Birks Black Ale
Grünerløkka Brygghus in Oslo, Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.91
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Almost black with a frothy, beige head. Charred grain aroma, garden bouquet, coffee, dark chocolate. Taste is mildly bitter, full of toast and Schwarzbrot. Body is to the light side of medium, a bit oily with a light watery texture on the backside. Not bad, just needs more heft.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2019
at 16:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
I’ve been on this trip to Scandinavia for over a week and have not had an IPA during the time. I obtained this black IPA in Oslo to change that. Lift the tab on the 330 ml can and drain into a tall pilsner. Assuredly black in color completed by a tremendous eggshell brown head, good lacing possibility. The scent is spruce and cut grass. A drink and taste, of course is a blend of IPA and a stout. Pine needles, hops, malt, scorched pecans, some roastiness. Finely bitter. Glad to have the try.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jul 2019
at 15:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Svart med høyt beige skum. Lukter kaffe, kakao, blomster og sitrus. Middels fylde. Lett bitter kaffe, mørk sjokolade, nøtter og sitrus.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2019
at 19:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330 ml can, from Meny Løren. ABV 4.7%. Hops are Columbus, Amarillo and Mosaic. Black colour, moderate beige head. Roasty aroma, coffee notes, also piney hops. Medium dry, roasty and hoppy flavour, coffee and piney notes.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Apr 2019
at 20:13
7/10
Aroma lakris malt humle frukt. Smak lakris røsted malt karamell sjokolade humle. Middels fyldig god sødme grei bitterhet
Tried
from Can
on 23 Feb 2019
at 21:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Utseende mørk brun med beige skum. Aroma lakris humle malt frukt. Smak lakris karamell sjokolade røsted malt humle. Middels fyldig god sødme grei bitterhet. Boks kjøpt på Gulating Tromsø, 33cl 4,7%
Tried
on 23 Feb 2019
at 20:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
KYGG 161218. Red black color with a beige head. Aroma is roasted / burnt malt, coffee. Flavor is roasted malt, burnt, coffee, pine, citrus, grapefruit, chocolate, licorice. Easy drinkable beer.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2018
at 08:21
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
0,33 boks fra Gulating Stavanger, hjemme på lile julaften mens torskemiddagen tilberedes: brunsvart med utmerket, cremet skum som holder følge hele veien ned. Mørkrøstet malt, kaffe, citrustoner og furunål i smakfullt ssamspill. Deilig, grapefruktaktig bitterhed sammen med fyrrenåle i afslutningen.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2018
at 18:26
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. It pours a clear-looking reddish deep brown body under a finger-thick beige head. The aroma is rather roasted, burnt actually, with chocolate hints and lots of piney, citrusy hops. It's full-bodied and soft on the palate, quite bitter, with a nice carbonation. Roasted and burnt malts, some licorice hints and a good dash of piney and citrusy hops. Long dark malts finish with the hops adding bitterness, pine cones and citrus notes. A nice one, but too much on the dark malt side. 181216
Tried
from Can
on 16 Dec 2018
at 17:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml draught, 5.2 % abv, at Grünerløkka Brygghus. Off-white head that laced well. Black in the glass with a deep ruby tint. Earth and leafy hops on the nose. Well blended taste profile of roasted malts, pine, and herbal hops. Malt bitter tail, dry. Fine bodied. Nice one. (Oslo 04.12.2018).
Tried
on 15 Dec 2018
at 11:01