Jack Black's Brewing Co. Skeleton Coast IPA

Skeleton Coast IPA

 

Jack Black's Brewing Co. in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦

  IPA Regular
Score
6.44
ABV: 6.5% IBU: 55 Ticks: 14
The “Skeleton Coast” contours the South-West Africa, a rite of passage for IPA laden ships bound for India via Cape Town... in old days gone by. An epic journey, an epic beer. Mission accomplished. Freakin’ deliciously dry hopped, highlighting powerful citrus, floral & tropical aromas. Not for your average (fair weather) sailor.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

12 - 28 May 2025. Road trip Namibia. Bottle from Spar Klein Windhoek. Cheers to Anke, Frank & Els!

A: clear golden, stable, foamy, white head.
A: subtle pine resin, grapefruit, peanut, onion, tobacco.
T: sweetish mandarin, bitter grapefruit & pine, peanut.
F: piney & resinous hops, very bitter grapefruit, bit vegetal.
P: medium body, oily texture, average carbonation.
Lacks some intensity, but it does the job.

Tried on 12 Aug 2025 at 08:56


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

At BlockHouse, Constantia, Cape Town, 12th April 2025. This was a bitter and fairly decent IPA. Good to find a few on tap here

Tried from Draft on 14 May 2025 at 19:53


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

0,1l on tap @ Beer House. Pours clear golden with a medium head. Aroma is sweet fruity malts. Flavor is sweet fruity malts with some pine, some hops. Good.

Tried from Draft on 01 Jul 2024 at 19:05


4

Malty, boozy, dark in color - it’s kind of like a hoppy scotch ale. Not at all what I expected and doesn’t look anything like the other pictures. Also, not particularly great.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2023 at 20:24


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

340ml bottle orsered online from St Marcus and drunk at home. It's a deep orange/gold and clear with a film of white head on top. Big piney aroma, tangerines, kemquat peel. The taste is extremely bitter with hop oils all the way down the throat. More pine, citrus, light malt character. Oily body, medium carbonation. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2023 at 23:50


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

30/3/2018. Bottle from Beers of Europe, Kings Lynn. Aroma of hop, caramel, fruit, malt, golden syrup and light veg. Medium plus sweetness, light to moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, average to soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Mar 2018 at 16:47


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle brought by Pilot Goran all the way from South Africa. Huge thanks! Shared with him and Višnja 666. Clear amber, small off-white head. Malts, fruit jam, some hops. Light bitterness. Maybe a bit old. Not bad anyway. Medium body, moderate carbonation, sweetness with a dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2017 at 12:54


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

440ml bottle. Pours crystal clear golden amber with a small beige head. Aroma is a little weak, malty with some fruity hops, light citrus. Taste is similarly malty, a little caramel/toffee balanced with nice citrus fruity hops, finish is quite bitter. Medium body, average carbonation. Not bad but nothing to excite me.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2017 at 15:31


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle at the April Fools Day DC Ratebeer tasting. Poured a copper color with an off-white head. ARoam was sweet caramel notes, citrus. Flavor was malt booze. Sweet and some cardboard.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2017 at 00:33


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

From a bottle at the RB DC tasting on April Fool’s Day 2017. Pours a clear copper with an ecru head. Flavors of caramel and citrus. Bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2017 at 09:06