Open Water Brewery Paradoxale

Paradoxale

 

Open Water Brewery in Lemland, Countryside, Åland Islands 🇦🇽

  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular
Score
6.60
ABV: 6.1% IBU: 55 Ticks: 22
Black IPA is a india pale ale but with a dark colour, we have choosen to take a unusual and more difficult (but better if you ask us) method to achieve this. We mash our Paradoxale as we would a normal IPA but when we reach the point of mash out, we add the roasted malt wich gives the brew its dark colour. The method gives us the colour and nutty tones of roasted malt but the short contact time doesn’t allow the roasted malt to realase it`s bitter astringent compounds, we want the bitterness to be from hops not malt.
 

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6

Tried on 01 Sep 2017 at 13:30


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

F: thin, off-white, not long lasting. C: dark, almost opaque. A: roasted malt, cocoa, chocolate, bit of coffee. T: cocoa, chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, bit of dark cherries, full body, medium carbonation, very good, sample from bottle @ RBESG 2017, Grand tasting in Tallin, Estonia.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2017 at 10:36


5.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Raven black color with HUGHE tan head. Solid lacing. Not to much aroma at first due to that enormous head. Decent intensity after a while. Medium body and a far to rich carbonation level. Fizzy mouth feeling. Destroys a lot of this beer. Roast, coffee and herbal hoppy flavor. Decent beer, but very far away from a black ipa. Some fruity notes after a while. Had to put it away for a while before it was drinkable.
[Bottle Bomber Brown bought at the brewery]

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2017 at 14:48


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

RBESG 2017, Grand Tasting, sampled on July 22, 2017.From bottle 33 cl at 6.1%.Hazy brown color, tan head. Roasted, ash scent. Sausage, mineral, ash taste. Roasted aftertaste. Fizzy mouthfeel, medium bitterness.5/3/6/3/11=2.8

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2017 at 15:45


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

33cl Bottle at RBESG 17 Grand Tasting. Dark brown colour, beige head. Aroma of roast, some chocolate, light hoppy. Flavour is likewise, not much to it but not too bad. A bit fizzy. Light bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2017 at 03:17


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

From a bottle at RBESG 2017. Pours hazy brown with a modest, beige head. Roasty aroma with pine, licorice, dark fruits and hints of herbs. Fairly balanced, nice roasty and hoppy mixture with a pleasant bitterness. Retried 2020: fizzy, thin and not so balanced, but fair enough. --- Beer merged from original tick of Paradoxale on 02 Jul 2020 at 18:00 - Score: 6

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2017 at 06:28


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

Bottle. Pours dark brown. Aroma is roast, hops, malt. Flavor is sweet and bitter, roast. Overall: good.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2017 at 06:28


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

Sample from the bottle at RBESG 2017, Tallinn. Thanks mjs! Color is clear brown with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Some chocolate, some dark chocolate, some hops and malts. OK but not much black IPA elements.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2017 at 06:27


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Dark clear brown color. Aroma of toasted brownies. Taste is bitter burnt brownies and coffee. Tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2017 at 06:24


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

6 3 6 3 12 Bottle shared at RBESG Grand Tasting ’17 at Sori brewery. Brown with a tan head. Aroma of toast, herbs, dark fruits, malt and toffee. Flavour is above moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with light fizzy carbonation

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2017 at 06:22