Black In Time Time Machine
Uiltje Brewing Co. in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Special|
Score
7.17
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 2
Aus der Dose (be 29.11.2025) im 2025-09 getrunken. Bei diesem schwarze Ale dominiert mir zu sehr der Hopfen mit seiner Bitterkeit. Auch wenn im Aroma noch die Citrus Aromen deutlich sind, so fehlen sie am Gaumen und es bleibt eine Kräutrige Hopfennote, die ich nicht mag. Schade!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
23rd October 2025
Keg at If It Ain't Dutch. Near clear brown beer, small pale tan head. Airy palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Light bodied dark malts, a little chocolate, tangy, modest ripe citrus and soft pine. Light finish. Alright cda.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Dutch Taproom. Pours deep dark brown with a beige head. Resinous pine and roastes malts on the nose. Flavour has resinous pine and toasted bready malts. Pretty decent, though I'd like more roast and more hops.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Nagenoeg zwart bier met schuim wat niet heel lang blijft staan. Smaak is bitter hoppig met wat rook, hout en wat stroop en rozijnen.
Deep black color and a nice white head. Nose Is roasty, malty, fruity. Taste follows the nose, black berries and DARK fruits.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
After a rather successfull attempt at the historical East Coast IPA, I had this deliberately old-fashioned black IPA by Uiltje, also generously donated by Hinke - what an interesting IPA evening that was. Thick and foamy, densely creamy, membrane-like lacing, pale yellowish beige head over a pitch black beer. Rich aroma of spruce tips, bergamot, orange zest, toasted Brazil nuts, dark bitter chocolate, lemonbalm, After Eight, Thai basil, unsmoked pipe tobacco, pink peppercorns, burnt blackcurrants, cooked dark grapes. Lively onset, fruity in a non-estery way, quite juicy even (so we are off to a good start here), reminiscent of fig, pear and ripe blackberry; sweetish with mellow carb and smooth, oily, full mouthfeel. Dark mouth-filling maltiness, toffee, dark chocolate, Macadamia nuts and toast but all very elegant and not becoming too roasty - at least not to the point where it becomes stout-like; instead, from the middle onwards the hops gain momentum, drenching these malts in a citrusy, grapey, zesty bitterness and 'hop fruitiness', piled on top of that dark maltiness and its inherent bitter aspect. The toasty aspect of the malts, however, remains beautifully subordinate to the hops, which eventually even display a Pacific-tropical character, highlighted by a calvados-like alcohol glow which otherwise does not stand in the way of everything. As one of Holland's most experienced IPA brewers, Uiltje, even in the clutches of Heineken, manages to pay tribute to its own track record of Cascadian dark ales, and does so with bravoure and grandeur: while many present-day European BIPAs are essentially hop bitter stouts or porters, this one understands perfectly what the genre is about and brings it to perfect balance. It is black, roast-inclined even, but still completely smells and tastes like an IPA: black IPA is all about finding the exact balancing point in that, which proves far more difficult than many contemporary brewers seem to think. I have been longing for a really good black IPA for a long time and now I finally got it. It surprises me that even within Heineken, this famous brewery is still capable of such greatness - Uiltje has absolutely managed to find the exact balancing point here and produced a black IPA the likes of which are very rare today, even in the States. A masterpiece in its style, as far as I am concerned.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can 33cl. @home poured into a shaker. Opaque deep ruby brown colour, good creamy tan head, good retention and lacing. Aroma dark and roasted malt, light caramel, some cocoa, dark fruit, woody notes, piney hops. Taste medium sweet and light bitter, malty, light roast, caramel, chocolate, woody notes, some pine resin. Medium body, oily to creamy texture, soft carbonation, malty sweetbitter aftertaste, chocolate, smooth, lingering roasty bitterness, really good.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
330ml can. Darkest brown colour with average to huge, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, dark beige head. Roasty, dark malty and piney hoppy aroma, notes of coffee, pine, resin, a touch of hemp and scallions. Taste is bitter, resinous and piney hoppy and slightly bitter, roasty, dark malty, notes of coffee, pine and resin, a touch of scallions, hemp.
Oily-watery texture, smooth, soft and minimally greasy palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation.
A bit rude, dirty, scruffy - not bad.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Dark brown with a good cm of dense tan head. Aroma of coffee, caramel, pine, some grapefruit. Smooth. A bit brioche-y with mocha and caramel. Hints of roast and stone fruit. Less pine than guessed from the aroma. Building bitterness gets a little peppery too.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
33cl Blik van Melgers. Zwarte kleur, beige kraag. Koffie, gebrande mout, pure chocolade, gebrande pinda’s, grapefruit, redelijk bitter. Lichte tot medium body. Niet heel uitgesproken maar wel lekker.