Black Ops
Rother Valley Brewing Company in Northiam, East Sussex, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
6.33
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A black fruity session beer with bags of character and blackcurrant finish.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Nottingham Beer Festival. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, caramel, fruits, hops and has a sweet hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Oct 2018
at 15:28
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Nottingham Beer and Cider Festival. Hazy black with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, roasted malt and light hoppy. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 201018
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Oct 2018
at 15:26
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Great British Beer Festival 2017. Pours bright mid brown with a small bubbly beige head. Aroma of malt, hop and light roasting. Towards heavy sweetness and light roasted bitterness. Light to medium body, slight oily and watery texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2017
at 01:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2014, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Rother Valley Black Ops ].Clear medium brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, chocolate notes, light roasted, light to moderate hoppy, pine. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, sweet sugary, brown sugar, roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140813]
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jun 2015
at 03:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours clear and golden deep brown with a deep orange glare. Small tan to off whitte head. Aroma is roasted, light fruity. Bitter, toasted and light caramelish malty. Dry and bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Dec 2014
at 10:28
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at GBBF ’14, day 5, 16/08/14. Light black with moderate tan spotting and edgework. Nose is cardboard, light roast, toffee, pretty muted aromas. Taste comprises light roast, smoke, ashen tones, dark fruit. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close with light hop bitterness. Low grade CDA.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2014
at 12:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled @ GBBF day 2. Clear red-brown color, small beige head. Smell and taste malts, lightly roasty, some earthy bitterness. Lingering earthy bitterness. Average body and carbonation. Decent.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2014
at 10:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
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Tried
on 18 Aug 2014
at 03:17
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at 2014 GBBF. Saturday dregs tick and run. Aroma is solvent, sharpie pen, berry hop,nutty malt. Clear brown amber colour with a lasting loose cream head. Flavour is nutty malt, hint of choc and berry hop. Firm bitterness. Palate is light, low carbonation. Lingering berry.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2014
at 05:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask @ GBBF 2014. The beer starts nice roasted malty and highly drinkable. Lots of flavour for this low ABV. The floral hop character is nice above the sweetish roasted malt body, but could me much more intense. The same is for the roasted malts. It’s a great hoppy dark session ale, but not an intense dark IPA! The aftertaste has chocolate there, very smooth and nice. On the tongue stays a roasted chocolate character with floral bitter hints. Nice!
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2014
at 13:30