Stygian Falls
Buxton Brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
7.01
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Shadowy, foreboding and mysterious...describes many a winter's night on the Dark Peak. It also captures the essence of the Black IPA, with six types of malt to give it a black opaqueness and almost caramel sweetness, all balanced out with a defined piney bitterness from the Pacific Northwest hop combo of Centennial and Cascade.
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6.5/10
Tried
on 08 Nov 2025
at 15:40
7/10
Tried t the Nottingham Craft Beer Festival 2025
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jun 2025
at 14:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at CBJ, 23/05/2025.
Light black topped with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is charr, cocoa powder, liquorice, dusty hops.
Taste comprises roasted bite, pine nibble, cocoa sprinkle, dried red berries, cola cubes.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close spiked with earthy hop bitterness.
Tidy CDA.
Light black topped with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is charr, cocoa powder, liquorice, dusty hops.
Taste comprises roasted bite, pine nibble, cocoa sprinkle, dried red berries, cola cubes.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close spiked with earthy hop bitterness.
Tidy CDA.
Tried
on 23 May 2025
at 09:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Man in the Moon. Pours dark brown with a light beige head. Woody pine, some roasted malts on the nose. Flavour has dry old pine, stale rye bread. Fairly tired hop expression.
Tried
from Draft
at
Man in the Moon
on 15 May 2025
at 23:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Man in the Moon, pours a deep dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma has roasted malt, some diacetyl, and earthy hops. Flavour is better, with roasted malt, earthy hops and a hint of bitter. The balance is good and the depth of the malt drowns out the butter but it’s still suboptimal.
Tried
from Draft
at
Man in the Moon
on 15 May 2025
at 22:36
7/10
Magus, mõru, röstine, kohvine, veits vesine, nats happeline, humalane. Ok, viisakas bipa.
Tried
on 17 Apr 2025
at 22:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Roast upfront with coffee, dark chocolate, piney hop, notes of orange, pine. Long roasty and bitter finish. Yum good BIPA, firm roast. A fuller body would have put this in the upper echelon.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2025
at 23:51
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Pours pitch black with a beige head, good retention, been a while since I've seen one look this good! Aroma of dark chocolate, roast malts, some sweet molasses and caramel, piney bitterness, bittersweet overall. Medium bodied. A great BIPA.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jan 2025
at 00:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours almost black, with fine, light brown foam. Aroma is earthy, licorice, dark chocolate. Body is average, with moderate carbonation. Taste is medium bitter, with some malty sweetness behind. Final is fairly long.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Dec 2024
at 18:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can at home, 23rd December 24. Pours a black beer. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, taste is bitter, cocoa, roasted malts, smooth, then runs a bit sweet. It’s not bad
Tried
from Can
on 23 Dec 2024
at 21:08