7.9

Cheeseboard (6269) reviewed Oxymoron from Otley Brewing Co. 7 months ago

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

Cask at Kings Head, Bristol. Pours near black with tan foam. Aroma: roasty toasty malts, citrus, pine. Taste: Light to moderate sweet, rich & roasty, dark chocolate, coffee hints, liquorice, grass/pine, moderate bitter finish. Medium body with soft carbonation. Not seen an Otley beer for a long while, nice to try this, tasty stuff.

Tried from Cask at Kings Head on 15 Jun 2025 at 09:50

6.8

jerseyislandbeer (5899) reviewed Oxymoron from Otley Brewing Co. 7 months ago

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

Old rating from 01-03-15 - 500ml bottle from the brewery on my Wales road trip. Pours black with a small beige head. Aromas & tastes of chocolate, citrus, wood, liquorice & roast malt. Medium body. Dry bitter finish. Enjoyable. Shame the brewery is no more.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2025 at 20:39

6

tokyobeerdrinker (9001) reviewed Oxymoron from Otley Brewing Co. 6 years ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Draught at the Rake. Dark brown with a tiny head. Aroma is a bit chocolate malt and slightly hoppy. Tastes like a stout rather than a black IPA, quite chocolatey and a bit smoky. No real bitterness in the taste. Palate is slightly oily with very little carbonation. Can't really find the IPA part of this. --- Beer merged from original tick of Oxymoron on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:06 - Score: Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6. Original review text: Draught at the Rake. Dark brown with a tiny head. Aroma is a bit chocolate malt and slightly hoppy. Tastes like a stout rather than a black IPA, quite chocolatey and a bit smoky. No real bitterness in the taste. Palate is slightly oily with very little carbonation. Can't really find the IPA part of this.

Tried from Can on 08 Sep 2019 at 15:51

7.5

jimgreen (21510) reviewed Oxymoron from Otley Brewing Co. 9 years ago

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

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Poured a clear dark brown with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is yeast, grassy citrus hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a roasty, liqourice, big hop bitter palate and lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2016 at 16:46

7.1

mike_77 (15875) reviewed Oxymoron from Otley Brewing Co. 10 years ago

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

Aroma is quite prominent in green, resinous hop. Fairly hoppy flavour with a decent roasted malt bitterness.

Tried on 24 Jan 2016 at 15:57

7.5

dnicolaescu (3911) reviewed Oxymoron from Otley Brewing Co. 10 years ago

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

BOTTLE 50 CL. Opaque black, beige head with good lacing. Nice aroma: hoppy - mint and lemon rind, malt sweetness that blends nicely with the hops and just a hint of roast. The taste is balanced between hops, light malts and chocolaty roast, fresh hoppy bitter finish. Easy drinking, though the body is lacking at times. Still, a very good beer.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2015 at 15:20

6.9

berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Oxymoron from Otley Brewing Co. 10 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

50cl bottle from Marks & Spencer, Camberley. A glossy pitch coloured pour with a loose tan head; creamy chocolate aroma; sharply bitter taste with a dry lactic body; leading to cofee grounds and burnt sugar and a long dry coffee finish. A pleasant drink, but to me this more a "stout with attitude" than a Black IPA,

Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2015 at 12:26

7

Stuu (34525) reviewed Oxymoron from Otley Brewing Co. 10 years ago

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

Cask at 6 degrees north. Pours black, nose is puff candy, toffee, roasted, taste is sweet, bitter roasted malts, light fruit.

Tried from Cask on 20 Sep 2015 at 02:43

7

allmyvinyl (21071) reviewed Oxymoron from Otley Brewing Co. 10 years ago

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

Bottle at the School’s Out Tasting. Pours black with a beige head. Aromas of meaty charcoal, chocolate. Taste is cheesy resinous hops, wood notes, bitter roasted malty finish.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Apr 2015 at 05:22

6.9

McCash (16021) reviewed Oxymoron from Otley Brewing Co. 10 years ago

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

Bottle from Saucy Pears. Appearance - opaque with a lovely lacy fawn head. Nose - chocolate and marmalade. Taste - hard yellow cheese, then chocolate, then quite bitter orange and dark malt. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - it did the black bit, but it didn’t quite do the IPA bit for me.