Hop Hooligans Gothic Noir

Gothic Noir

 

Hop Hooligans in Jilava, București - Ilfov, Romania 🇷🇴

Collab with: Les Intenables Craft Beer
  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular
Score
7.28
ABV: 8.0% IBU: 30 Ticks: 5
The collaboration with the French powerhouse Les Intenables is finally out!

We went in a rather mysterious direction, but far from being gloomy - a super-hopped up Black DIPA.

GOTHIC NOIR is all about contrast, ironically. Pitch black, with soft roasted malts and subtle notes of ashy espresso, cocoa powder, spikes of citrus and resins from a hefty Simcoe and Mosaic hot side addition - and then the surprise twist from a super-fruity, bright and tropical dry hop charge - Azacca, Eclipse and Citra.

Works well with faded out jazz in the background.
 

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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

1/II/25 - 44cl can @ Nieuwjaarsreceptie Gentse Biervereniging (Ledeberg), BB: 17/VII/25 11:04:56 0563, LOT 01 PANIQUE (2025-72) Thanks to Emmanuel for sharing the can!

Clear dark brown beer, small creamy off-white to beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma nice, some tropical fruits, juicy, mango, a bit dank, good roast, some alcohol, nice! MF: ok carbon,medium body. Taste: good roast, pretty bitter, some alcohol, hoppy, grassy. Aftertaste: very dry and bitter finish, hoppy, good roast, bitter, chocolate and some coffee notes, nice one!

Tried from Can on 01 Feb 2025 at 18:10


8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Can shared at home, black beer, small head. Aroma is roast, malt, citrus, hops. Taste is citrus, roast, malt, bitter, hops. Very nice

Tried from Can on 23 Jan 2025 at 21:15


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can @ Beer Station, Bucharest. Nice creamy head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, bitter hops, coffee, little licorice and has a nice roasty finish.

Tried from Can on 13 Oct 2024 at 18:47


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

500ml can. Jet black colour with huge, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, dark beige head. Chocolately, slightly roasty, dark malty and zesty, citrusy fruity, hoppy aroma, notes of dark chocolate, Belgian chocolate, some coffee, some orange flavoured dark chocolate, lemon, lemon peel, tangerine, a touch of mocha. Taste is moderately bitter, roasty and slightly chocolately, dark malty, slightly zesty, citrusy fruity and minimally grassy hoppy, notes of dark chocolate, Belgian chocolate, mocha, coffee, a touch of lemon, lemongrass, orange flavoured dark chocolate, roasty and hoppy bitterness, no residual sweetness, weak, grassy tartness. Oily-watery texture, dry palate, medium to fine, dense, soft carbonation. Quite bitter, just flashes of hop flavours in malty darkness - not bad, not outstanding.

Tried from Can on 16 Sep 2024 at 21:06


7

Tried from Draft on 19 Aug 2024 at 17:46