Wild Card Brewery Scorpio

Scorpio

 

Wild Card Brewery in Walthamstow, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Collab with: Elusive Brewing
  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular Out of Production
Score
7.32
ABV: 5.4% IBU: - Ticks: 10
Unfined Black IPA, made with a thick lager and oat malt base with a spattering of the dehusked roasted barley Carafa III. Hopped with Waimea on the hotside and finished with a dry hop of Cryo Loral, Cryo Mosaic and experimental US hop Cryo HBC 472.
 

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

On tap at Elusive Taproom, Finchampstead, Berks. A very dark brown/black coloured pour with a huge beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate, pine taste and aroma. Decent black IPA from Elusive.

Tried from Draft on 23 Mar 2024 at 22:47


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can online from Elusive Brewery. Pours deep brown towards black with tan foam. Deep roast, bitter chocolate, light coffee, some ash, dark berries, pine. Light to moderate sweet & moderate bitter. Medium body with soft carbonation. Decent

Tried from Can on 03 Mar 2024 at 20:42


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Can at home from Elusive, 22nd February 24. Pours black, big white head. Aroma is cocoa and roasted malts. Taste is dry, roasted malts, bitter, cocoa and light aromatic

Tried from Can on 23 Feb 2024 at 16:24


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

440ml can. Pours almost black with a huge beige head. Aroma of roast malts, chocolate, pine, berry fruits. Taste of roast malts, berry fruits, chocolate, pine, grapefruit peel, even a hint of smoky ash, bit of everything really, leading to a bitter finish. Medium bodied. Great BIPA.

Tried from Can on 11 Feb 2024 at 23:29


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can ordered from Elusive. Aroma is led by a combination of blackberry and coffee. Spice and light resin. Cloudy dark brown. Thin foamy beige head. Medium bitter. Resin and espresso. Tangy blackberries. Spice. The bitterness builds up. Medium bodied. Creamy. Average carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Pops.

Tried from Can on 05 Jan 2024 at 23:12


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

440ml can - Pours a dark brown colour with a small beige head. The aroma is citrus, light roasted malts with a hint of pine. A moderately sweet and bitter fruity taste, grapefruit, tropical and light roasted malt flavours with a piney hoppy bitterness.

Tried from Can on 19 Apr 2022 at 19:50


7

Tried on 07 Mar 2022 at 21:23


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

Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 30/01/22. Extremely dark mahogany brown meets light black with a khaki cap that dissipates in time. Nose is dried red berry fruit skins, light roast, cola cubes, cocoa sprinkle, pine needle. Taste comprises raw tropical fruits, candied fruit rinds, brown sugars, light roast, cocoa powder, toffee, pine nip, tropical fruit vibes, perfume. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with earthy hop bitterness allied to a sweet edge. Decent CDA.

Tried from Can on 30 Jan 2022 at 15:31


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

Poured a black when a tan colored head. Aroma is huge citrus, astringent hops, roasted malts. Taste is bitter citrusy hops, roasted malts.

Tried on 15 Jan 2022 at 15:47


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Gravity cask at Pigs Ear 2021 - Hackney. Pours clear, deep brown with a small, creamy tan head. Light-medium sweet flavour with soft roast, juicy citrus hops, mellow toasted pine bitterness. Light bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Finishes with more bright citrus, orange, grapefruit, light piney resin, restrained roast and cocoa. Solid.

Tried from Cask on 03 Dec 2021 at 13:49