Seasonal Black IPA
Mendocino Brewing Company in Ukiah, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.65
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Black pour. White head. Nicely balanced malts and hops kick. Orange taste too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:25
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at P&P Charleston. Black with huge light brown head. Aroma is herbal hops, medium body, medium carbonation, and thick small-bubble lacing. Taste is herbal hops, dark malt, and some citrus hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jun 2016
at 18:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft in a standard pint glass. Huge off white head that left sheets of lacing on a black liquid. Aroma is pine and mild citrus hops with chocolate malt. The flavor is much the same with a good chocolate malt to pine hop balance. The bitterness is a little length with pine being more dominant than the citrus. The body is pretty thin. If the body was beefed up it would rate higher. I guess it is lighter for the summer months. Still would like more body.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Sep 2014
at 13:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Mohogany beer with a light brown head. Cocoa and light roast aroma. Cocoa and grapefruit flavor. Medium bodied. Cocoa and grapefruit linger with light pine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2014
at 15:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Red dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is coffee, pine, malt. Flavour is coffee, pine, hop, roasted malt. Bitter finish. Nice/OK beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2014
at 02:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle 355ml @ Geokkjer
Pours clear dark brown with a beige head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, chocolate, grape and orange. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear dark brown with a beige head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, chocolate, grape and orange. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2013
at 09:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 12oz. It’s a reddish dark brown beer topped by a dense, finger-thick light beige head. Looking completely clear. The aroma is smoothly coffee-ish, with nuts and a piney touch. The flavor has a nice bitterness, with nuts, caramel, some coffee and chocolate and a little roasted touch. Full body, very soft on the palate. Lasting finish with a decent bitterness. A tad boring, but sure drinkable. 131231
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2013
at 09:08
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Almost Pitch Black, Medium Head, Decent Lacing. Surprisingly, No Pine Or Hop Aroma. More like a Stout, let’s say Guinness, Toasted Barley... Taste of Toasted Malt, Light Hop, No Orange Peel. Might Not be the freshest bottle... Although We Might never know, since there is no data stamps of any kind... Drinkable. Decent...
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2013
at 21:33
4.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
smells like old lager, not impressive to the olfactory. not really black since I see some rose hints in there. Some roasty hints laced with dull ipa BS. Some co2. Just a bitter dark beer like all those black ipas. Thar, yah have it. Go figger ipa lovers. Not impressed.
Tried
on 19 Oct 2013
at 10:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pretty good black IPA. Pours a black-brown, with medium head that dissipates rapidly. Aromas of citrus and coffee. Flavor was quite smooth, with coffee, anise, roasted grain all well-balanced with the citrus of the hops and the orange peel. One of the better beers of this type I’ve come across.
Tried
on 17 Oct 2013
at 14:01