 11:57