Kinnegar Brewing Black Bucket

Black Bucket

 

Kinnegar Brewing in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland 🇮🇪

  IPA - Rye Regular
Score
7.36
ABV: 6.5% IBU: - Ticks: 78
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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7.8/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Revisite en 2025, 44cl can, BB 02/04/2025,canned 02/08/2024 achetée chez Malting Pot, Ixelles.
Brune foncée, col épais crémeux café au lait.
Arôme reste sur une black IPA au seigle classique mais de très belle facture. Toasté avec une pointe de grillé/café avec un retour houblonné résineux en retrait. Le tout est solide avec ce cachet de Black IPA d'antan - le houblonné aurait pu être légèrement plus complexe tout en restant dans l'oofre C-hops voire CTZ.
Palais est plaisant avec une belle note houblonnée restant dans une offre tirant sur le résineux et le pin - apport balancé des malts - grillé - café au lait, chocolat noir amer avec une touche fine épciée du seigle.
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27/05/2018 - score de 7.3 = 6/7/8/6/8 Draft @ Graingers Café, Dublin. Brune foncée, col crémeux blanc-cassé. Arôme est houblonné agrumes, note de malt grillé avec une petite touche de pin et résineux. Touche chocolatée en rétro. Palais est malté avec un bel effet grillé voire biscuité, houblonné ok en amertume, c-hops, petite épaisseur de seigle avec une pointe épicée léger résineux. Sur la fin un petit côté tropical revient, léger, sympa et correcte.
Tried from Draft on 27 May 2018 at 15:32

6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
1st May 2018
Brewdog Shoreditch. Keg. Almost clear dark amber - brown beer, small pale tan head. Thin palate, semi dry and with reasonable minerally carbonation. Thin dark malts still carry a fair whack of roasty bitterness. Bitter floral hops, tastes like UK hops in the boil. Modest fruity hop underneath, definitely the underdawg here! Whispers of pine, dark chocolate and red berries before a light semi dry finish. Long bitterish linger. Nice enough but needs a more solid malt base to hang its hat on.
Tried on 01 May 2018 at 16:26

7/10
Still plenty of bitterness — also because of the roasted malt — but less straightforward hoppiness.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2018 at 22:30

9/10
Really enjoyed this one. To-style.
Tried on 26 Feb 2018 at 23:12

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
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Tried from Bottle on 25 Feb 2018 at 00:42

7.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Brown color with beige head. Aroma is spruces, spicy ryespice, a bit farty, chocolate. Taste is the same. Oily mouthfeel with medium carbonation. Not bad!
Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2017 at 17:34

7.5/10 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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