Cosmic Chaos
8 Wired Brewing in Warkworth, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
IPA - Sour / Wild Regular|
Score
6.81
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Like the universe itself this brew is dark and tranquil in appearance, but once you delve in, its chaotic intensity really hits. It’s a trip across the palate; sour, hoppy & malty bringing balance to The Force.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, 7.5%. Clear very dark brown with medium tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, hops, chocolate and grapefruit. Flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, little sour, citric, hops, grapefruit, medium sweet, little lemon and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2018
at 19:23
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. A red-brown beer with a tan head. The aroma has notes of hops, citrus fruits, caramel, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of brettanomyces, malt, citrus fruits, and straw, leading to a tart finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2018
at 05:29
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 330ml. @ home. [ As 8 Wired Cosmic Chaos ].Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, roasted, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, tart fruit, wood. Flavor is moderate sweet, light to moderate acidic and moderate bitter with a long to average duration, tart citric, citrus, grapefruit, dark malt, dry, light roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20180111] 7-3-7-3-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2018
at 05:31
6/10
Tried
on 11 Jan 2018
at 21:02
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Not bad! (but then I was afraid it would suck!) Lightly tart, roast and smoke notes. Light citrus hops. Definitely weird with so many things going on at once, but they made it work.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2017
at 12:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a caramel hoppy piney aroma. Fruity malty caramel hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2017
at 04:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared with Erwin Van Moll and Sander Kobes @ Van Moll Brewpub. Clear red-brown color with a dark red glare coming through, average sized beige head. Smell and taste malts, dark malts, unripe dark forest fruit tart. Decent to medium body and carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2017
at 09:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Black pour. Aroma has coffee, peach, mild tart and citrus. Taste of tart citrus, chocolate, coffee, peach, acidic sourness and some licorice. Quite a sour finish. Not really a subtle beer, but it's nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2017
at 15:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle bought online from Beautiful Beers, BSE. Pours Black with a frothy tan head. Aroma is light sour, light roast, citrus, pine, grapefruit, hint of chocolate & coffee. Taste is light sour, light roast, dark berries, grapefruit, pine. Medium bodied, moderate carb, dry-ish piney finish. A well balanced hybrid of BIPA & sour. Good one
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2017
at 16:23
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Pours black with a large beige head, good lacing. Aroma is tart dark berries presumably blackberry, also citrus, grapefruit, zesty. Tart berry flavours, grapefruit, pine, some dark/roast malts in the background, mildly sour. Medium body, well carbonated. Doesn't really excel at being either a sour or a black IPA but somehow I feel the flavours actually work quite well together, I enjoyed it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2017
at 16:12