Rockers Brewing Co. Black Perle

Black Perle

 

Rockers Brewing Co. in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular
Score
7.06
ABV: 9.5% IBU: - Ticks: 44
The first brew in the new "Ales From The Dark Side" series, Black Perle is 90-minute, octo-hopped, dark IPA that weighs in at 9.5%abv and named for the German bittering hops, Perle, that were addede during the beers unusually long 90-minute boil.
 

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5.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Opaque brown color with lasting tan head. Dark chocolate aroma. Taste is similar to a Porter, sweet malt and roasted malt bitterness. Ends with a mild coffee flavor.

Tried on 10 Jun 2023 at 17:36


Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2017 at 20:41


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Dark brown color tan head. Chocolate and coffee aroma. Taste is sweet coffee. Decent.

Tried on 23 Nov 2017 at 10:47


7
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Rich deep dark brown coloured body with a very faint and thin off-white head, barely coating the top. Aroma of roasted malt, hazelnuts, peanuts, mushrooms, sewage and a touch of grassy hops - very interesting in the nose. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong rich malty flavours up front with a good deal of caramelised sugars, some mushrooms and meatier elements with a nice complex hop finish showing some herbal notes but also a touch of a citrus finish. Aftertaste is rich and very malty - more of a baltic porter than anything else, especially at this ABV, but showing some hops, however the malt comes through strongest here. Overall, a nice rich beer with a lot of good tastes and complex malt flavours. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Wegman’s in Alexandria, Virginia on 03-May-2016 for US$1,67 sampled at home in Washington on 07-July-2016.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2016 at 01:03


8.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Aroma: molasses, caramel, earthy, Appearance: black, clear, tan head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: full body, creamy, soft carbonation, long finish, Very nice

Tried on 21 Jun 2015 at 19:22


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Keg at Craft Conundrum, Charleston, 18/02/15. Light black with a decent tan covering. Nose is light roast, bitter hops, earthy, liquorice. Taste comprises more liquorice notes, spice, earthy, light pine. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Lower end of the CDA spectrum for me but drinkable none the less.

Tried on 24 Feb 2015 at 15:52


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at Lost Dog Dunn Loring. Poured a pitch black, like oil with a small but dense brown head. Aroma was dark, chocolate and roasted malt, touch of pine and hops. Flavor had a nice balanced malt to hop character, something missing in a lot of black IPA beers, as the bitterness is pretty well balanced out in this. Alcohol is masked almost entirely in this one, no boozy notes at all.

Tried from Draft on 09 Feb 2014 at 16:18


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

22oz bottle pours a hazy, mahogany black with some thin, beige head. Nose of bread crust, pine, vegetal, toast, soap. Flavor is roasty, toasted bread, a little coffee, light black pepper. Roasty finish.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Feb 2014 at 14:57


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared at Sander’s in NYC. Pours deep brown with a creamy beige head. Rich dark malt nose, lots of burnt marshmallows. Medium sweet flavor, more burnt marshmallows, strong roast, torched wood, chocolate. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Well roasted malt finish, some milky coffee, roasted marshmallows, milk chocolate. Pretty damn tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2013 at 20:51


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

Mama Joy’s, Brooklyn tap: Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, and a bit of hops. Taste is not out there with sharp contrasts like many black IPAs have. Rather, this is a somewhat hoppy stout type beer. Alcohol is very well covered. Smooth.

Tried from Draft on 18 Aug 2013 at 12:22