Swan Black
Bowness Bay Brewing Co in Kendal, Cumbria, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
6.74
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Set sail on a journey into the deliciously darker waters of our black IPA with its start-to-finish hoppy magnificence. Allow this beer’s rich chocolate sweetness along with its subtle citrus notes and grassy loveliness to wash over and refresh you with its Lakeland water freshness.
Swan Black is also available in 500ml Bottles.
Swan Black is also available in 500ml Bottles.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to Rasmus and Saxo: Poured a dark brown with tan head. Aroma is citrus hops with roasted malts. Taste is gritty hops with roasted robust malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2020
at 19:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Booths, Kendal. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, bitter hops, grass, coffee, licorice and has a nice light bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2020
at 18:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Booths, Kendal. Clear dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, roasted malt and light hoppy - pine. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 100220
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2020
at 18:16
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2015 [ The 40th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 8th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As Bowness Bay Swan Black ].Clear dark red brown color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, dark malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, burnt, sweet malt, dark malt, roasted, light fruity hops, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151007] 6-3-6-3-13
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jan 2017
at 07:57
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity cask at Nottingham festival with fonefan, Charlotte, Boudicca & chriso. Very dark clear maroon color, almost flat. Aroma of toasted brownie. Taste is smooth cocoa. Very nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Oct 2015
at 14:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Raven, Wigan. Very dark with a creamy head. This has nut heavy roasted malts in both its aroma and taste. Fairly dry tasting.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 May 2014
at 15:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Le Gothique’s Halloween Beer Festival 2013. Poured a dark ruby colour with a scummy beige head. Aroma was Oxo-like with roasted malt and grass. Dark fruit flavours with some straw and an odd hint of salt beef. Finish was prunes, molasses and resin.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Nov 2013
at 11:26
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Gravity cask at the Wandsworth Common Halloween Beer Festival - Le Gothique, London. Pours clear brown with a bubbly tan head. The aroma has light roasted malts, coffee and dry chocolate. Light to medium sweet is the flavor with faint tangy dark fruits, moderate chocolate. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Dirty chocolate finish with mellow earth. Good one.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Nov 2013
at 03:19