Black Perle
Rockers Brewing Co. in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
7.06
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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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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
22 oz capped and waxed bottle courtesy of Suttree. Pour is a hazed dark brown chestnut with a well formed one inch khaki head. Aroma is pine hops, sweet citrus hops and a roasted maltiness. There is also a cocoa milk chocolate present. Unique nose, particularly with the sweet citrus. Taste is pine and cocoa nibs right away, followed by some orange fruit and orange peel, finishing dry with more pine - finish has gin qualities. After taste has a bit of a dry dark chocolate to it. The flavors are clean, though not really all that integrated. I am not sure the flavors combinations are working for my tastes. Palate is medium bodied, nice crisp carbonation and dry finish. The alcohol is only evident in the dry after taste. Interesting take on the style, thanks Phil.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2011
at 06:14
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty hoppy bitter aroma with hints of pine needles. Roasted malty chocolate hoppy bitter flavor. Has a roasted malty hoppy chocolate finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2011
at 08:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours mahogany tinged black into a Sam glass. Mocha conglomerate head with good retention recedes leaving scant spiders. Milk chocolate and espresso aromas. Medium bodied with charred espresso upfront turning to roasted pit fruit before a lasting dark resin finish.
Tried
from Can
on 24 May 2011
at 17:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
The pour is almost black and opaque but just a bit of light comes through at the edge to reveal that this is a very dark brown with a tall, lasting tan head. Malty roast aroma with some chocolate with a touch of hops. An aroma that at first strikes me as one from a Porter rather than a black IPA. I guess it fits the new category description pretty well though. The flavor is slightly bitter, perhaps divided between the roast malt bitterness and the hop bitterness. Some sweetness that tastes to me like there is watermelon in here. Maybe that’s the Perle hops I’m tasting? T
Tried
on 17 May 2011
at 16:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
What i am looking for in a black ipa is the balance between the hops and the roasted malt flavor. If this was a blind taste test, i would have called this a porter, no way would this be a black ipa. due to the style being so new, there are a lot of brewers right now coming out with black ipa’s that just arent. the roasted malts completely dominate this one with the ipas taking a backseat. great color, palate is fine, aroma is of a porter. so so in my book
Tried
on 08 May 2011
at 15:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A deep dark brown IPA with a very thin moka head. In aroma, nutty chocolate, lightly hopped, vinous notes. In mouth, an interesting bitter chocolate, roasted coffee, musky and nutty, nice. Cask. On tap at Brewvival, Feb. 26 2011.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Mar 2011
at 18:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Vintage Cellar on 03/06/2010. Somewhat hazy brown body with a small frothy tan head. Roast and chocolate aroma with a good floral background. Big floral and resiny hop flavor with a chocolate and roast background. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2010
at 08:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
@PilsnerPeters-22oz bottle-pours an off white head and brown color. Aroma is dark malt-chocolate, earthy. Taste is dark malt-chocolate, earthy, some hops bite.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2010
at 08:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Malty with a slight citrus bitterness to it. Enough hops to grab my attention but it strikes me as more of a barley wine than a DIPA. Still, it was a good beer from start to finish. Wouldn’t mind going another round with it.
Tried
on 28 May 2010
at 15:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Pilsner Pete’s RBSG. Pours mostly clear dark brown. Nose and taste of roasted malts, citrus, bitter hops and coffee grounds.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2010
at 18:04