Mat Black

Church Hanbrewery in New Yatt, Oxfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular

Score

6.75

ABV: 5.5%

IBU: -

Ticks: 14

This beer will positively surprise and play with your mind. It has the strong rich lemony and herbal aroma of an IPA yet the penetrating obscurity and smoothness of a black stout. At the vanguard of our selection, Mat Black is one of our most adventurous beers.

Special note to paradox fans: IBA is our own term for this beer style that is also known as black IPA, American IPA or even American black IPA!

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6.4

Cheeseboard (6269) reviewed Mat Black from Church Hanbrewery 1 year ago

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

Cask at Tear Drop, Oxford. Pours black with tan foam. Aroma: roast malts, cola cubes, coffee, liquorice, charr, earthy. Taste: light to moderate sweet & moderate bitter, bitter roast, mild pine needle. Medium body with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 18 Nov 2024 at 20:52

7.1

BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Mat Black from Church Hanbrewery 2 years ago

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

Tap at Teardrop Barzino, Oxford. Aroma combines coffee, liqourice and resin. Cloudy cola brown. Thick foamy beige head. Initially sour, followed by a medium bitter streak. Underlying malts. Coffee and berries. Resin. Spice. Herbal. Medium bodied. Slick to creamy. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Easy going Stygian Ale.

Tried from Draft on 27 Sep 2023 at 18:07

5.3

AndySnow (19631) reviewed Mat Black from Church Hanbrewery 2 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

How: Bottle.
Where: Tasting, 2023-08-18.
Appearance: Black colour with a beige head.
Aroma: Malt, liquorice, hops, coffee.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, liquorice, hops, coffee.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2023 at 14:29

7.1

omhper (44752) reviewed Mat Black from Church Hanbrewery 2 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

--Bottled, thanks Bearbeer! -- Black, rich beige creamy head. Aroma of licorice and coffee. Dry with light body and crisp, rounded mouthfeel. Licorice and coffee. Long bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2023 at 17:08

eurosoba (18570) ticked Mat Black from Church Hanbrewery 3 years ago

03/10/2018. PINT SHOP, 27-29 George Street, OXFORD, Oxfordshire, England

Tried on 18 Nov 2022 at 10:47

7.5

djd07 (28882) reviewed Mat Black from Church Hanbrewery 3 years ago

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

Bottle. Pours black with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is cocoa, smoke, roast, peat. Slick body, roasted malt, smoke, wood, light bitter, nice dry finish, very good.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Apr 2022 at 13:57

7.4

Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Mat Black from Church Hanbrewery 3 years ago

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

Bottle at the Tear Drop, Oxford covered market, 20/04/22. Black with a tan covering that dissipates to a handsome swirl. Nose is roast malts, pine, bitter tropical fruits, charr, cola cubes. Taste comprises bitter roast, charr, pine needle, dusty tropical fruits, light spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close scattered with balanced dusty hop bitterness. Decent CDA.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Apr 2022 at 13:54

6.8

allmyvinyl (21071) reviewed Mat Black from Church Hanbrewery 3 years ago

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

Bottle from the brewery online shop. Lively pour, lack with a large beige head. Aromas of roast malt, light hops. Taste is burnt orange, roast. Dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2022 at 08:20

6.4

Martinsh (3610) reviewed Mat Black from Church Hanbrewery 5 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at Teardrop, Oxford A vague nose of plummy fruitiness. Pours a very dark reddish brown with a small cream head. In the mouth the test is mainly fruits, plums, raspberries and apples. A hint of chocolate as well. Fruits in the finish as well, along with some hops. Nice enough, but doesn’t have the bitter hoppiness I would expect from a black IPA.

Tried from Draft on 06 Aug 2020 at 23:29

6.3

fonefan (84534) reviewed Mat Black from Church Hanbrewery 8 years ago

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

Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2017 [ The 42th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 10th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As Church Hanbrewery Mat Black ]. Light unclear dark black brown colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, roasted, sweet malt, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, wood, rasted, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20171011] 6-3-6-3-13

Tried from Cask on 11 Oct 2017 at 11:43