Banish the Dark
Newburgh Brewing Company in Newburgh, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.03
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oh6gdx (51641) reviewed Banish the Dark from Newburgh Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottled. More or less pitch black colour with a mediumsized reddish brown head. Aroma is silky smooth coffee, chocolate, roast, alcohol, ripe fruits and some mild toffee and tobacco. Flavour is liquorice, very dark chocolate (85+ %), some coffee, mild roast, ashes, liquorice and alcohol. Alcohol quite evident in the flavour, but gives a nice warmth to the beer. A bit on the too-sweet-for-me side of things, but still very much top notch feel to this.
jgb9348 (11997) reviewed Banish the Dark from Newburgh Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Jet black, pitch black coloured body with an oily glow and a fairly large four centimetre tall insanely deep brown and oily glow head on top of this one. Aroma of super roasted malt, coffee, earth, alcohol, pitted fruit, leather, licorice, liquid smoke, bourbon and a large dose of molasses - hugely strong in the nose and deeply potent throughout. Full-bodied; Super rich roasted malt flavours dominate with a lot of grain, some dark (80% cacao) chocolate, a lot of soy sauce and smoke notes but some softer fruit notes, such as the pomegranates and a touch of cherry sourness noticeable at the tail end. Aftertaste shows the deep roasty malt flavours with the licorice, but also a ton of chocolate and pitted fruits with a touch of the smoke and a lot of sugars throughout, but still tons of pungency. Overall, a nice and hugely strong beer with a lot of punch and some funky (pomegranate juice) odd flavours that the tastes immediately come through. I sampled this 75 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods in New York (Bowery), New York on 20-January-2017 for US$10,99 sampled just over two years later on 02-February-2019.
TBone (30380) reviewed Banish the Dark from Newburgh Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled 750ml (from States)
Opaque colour, nice brown creamy head. Roasted aroma has quite strong cinnamon. Full-bodied. Front has strong cinnamon then roastyness. FInishing to more sweetier toasted notes. I can't trace pomegranate but cinnamon (ginger bread) dominates. Mouthfeel is good, velvety, hides ABV quite well but a bit too much cinnamon.
DSG (25989) reviewed Banish the Dark from Newburgh Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
[2/3/17] Draught/Bottle at Extreme Beer Fest in Boston. Black, tan head. Roast, licorice, dark fruits, cinnamon, sweet, spicy, full-bodied.
Jow (8450) reviewed Banish the Dark from Newburgh Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at home on New Years Eve supposed to be my last rate of year but missed deadline so first of new. Lovely dark pour big appealing frothy head. Nose is dark fruits and some cinnamon. Tastes of cola, light chocolate, touch of pomegranate juice, cranberry, earthy and cinnamon but thank heavens not overpowering. Pretty easy drinking for abv. Some juice on finish.