Thinking With Portals
Unity Brewing in Southampton, Hampshire, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
7.44
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A Black IPA brewed with flaked and roasted spelt in collaboration with Elusive Brewing. Challenge perceptions, find a new way of thinking and enjoy what comes next.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can purchased online from Elusive Brewing. Sampled May 2021. Poured dark brown towards black with a fine beige tan foam. Aroma: toasted malts, chocolate, grapefruit, citrus, pine. Taste: moderate sweet with lighter bitterness, burnt malts, pine, liquorice hints, coffee, pine. Medium body with fine carbonation. Bit sweet but nice flavours
Tried
from Can
on 27 Dec 2023
at 16:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can from The Grumpy Goat in Reading. Pours hazy dark brown with a medium-sized beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, liquorice, pine, black coffee. Taste is roasted malt, coffee, pine, dried berries, notes of liquorice and citrus. Medium bitter finish. Low carbonation. Top stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Aug 2021
at 15:08
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home in Hackney - picked up from Caps & Taps. Pours clear brown with a creamy, beige head. Medium sweet flavour, nice sturdy roast, dark chocolate, gooey pine, ripening oranges. Medium bodied with fine carbonation and velvety texture. Nicely rounded finish, well toasted malts, burnt toast, bittersweet cocoa, more piney notes, citrus fruits, a little burnt marshmallow. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jul 2021
at 20:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Vine and Grain. Appearance - deep brown to black. Tan fluffy head. Nose - pine, lime, coffee and chocolate. Taste - coffee, malt loaf, just a hint of pine and citrus this time. Palate - medium bodied, roasty and zesty finish. Overall - more of a hopped stout than a black IPA but very tasty all the same.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jul 2021
at 20:45
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can on the train to Bingohame, thanks to James, 11/06/21. Murky brown with a well appointed khaki head. Nose is dried berry fruits, pine needle, grapefruit, brown bread, hint of coffee, light charr, touch of perfume. Taste comprises light roast, pine needle, mixed tropical fruits, dried berries, faint liquorice, dusty hops. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close spiked with balanced hop bitterness. Solid flavoursome CDA.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jun 2021
at 09:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can ordered from Elusive brewery. Aroma has tangy stonefruit, coffee, light liqourice and grains. Dark brown. Muddy. Thin frothy tan head. Fruity tangy jammy sweetness. Underlying light bitterness which is more prevalent into the finish, liqourice, coffee and (not overly) dark chocolate. Citrus edge. Light-medium bodied. Creamy. Flat carbonation. Lovely jubbly. Highly drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Apr 2021
at 18:51
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Can from Elusive Brewery Tap, 28th March 2021. Pours a luxurious, dark brown black, bubbly of white tan head. Aroma is grains, chocolate, malty, light aromatic and citrus. Taste is full of depth, the spelt really adds a lovely grainy, malty character, chocolate, cocoa, coffee. Delicious and differentiated BIPA, lovely stuff
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2021
at 07:06