Gathering Storm Cascadian Dark Ale
Howe Sound Brewing in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.63
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CDAs are also known as black IPAs. This version adds deep roasted malts to alter the hue and slightly smooth the edges
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draft - Lots of pine with a hint of roast. Clear copper with a small beige head. Lots of wood and some fresh grassy leafy herbal notes that is strong and overpowering. Not enough roast, colour is wrong, in fact everything is. Confirmed with bartender, this is it.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Dec 2015
at 16:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
For a black IPA this lacks much hop character, roasted Malts are not all the roasty and I picked up a bit of molasses. A by directionless.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2015
at 20:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Med brown, earthy, woody example...lots of bitterness, wood, breadcrust...good body, just enough sweetness to make it go down well.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2014
at 18:28
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Poured from 1L bottle. Very dark brown with off-white head. Aroma of herbal hops. Roasty hoppy flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2014
at 04:10
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
cloudy brown, small offwhite head. roasted malts, sweet malty. flavor is dark malty, nice subtly roasted malts. hops.
Tried
on 02 May 2013
at 16:46
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 100cl. w. swing top.Clear dark brown colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, dusty malt. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, roasted bitter, dusty malt, light hop resin. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130224]
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2013
at 09:16
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
1 L bottle. Pours hazy brown with a small tan head. Aroma is toasted malty and caramelish. Light breadish malty. Toffee malty, bitter and light herbal. Dry and toastedmalty into a bitter and dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2013
at 12:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A red-brown beer with a thin tan head. The aroma has notes of hops, malt, caramel, and citrus fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and citrus fruits, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2013
at 12:42
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle 100 cl. Courtesy of fiulijn. Pours a hazy orangey brown with a beige head. Vanilla and subtle roast in the nose. Medium body, subtle unclean roast, some vanilla with a bitter finish. Lacks crispiness - sort of a Stout with extra hops which is not my idea of a Black IPA. 250213
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2013
at 12:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
2013-02-24, bottle from Central City Liquors, Surrey, 6-4-7-4-13=34
Dark brown color with medium sized compact head. Aroma of dark caramel, with some roasted malt, and dirty water. The body is lean, the mouthfeel is quite dry, with strong flavor of roasted malts, some dusty feeling, strong bitterness, enough hop resins.
Hard brew, I enjoyed it more on draught.
2012-12-31, draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver, 6-4-8-4-14=36
Black color, with brown hue; small creamy head. The aroma of roasted malt is quite dusty too. Lean mouthfeel; roasted malt flavor, very good, not excessive, yet dry, with some nice black coffee, and vibrant hopping, bitter and partially resiny. Long final.
Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2013
at 16:42