Blacks Kinsale Brewery & Distillery Black IPA

Black IPA

 

Blacks Kinsale Brewery & Distillery in Kinsale, Cork, Ireland 🇮🇪

  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular
Score
6.61
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 60 Ticks: 38
A unique beer that ambushes your senses, it pours dark with a creamy beige head but tastes light and hoppy! Complex hoppy fruity flavours and aromas mixed with roasty bitter chocolate and coffee tones. Low carbonation for a smooth stout like finish. Dressed in black, charged with hops and ready to rock.

Hops: Centennial, Citra, Vic Secret
 

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5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

From the bottle. Dark brown with a thin, off white head. Aroma is licorice, floral, skunk. Taste is lightly bitter with mild, fruity undertones. Body is medium to light. Smooth. Mild carbonation. Overall, apart from some unpleasant tones in the aroma, not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jul 2018 at 18:10


4.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle 500ml in pbf xii. Nut brown colour, small beige head. Cardboard, caramel, earthy hoos in the nose. Light-bodied. Licorice, harsh sweet flavour. Watery, metallic finish.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2018 at 15:16


3.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

50cl bottle @ PBF XII. Poured dark brown color with a thin white head. Aroma has harshness, cardboard, malts. Flavor has harshness, cardboard, some fruit.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2018 at 15:06


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottled at PBF XII. Hazy mahogany colour, mid sized head. Caramelly nose. Mid sweet with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Treacle, notes of licorice, slight notes of grapefruit. Mid bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2018 at 15:04


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Appearance: Dark brown, clear. Nice light tan head.
Aroma: Light hops, some medium malt. Roasted.
Taste: Nice hops bitterness, some medium malt, roasted, borderline sweet?
Bought: Dunnes Stores (Dublin), 500 ml, €3.00
Info: 20/1-2018, BB: 20/3-2019

Tried on 30 Jan 2018 at 11:28


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Bottle at Malahide Grand, 10th November 17. Pours transparent black, aroma is cocoa, some citrus, roasted malts. Taste is dark chocolate, bitter citrus, cocoa, a little watery, but not a bad BIPA.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2017 at 03:23


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

Bottle at Sheehans, Dublin. Poured a murky dark brown with a thin broken off white head. The aroma is roasty malt, grassy hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light grassy fruity light floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2017 at 15:05


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

Bottle shared by Beersiveknown @ tasting at his place. Huge thanks Steve! Dark brown color, average sized beige head. Smell and taste malts, hops, hop bitter. Decent to medium body and carbonation. .

Tried from Bottle on 09 Mar 2017 at 18:39


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle 0.5l. Almost clear, dark copper colored. AROMA- citrusy and resiny hops, roasted malts. FLAVOR- dry, moderately bitter, water, roasted malts, citrusy, touch of coffee. Medium bodied.
Somewhat empty. Not bad, but not very good, too.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jan 2017 at 11:58


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle. Clear, darkest brown colour with ruby glimmer and average, firm, frothy, fairly lasting, minimally lacing, off-white to beige head. Fruity, hoppy aroma, notes of red berries and dark berries, blueberry, a touch of plum, dark malty background with a pumpernickel touch. Taste is dry hoppy, fruity and dark malty, slightly doughy yeasty, notes of plum and red berries, a touch of pumpernickel, cocoa and dark chocolate. If not genuinely an Irish, definitely an un-American interpretation of the style.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Nov 2016 at 15:48