Urban Island Brewing Urban Graffiti

Urban Graffiti

 

Urban Island Brewing in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular
Score
7.16
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 10
A cross between a black IPA and stout rammed with smoked and roast malts giving a smooth and complex body with a distinct hoppy flavour.
 

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7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask@The Great British Beer Festival 2022 (Days 1&2) - Smoked burnt malty, ashy roast, cocoa and caramel, full body, dark malty smoked finish.

Tried from Cask on 04 Sep 2022 at 13:43


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Forholdvis pålitelige notater fra en travel dag på The Great British Beer Festival, London 02.08.22: brunsvart, fint skum som varer. Citrus, røykmalt og mørke karameller i skjønn forening. Nydelig balansert og deilig, lang ettersmak (og det er et stort kompliment fra en sokm ikke liker røykmalt).

Tried on 16 Aug 2022 at 17:43


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg at GBBF '22 day 2, 03/08/22. Black with a well presented tan head. Nose is dark malts, dried fruits, cocoa powder, liquorice, spice. Taste comprises chocolate, light charr, pine needle, dried fruits, ashen notes, brown bread, light smoke. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close spiked with earthy hop bitterness. Decent enough CDA.

Tried on 14 Aug 2022 at 11:21


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg at gbbf 2022 day 2. A jet black coloured pour with a lasting dark tan head. Aroma is robust earthy roast, pepper, grass, char, nutty. Flavour is nice layered earthy roast, liquorice, charred wood light pine, sticky sap. On the roasty end of black ipa. Palate is semi sweet oily, bitter roast, highish carbonation. Good.

Tried on 03 Aug 2022 at 18:51


8.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

From cask at the GBBF with Holmen1 and Stephen 03.08.22. Ebony. Brown head and lacing. Aroma and taste of pine, ash, smoked malt and grapefruit. Well-balanced, interesting and surprisingly quaffable.

Tried from Cask on 03 Aug 2022 at 14:58


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

Cask: Poured a dark brown chocolate with bubble tan head. Aroma is rich roasted malts, that cascade hops fights though. Taste is blend of smokiness, hops bite, roasted malts, very lively on the palate. Best I’ve had in awhile.

Tried from Cask on 11 Oct 2020 at 06:18


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

9/10/2020. Cask takeaway from the Urban Island brewery tap. Pours very dark brown with a small bubbly beige head. Aroma is roasted, earthy, hoppy, chocolate, cocoa, touch nutty and fruity. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation. Nice roasted fruity drying finish. Very nice example of the style (though why has someone quick rated this a 1 thus undeservedly bringing down the average so much?).

Tried from Cask on 09 Oct 2020 at 22:11


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5


Draught @ BrewDog Southampton, 🇬🇧 18A Upper Bannister Street, SO15 2EF Southampton, Hampshire, England.

[ As Urban Island Urban Graffiti ].
ABV: 6.0%. Clear dark brown colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, wood, dusty, dark malt. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, roasted, dark malt, dusty, malt bitter, woody - woody hops. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20190619]
7-3-7-3-15

Tried on 19 Jun 2019 at 21:43


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Keg at Wave Maiden, Portsmouth. Chocolate and spruce aroma. Dark with a thin beige head. Medium bitter w/ chocolate. Medium bodied. Thin. Flat carbonation. Astringent finish. OK

Tried on 12 Jan 2019 at 22:23


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (Southampton Beer Festival 2018) - Black with a tan head. Pine, toffee and some smoky notes in the aroma. The taste is roasted, slightly smoky and moderately soapy with notes of fudge, smoked malt, liquorice and pine.

Tried from Cask on 02 Aug 2018 at 20:25