Black IPA
Blacks Kinsale Brewery & Distillery in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland 🇮🇪
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
6.61
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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
Hops: Centennial, Citra, Vic Secret
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5.4/10
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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
4.2/10
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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
3.9/10
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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
5.9/10
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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
6.6/10
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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
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
7.2/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
7.5/10
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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
6.1/10
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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.
Somewhat empty. Not bad, but not very good, too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2017
at 11:58
6.6/10
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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