Black IPA
Sambrooks Brewery in London, Greater London, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
7.04
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle โ Pours a dark reddish-brown colour with an average sized foamy beige head. Aroma is malty, malty brown bread, a little chocolate, citrus and piney hops. Moderately sweet to sweet taste, brown bread, vanilla, sweet ripe fruit and some cocoa flavours. Oily in the mouth with a lingering citrus, slightly spicy hop bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2020
at 19:33
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Frothy off-white good mostly diminishing head. Black colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Some vanilla notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Some chocolate and vanilla notes. Average light bitter finish. Oily palate. Slightly messy beer.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2019
at 18:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 330ml. [ As Sambrooks Black IPA ].Clear medium to dark red brown color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, dark malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, pine, grapefruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, pine, grapefruit, dark malt, medium dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20161127] 8-4-7-3-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2017
at 10:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
19th December 2016
Level 42 bottleshare. Santa is flying past and below! Thanks to Leighton. Hazy deep amber beer, thin pale tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry. Decent fine carbonation. The dark malts are sweeter than normal, a little dark malt cream. Sweetish floral mid into tangy dark fruits. Overarching spicy pine. Smooth finish. Good CDA.
Level 42 bottleshare. Santa is flying past and below! Thanks to Leighton. Hazy deep amber beer, thin pale tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry. Decent fine carbonation. The dark malts are sweeter than normal, a little dark malt cream. Sweetish floral mid into tangy dark fruits. Overarching spicy pine. Smooth finish. Good CDA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2016
at 05:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at the L42 Shitmas Chriss up, thanks to Leighton Calrissian, 19/12/16. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent tan covering. Nose is pine, jammy berry fruits, cocoa dusting, toffee, light roast. Taste comprises pine needle, Ribena berry, spice, black pepper, light chocolate, toffee, faint Tropicana. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close peppered with leafy hop bitterness. Solid CDA ... best beer Iโve had from Sambrooks.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2016
at 03:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared in London - picked up at the London Brewers Market. Pours clear reddish brown with a dense, beige head. The nose holds toasted brown bread, orange. Medium sweet flavour with more brown bread, ripening orange, nips or oily pine, cocoa, grapefruit. Modem bodied, oily, with creamy carbonation. Resinous finish with cocoa, brown bread, juicy citrus. Quite a solid offering overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2016
at 15:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared on Level 42 19/12/2016. Many thanks to Leighton for this. A reddy mahogany brown coloured pour with a loose. Light tan head. Aroma is sticky Douglas pine, pine, woody, earthy, hint of toast. Flavour is composed of semi sticky woody, pencil sharpening, pine. Palate, is semi sweet. Sticky hop, moderate carbonation,. Good black ipa.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2016
at 15:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
0,33l bottle at home. BB 03/2017. black color, small tan head. smells of grapefruit, some pines, exotic fruits, resin, a bit glueish, passion fruit, some mango, lovely smell. full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes of exotic fruits, mango, resin, lightly earthy, light berry notes, passion fruit, some pines. finishes quite balanced with a very light bitterness and notes of resin and exotic fruits. great one, very nice fruity hoppy notes. great stuff, great fruity hoppy notes, overall rather on the hoppy side, very enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2016
at 08:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Darkest brown colour with ruby glimmer and average to huge, frothy, mostly lasting, moderately lacing, beige head. Tropical fruity hoppy and chocolately dark malty aroma, notes of mango, passion fruit, guave, orange, "background-ish" hints of dark chocolate. Taste is moderately bitter hoppy, tropical fruity, minimally chalky, roasty dark malty basis, hints of passion fruit, mango, some cocoa powder, (in mouthfeel as well), subtle sweetness; lasting bitter, minimally zesty finish. Easy drinkable, sadly the fruity flavours arenโt fully reproduced in taste, neither in width nor depth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2016
at 10:00
6/10
Tried
on 04 May 2016
at 11:57