Strand Brewing Company Musashi Black IPA

Musashi Black IPA

 

Strand Brewing Company in Torrance, California, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular
Score
7.12
ABV: 7.5% IBU: - Ticks: 23
Musashi Black IPA is not just dark in color, it is thick and roastywith a strong malt backbone. Toasted and dark crystal malts blend with the hoppy bitterness and character of magnum and perle to create hints of toffee and black licorice.
 

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6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Early rating from Beer Buddy app

Tried on 10 Apr 2022 at 03:13


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is roasted, chocolate, smoky, meaty, taste is sweet toffee, chocolate, meaty, light pine.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2016 at 11:01


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

500ml bottle from Bevmo
A gusher. Pours dark brown with a medium sized tan head, good lacing. Aroma of dark malts, chocolate and earthy. Taste of chocolate, roasted malts, caramel and pine
A good beer but not a good example of a black ipa

Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2015 at 00:12


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 1pt 9fl.oz. [ As Strand Musashi Black IPA ].Clear dark red - black brown color with a large, frothy, good lacing, fully to mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dark malt, malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, pine, grapefruit, light licorice. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light heavy bitter with a long duration, licorice, roasted, pine, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140818]

Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2015 at 05:31


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

500ml bottle. Clear, dark mahogany colour with average to huge, thick, frothy, fairly lasting, moderately lacing, tan head. Dark malty aroma has chocolate and coffee notes, slightly weak hoppy counterweight delivers disguised hints of orange and grapefruit, a touch of blackberry. Taste is dry, roasty dark malty, hints of coffee, slightly grassy, herbal, minimally biting bitter hoppy overtones, hints of blackberry; soft palate, a bit light bodied and almost close to watery. There’s leeway for progression.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Dec 2014 at 11:46


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

Bottle from Ales by Mail. Black pour with a beige head. Aromas of chocolate, soy sauce, toffee, caramel and dark fruit. Lots of licorice and raisin in the flavour. Light bitter zing. Doesn’t quite fit my idea of a Black IPA, not enough bitterness for me. Still it was a tasty old brew.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Nov 2014 at 06:27


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle 500ml (BBE 01/2015, ABM)
Dark brown color, good steady brownish head. Sticky aroma has ash, licorice, rye bread. Medium-bodied. Ashy, dark malty with some licorice. Bitter, harsh aftertaste. With its ashy-burned, bitter flavor, it is a bit unbalanced for my taste. Probably when it is fresh, hops taste better here.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Nov 2014 at 09:12


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle @benzai. Black colour, small off-white to beige head. Smells roasty, peat, whisky, roasty. Tastes roasty, bitter, sweetish, hops, chocolate, slightly caramel, vanilla, almond. Medium to full body, soft to medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2014 at 14:50


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle @ weekly tasting shared by Dutchdrebus. Opaque dark brown to black color, full sized decently lasting rough slightly brown head that leaves fair lacing. Aroma is malts, light to moderately hoppy, lightly roasty, slightly iron. Taste malts, lightly hops, roasted malts, bitter. Hmm quite nice: malts, dark and roasted malts mixed with some hops. Decently lasting roasty hoppy aftertaste. Medium body and carbonation. Pretty damn nice! Well balanced!!

Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2014 at 14:34


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

500ml bottle shared with Ashton McCobb, Cheers Ash! Pours black with a fading tan head. Aromas of liquorice and tar, dark chocolate. Taste is cocoa bitter, then a hit of hop bitterness. More a bitter dry stout than a Black IPA.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2014 at 06:15