Chiltern Brewery Black IPA

Black IPA

 

Chiltern Brewery in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Special Out of Production
Score
6.54
ABV: 7.2% IBU: - Ticks: 13
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6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 330ml. @ [ The Stat Improver Tasting ] - Saxo, Højbjerg - Aarhus, Denmark. [ As Chiltern Black IPA ].Clear dark brown colour with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to light light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, moderate hoppy, old hops, wood. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, old hops, wood. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170617] 6-4-6-3-13

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2017 at 03:44


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

Bottle at Højbjerg tasting. Pours dark brown with a lasting off-white head. Aroma of hops, roasted malt, and chocolate. Medium plus sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness. Medium body, slight oily texture, average carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 09:25


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

Bottle @ Johns. Pours very dark brown with an offwhite head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, old hops, fruit, wood. Flavor is sweet, light bitter roast malt, caramel, wood, fruit. Medium body, average to lively carbonation, light bitter finish. 6-3-7-3-14. 170617

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 09:10


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

Bottle, 7.8%. Very dark brown with medium beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, yeast and dusty. Flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, medium sweet, wood, hop and medium bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 09:09


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

Bottle @ Saxo tasting. Hazy brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, wood and light hoppy - old hops. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. Why would you barrel age an IPA for 18 monts? 170617

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 09:09


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Dark brown colour. Moderate malty and loght hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Week roasted notes. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 09:08


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle @ Højbjerg tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are caramel, nuts, fruits, hops and has a sweet and bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 09:08


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Bottle at L42, care of Colin. It pours murky dark brown with a gigantic beige head. The aroma is toasty brown bread, earth, wood, leather, cocoa and dried fruits (including date). The taste is dry, harsh bitterness, wood, date, plum, dried fruits, roasted malt, cocoa and some alcohol. Medium body and overly high carbonation. Better than the white IPA, but still fairly basic.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2017 at 08:26


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

9th February 2017
Level 42 Bottleshare. Thanks to Colin. Lightly hazy amber beer, tidy cream colour head. Smooth and semi dry palate, modest carbonation. Mellow malts, modest creamy sweetness. Very mild contrasting roast. A little floral bitterness. Light and smooth pine. Smooth dry finish leaves a trace of bitterness. Wishy washy but okay.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2017 at 11:02


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

Bottle shared on Level 42 09/2017. Many thanks to Colin for this one. A hazed brown mahogany brown coloured pour with a lasting frothy beige head. Aroma is nutty brown malts, tangy jammy fruits, woody, pine. Flavour is composed of semi sweet frothy jammy fruits, woody, . Palate is high abrasive. Carbonation. Meh.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Feb 2017 at 15:23