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 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Cotteridge, Birmingham, consumed at home sat down the garden cooking a Cod and Chorizo Risotto, Sunday 12th June 2016 Pours black in colour with a good looking light beige head atop. Really hoppy, fresh green zappy hops, a late chocolate (cocoa powder) sprinkling, lingering bitterness. Nice roasty flavour throughout, lovely beer. A7 A5 T7 P4 Ov14 3.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2016
at 11:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; murky burnished amber pour with a thin white head, aroma has a hint of lime and mango, taste has lemon, some floral action, crisp malts, bitter finish, nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2016
at 09:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle courtesy of John at Johnny Off L. store in Rome-Italy. Thank you sir. Pours black coffee color, huge brownish foamy head. Nose: a blast of Fresh American resin hops, some roasted malts, citrus. Mouth: roasted malts, rye, soft carbonation, orange finish. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2015
at 06:06
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Many thanks to Beersiveknown for this bottle! Nice beige malty-head. The beer starts nice malty-dark. Intense rye earthy, dry with a nice floral hoppy body. Fresh and round, with great earthy body. Malty-dry aftertaste, nice round body, fresh, intense, highly drinkable, roasted, earthy. Fresh. Fantastic!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2015
at 15:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared@CBC Clerkenwell, London (03/06/2015) - fuzzy dark brown to black coloured pour with a beige head. Aroma and taste is a mix of roasted malts and tropical fruits, piny hoppy, grapefruit, cocoa, roasted hoppy finish. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2015
at 05:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at craft beer co clerko. Big thanks to the Wingman. Mahogany brown black coloured pour with a loose off white head. Aroma is composed of nutty choc, piney hop, some earthy funk. Plastic. Flavour is composed of nutty, brown malts, pine. Sticky pine needle. Little plastic. Palate is full and sticky. Moderate carbonation. Bit rough and earthy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2015
at 17:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to the Wingman. It pours near black with a thick light tan head. The nose is earthy, piney, varnish, roasted malts, grapefruit, orange sherbet and rocky road. The taste is bitter, earthy roast, chocolate, varnish, burnt pine, ash, dirty, ash and citrus rind with a dry, earthy finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. A xolid cda.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2015
at 13:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at CBC Clerko Tasting, thanks to the Wingman, 03/06/15. Light black with a decent khaki covering. Nose is pine, spice, charr, bitter tropicana, liqourice. Taste comprises pine needle, light roast, toffee, grapefruit, spice, earthy hop. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a well balanced bitter streak. Decent CDA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2015
at 16:24
8/10
Tried
on 03 Jun 2015
at 13:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared in London - big thanks to Dave. Pours clear brown with a creamy tan head. The nose has mellow roast, ash, citrus rind. Medium sweet flavor with some rindy citrus, grapefruit, tangerine, bittersweet cocoa. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Pleasant ash and roast on the finish, slight alcohol boom, cocoa. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2015
at 13:45