El Jefe
The Alchemist in Stowe, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Winter|
Score
7.42
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Our holiday ale. This I.D.A., India Dark Ale, is crisp, bitter and overflowing with the aroma of spruce. Perfect for the holidays.
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10/10
Holy shit
Tried
on 01 Dec 2018
at 17:16
8/10
Super fresh,strong piney aroma,resin,loads of pine & grapefruit bitterness on taste,very straight forward,lasting dry aftertaste
Tried
from Can
on 01 Dec 2018
at 16:49
7/10
Tried
on 01 Dec 2018
at 15:56
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Dec 2018
at 15:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Poes black, small tanned head. Smell is creamy, roasty, well hopped. Taste is roasty, hoppy, sharp, intense. Nice ( Sampled december 2018 ) 7.5/10
Redrank december 2021 ( obviously a newer batch :/ ) Was even more impressed with the balance between roast and hops, and gave it a slightly better score of 7.8/10 . Since this was a stand-alone beer , rather than a festival pour, i'mma keep the latter.
Redrank december 2021 ( obviously a newer batch :/ ) Was even more impressed with the balance between roast and hops, and gave it a slightly better score of 7.8/10 . Since this was a stand-alone beer , rather than a festival pour, i'mma keep the latter.
Tried
on 01 Dec 2018
at 14:06
6/10
Tried
on 28 Jul 2018
at 17:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
From my brother: pours black with a beige head. Aroma is piny, slightly herbal, chocolate and some citrus. Taste is fairly bitter and quite roasty. Some bitter aftertaste. Sticky mouthfeel a bit.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2018
at 19:28
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Pours an inky black, with smallish tan head. Aromas of roasted grain, hops, and coffee. Flavor is strong, roasted (almost burnt) grain, piney hops, citrus, and coffee. Very bitter finish/aftertaste. Delicious.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2017
at 15:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Can 1pt. @ home. [ As Alchemist El Jefe ].Clear medium to dark black - red brown color with a average to large, open and frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted - dark malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, moderate licorice, light to moderate pine, light wood. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dark malt, grapefruit, citrus, fruity hops, moderate licorice, light wood, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20170321] 8-4-8-3-17
Tried
from Can
on 31 Mar 2017
at 04:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Had one in a becher pint glass, another in a mason jar and another in a tulip. The color is dark brown. The head retains the longest in the mason jar and leaves a ton of messy lace running all around.
The aroma blends semi-sweet to bitter thick sprucy hops. Thick sweet chocolate malts. Dark bitter coffee grounds, sly roast.
The flavor leans to the bitter spruce side first. Nice portion of the sweet dark chocolate nipping on some bitterness of the cocoa bean. Sly roastiness. Quick semi-bitter to sly roasty and sprucy aftertaste. Quick dry bitter finish.
On the palate, this one sat about light to medium on the body. Good carbonation. Bitterness hits appropriately, feels like a black IPA.
Overall, last review of 2016, it was a good year. I feel like I ended it right. This was good.
The aroma blends semi-sweet to bitter thick sprucy hops. Thick sweet chocolate malts. Dark bitter coffee grounds, sly roast.
The flavor leans to the bitter spruce side first. Nice portion of the sweet dark chocolate nipping on some bitterness of the cocoa bean. Sly roastiness. Quick semi-bitter to sly roasty and sprucy aftertaste. Quick dry bitter finish.
On the palate, this one sat about light to medium on the body. Good carbonation. Bitterness hits appropriately, feels like a black IPA.
Overall, last review of 2016, it was a good year. I feel like I ended it right. This was good.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2016
at 19:52