Black Bucket
Kinnegar Brewing in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland 🇮🇪
IPA - Rye Regular|
Score
7.36
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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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7/10
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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
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
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Bittles Bar Belfast [131114]
Black, tan head, good lacing
Aroma of piney hops, citrus zest, slight herbal notes with a good dark malt background
Taste of piney hops, bitter citrus zest, slight herbal, plenty of bitter hops in this with a good stouty background of fairly bitter roast and dark malts. Lots of flavour. Not really getting the rye.
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, robust, roast not too bitter. Finish as main flavour.
Overall - It’s a black IPA to me and a very good one. Top beer from Kinnegar so far.
Black, tan head, good lacing
Aroma of piney hops, citrus zest, slight herbal notes with a good dark malt background
Taste of piney hops, bitter citrus zest, slight herbal, plenty of bitter hops in this with a good stouty background of fairly bitter roast and dark malts. Lots of flavour. Not really getting the rye.
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, robust, roast not too bitter. Finish as main flavour.
Overall - It’s a black IPA to me and a very good one. Top beer from Kinnegar so far.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2014
at 14:56
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle from McHughs. Brownish black with a tan head, excellent lacing. Aroma is grapefruit, a little toast. Flavour is burnt rye, smokey base, dry bitterness, makes the mouth water. Really long dry bitter finish. Superb.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2014
at 14:11