Enigma
Kent Brewery in West Malling, Kent, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
6.74
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A highly hopped, all American hop dark ale with a soft malt body and a balanced finish - a true Enigma!
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Freed, Walmer, Kent, Saturday 12th March 2016 in the company of Ian (Harrisoni) Pours dark brown with a rim of bubbles, reddy hue, good clarity. Sweet blackberry on the nose. More maltier in the mouth than the big hoppiness but still very nice if a little sweet. A7 A4 T7 P3 Ov13 3.4
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Mar 2016
at 12:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Craft Beer Co Clapham, London, 28 Nov 2015) Dark brown colour with brief, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of dark bread, chocolate and roasted malt. Malty, roasted taste with dark bread, roasted malt, chocolate, orange peel and a balanced citric bitterness. Medium body, with a slight sweetness. Tasty, but more like a brown ale with fresh hops than a black IPA. Quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2016
at 16:01
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Craft Beer Clerkenwell, 11/09/14. Chestnut brown with moderate light beige spotting - not very CDA looking! Nose is floral hop, toffee, brown bread, nutty wash. Taste tunes in a little more to the style, earthy hops, toffee, faint pine, straw, citric rinds. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. Easy drinking affair but just not hitting the style notes very well, lack of roast, lack of pine, lack of hops, a washed out CDA.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Sep 2014
at 02:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
3rd September 2013
Old Fountain. Cask. Clear amber beer, tidy pale tan head. Smooth palate with mild and fine carbonation. There is a light touch of mellow dark malt character here including a little roast. Mild citric hops underneath. Finishes semi dry with a good dose and a good mix of malt and hop bitterness. Not bad.
Old Fountain. Cask. Clear amber beer, tidy pale tan head. Smooth palate with mild and fine carbonation. There is a light touch of mellow dark malt character here including a little roast. Mild citric hops underneath. Finishes semi dry with a good dose and a good mix of malt and hop bitterness. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Sep 2013
at 11:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Bow Bar. Clear mahogany coloured body. Remaining beige head, good lacing. Bread-like malts to the nose as well as hints of dried fruits. Balanced flavour profile of pine, mid-sweet malts and a touch of berries. Nice malt-fruity ending. Oily palate. Good drinking (shared with mr_h, Edinburgh 09.08.2013).
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2013
at 12:03
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear dark brown red colour with a average, frothy and open, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light roasted, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, malty, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120504]
Tried
from Cask
on 27 May 2013
at 11:05
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
cask at guildford ... dark brown black ... thin tan head ... soft pine ... woody roast malts nose... creamy malts ... light charcoal bitterness ... dark malts ... light bitter hop
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Apr 2013
at 04:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at CBC - Clerkenwell, London. Pours clear russet with a fine, creamy head. Toasty bread in the nose, hints of burnt pine and drying citeus. Medium sweet flavor, some berries, earth and toasted pine, some oily grass. Light to medium bodied with average, sharp carbonation. Dry dirt and earth to finish, burnt grass, grapefruit peel. So so overall.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2013
at 11:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the Black & Gold beer festival, the Gryphon, Bristol 2/9/2012. Deep brown with a slight, off-white head. Aroma of fruit cake, citrus and a whiff of pine. Flavour of raisins, orange peel and marzipan, leading to a hoppy, dry finish. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Sep 2012
at 12:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (backlog). Deep ambery copper colour with small beige head. Aroma is citrus, caramel, some mild roasted malts, liquorice and quite fruity notes. Flavour is fruity,wooden, mild roasted malts along with some liquorice and quite big bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Aug 2012
at 08:19