Fade to Black - Coconut - Bourbon Barrel Aged
Weird Beard Brew Co. in London, Greater London, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Series|
Score
7.25
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Bottle from Cobbett’s Real Ales. It pours darkest brown/near black with a decent tan head. The nose is rich roast, earth, toast, coffee, cocoa, vanilla, toasty coconut and a touch of dark fruits. The taste is bitter-sweet, roasted malt, bounty bar, toasty coconut, earthy coffee, chocolate, touch of booze, bit of dark fruit action and oak with a smooth finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. All comes together rather well. Rather tasty stuff. Yummerz.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Poured a deep mahogany with bubbly light tan head. The aroma is woody malt, bourbon, red berry fruits. The flavour is strong bitter with a roasty, hop bitter, alcoholic palate and a bubbly mouthfeel. Medium bodied with lively carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Minimal, slow-building rust-cream head on brown-black beer. Mild roast, sweetish aroma that indeed hints coconut/copra. Coconut very prominent, coconut"milk" in tin or rasped, but also blackberry. Hints at roast, bit of milkchocolate, and, aye, Bounty. Medium bodied, quite well-carbonated. Not much in the league of aftertaste. I love the caption! Quite good, but once you’re done with the coconut (and a little roast), there’s not much left to celebrate.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of coconut, bourbon, dark chocolate. Taste is more of the same. Long finish, surprisingly rich for the strength.
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Bottle. Beer Central, Sheffield. Clear, dark brown. Thin, dense, lasting, beige head. Handsome. Milk chocolate. Desiccated coconut. A light, white grape thing. More black, than IPA. Taste is dark chocolate sweet. Fair amount of dry, woody bitterness. There’s some of the barrel booziness on the palate, but it still feels a bit thin. Finishes woody dry, and light bitter.
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bottle at home ... actual first rating 17/10/// miss rating the first time ... deep black .. big tan head /.... soft fruits ... big chocolate ... dark roast nose... dark roast ... soft chocolate ... bounty coconut (not bourbon coconut .. nice roast and cocounut... dark malts..
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
330ml bottle. Darkest brown, ruby red glimmering colour with huge, foamy, fairly lasting and lacing, beige to tan head. Aroma is predominated by Bourbon notes, vanilla, leather, additionally a hardly detectable coconut touch, if present, then completely disguised Black IPA notes of whatever kind. Taste is rather complex, oscillating between Bourbon, vanilla, coconut, dry roasty dark malt and bitter hop; dry, slightly woody finish. Nice coconut touch, BA-notes disguise the original beer almost completely - maybe a Black IPA isn’t the best choice for this kind of conditioning.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; pitch black pour with a massive creamy tan head, aroma has rich roast coffee and cocoa, taste has dark chocolate, coconut mushrooms, hint of bourbon, roasted malts, dark fruits, some bitterness on the finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours black, little fizzy, nose is roasted coffee and chocolate, light toffee, coconut, taste is sweet chocolate, dry roast, light coconut and bourbon.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle 330ml. @ home on the terrace. [ As Weird Beard Barrel Aged Fade to Black Coconut ].Clear dark dark brown brown color with a large, speaking, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige to light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, wood, coconut peel - wood, dusty, earthy notes. Flavour is light heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet coconut, chocolate, roasted, wood - coconut peel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140801]