BrewDog Arcade Nation

Arcade Nation

 

BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular Out of Production
Score
7.06
ABV: 5.2% IBU: - Ticks: 82
This 5.2% black IPA burns the line between an American IPA and a stout, with malt and hops firing on all cylinders, in psychotic synchronicity. Roasty, chocolate and coffee notes duke it out with citrus, mango and pine. Pithy bitterness plays off roasty dryness. Light bodied, but with the intensity of a beer twice its size.

Hopped with Simcoe, Amarillo and Citra, Arcade Nation showcases the incredible complexity of three of our all-time favourite hops. The twisting flavours change so fast, you’ll need the reactions of a hardened retro gamer to keep up with them.
 

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7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Backlog August 2016. Clear deep brown, almost black body under a medium sized beige head. Pleasant aroma of dark malt, pine and fruity hops. Taste is sweet, mild roasted dark malt, pine, fruity and decent bitterness. Medium body and nice aftertaste. Rather straight forward BIPA but well made. From a time Brewdog made interesting beers.

Tried on 05 Oct 2025 at 07:59


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Old rating from10-06-16 - 330ml bottle, pours a off black colour with beige head and good lacing. Aromas of pine, melon, citrus & hops. Tastes of pine, melon, citrus as well of hints of roasted nuts & malt. The taste is on the dry side & is medium bodied. Aftertaste is of a roasted nuts bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2025 at 10:47


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Backlog

Tried on 17 Sep 2018 at 10:28


7
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

2016 catch up - bottle at home - It was a good stout, but I really couldn’t detect many hops. I did however have a cold, so probably not the best tasting! I do need to try it again.

Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2017 at 05:01


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

Bottle shared at Ratebeer awards show. 30/01/2016. Picked up from Bottle dog. A reddy mahogany brown coloured pour with a loose greyish beige head. Aroma is light chocolate malts, burnt pine tips, nelson sauvin hop, Flavour is composed of pithy lemon citrus, burnt hop nelson, smoft roast. Palate is medium light, slightly grainy, highish carbonation, . Little woody i the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Feb 2017 at 14:35


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

KØLF 120816.Black color with a beige head. Aroma is pine, roasted malt, hop, coffee. Flavor is roasted malt, citrus, citrus, pine, grape, caramel. Nice beer.

Tried on 30 Jan 2017 at 04:18


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bubbly beige head left a covering on a near black opaque body. Malty pine aroma. Medium body, dry, sharp, clean & prickly on the palate - a proper tingler! Lots of malts, coffee, roast, with a bitter back of pine, citrus & a long grapefruit aft.

Tried on 24 Jan 2017 at 14:10


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Some roast and a little citrus. Lots of mash malt like week old leftover potatoes. Black pour with decent head. Tangy finish. Not great. Bottle at Smokehouse in Chisinau.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2016 at 15:09


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

Bottle from More than Beer. Dark brown coloured, beige head. Nose is roasted malts, coffee, citrus, pine. Flavour is roasted malts, citrus, bit of coffee. Some bitterness. Light bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2016 at 15:46


4.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

11.10.2016, 0,33l bottle shared with friends @ local tasting:
Nice slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet, dark malts, butterscotch, minerals, herbs, body lotion, dark sugar, grass, bark, grain, licorice. Taste is dry mineraly, weeds, bark, dark malts, hay, sawdust, grass, butterscotch, paper, grain, cardboard, minerals. Medium bitterness, harsh mineraly mouthfeel. Meh!

Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2016 at 12:54