Black Bucket
Kinnegar Brewing in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland 🇮🇪
IPA - Rye Regular|
Score
7.33
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Rustbucket, our trademark Rye Ale, now has a big brother, Black Bucket. This Black Rye IPA balances rye and roasted malts with fresh hop aromas and flavours. At 6.5% ABV Blackie is a little bigger in strength than his lighter sibling but we think he is every bit as drinkable.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried in a bottle from flavourly.com. Dark brown colour with a thick beige head. Aroma dark sugar chocolate and light spice. Taste as the aroma with a mid bitter and slight smoke. Full body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2017
at 06:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Nice beer, but not as hoppy as expected for a black IPA. Whilst there is some initial fruitiness, the general flavour and finish is rather of a dry stout, with all the roastiness and maltiness of a black IPA but without the distinct hoppiness. Nevertheless a very good beer.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2017
at 20:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from the Brewdog Online Shop. Pours opaque dark brown with a thick beige head. Aromas of molasses, dark chocolate, ash, spice. Taste is more of the same. Light smoke note on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2017
at 10:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from Brewdog online. Pours dark brown-black in colour with a foamy tan head leaving lots of lacing and aroma of roast malt, chocolate, spicy citrusy pine hop. Flavour is dark malt, roasted, chocolate & coffee, with citrus, woody pine and lingering earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy roast bitter finish. Quite drinkable black IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2017
at 15:10
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Appearance is very dark, opaque, a big foamy beige head. Aroma- chocolate malt, hop hints, coffee, milk chocolate. Taste- treacle, milk chocolate, bitter coffee, dark malt, rye, very malty. Hop bitterness in the background, bitter roasty finish. Good stuff.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2017
at 02:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Pitch black with a thick beige head, good retention and lacing. Aroma: piney hops, roasted malt, dark chocolate. Taste: roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, pine, tropical fruits, spicy rye, good bitterness. Medium body and carbonation, smooth mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2017
at 23:43
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Creamy, sandy coloured head stayed on a very dark brown, finely effervescent body. Pine aroma - not much else sniffing about. Medium to thin body. Very smooth on the palate & prickly on the back. Lots of bitter citrus, pine, roasted, caramel, malts & hints of caffeine. Not sure about the Black Rye IPA tag.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2017
at 15:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Brewdog Shepherds Bush, London. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, malty, citrus, pine aroma. Tastes rather similar, roasty, malty, citrus, pine. I believe this is my first Irish craft beer, not a bad effort.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2017
at 06:09
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared with Niilstrong @ hotelroom. Dark brown to black color, average sized beige head. Smell and taste malts, hops, dark malts, sweetish initially but than decently bitter. Decent body and carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2017
at 20:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
botte from European Local Swap 2/2016, thanks Beersiveknown, 500ml pours brown with a full fine light brown head. Aroma of malts, roasted and burnt, laurel, pine. Taste or roasted malts, average bitter, laurel, light sugary syrup, medium sweetness, soft, light chocolate, low on the hops, average body, soft co2, aftertaste has some long bitterness and light spicy.
Tried
on 26 Jun 2016
at 13:40