Black Mass
Abbeydale Brewery in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
7.31
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Very dark ruby ale brewed using 6 different malts including chocolate malts, black malts and roasted barley. Generously hopped with a mix of Columbus, Cascade, Galaxy and Green Bullet. Flavours reminiscent of bitter chocolate, fruitcake and raisins, with beautiful aromas of dark chocolate, coffee and burnt toast. A beast of a brew!
First Brewed: 10th November 1996
Availability: Year-round
ABV: 6.66%
OG: 65
PG: 14.1
Malt: Maris Otter Pale Malt, Crystal Malt, Chocolate Malt, Pale Chocolate, Roast Barley, Black Malt, Wheat
Hops: Galaxy, Cascade, Green Bullet, Columbus
IBU: 155
Vegan: No
First Brewed: 10th November 1996
Availability: Year-round
ABV: 6.66%
OG: 65
PG: 14.1
Malt: Maris Otter Pale Malt, Crystal Malt, Chocolate Malt, Pale Chocolate, Roast Barley, Black Malt, Wheat
Hops: Galaxy, Cascade, Green Bullet, Columbus
IBU: 155
Vegan: No
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Long heavy bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2025
at 09:50
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home in the garden, 17th May 2025. Pours black. Aroma is roasted malts, liquorice, cocoa, aromatic. Taste is roasty, melllow and malty, aromatic, citrus, cocoa, bittersweet- it’s a great BIPA
Tried
from Can
on 17 May 2025
at 18:41
8/10
Love a good BIPA. This is a very good BIPA. Got that nice roast malt flavour, leading into a hoppy, bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Apr 2025
at 22:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
0,44 boks fra Clapton Craft, hjemme: nesten helt svart med forbilledlig cremeskum. Deilig, mørk maltsmak, like mørke (bitter)sjokolader, ristet mørkt brød og furunål. Heftig bitterhet i den knusktørre avslutningen.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2024
at 16:45
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2024
at 15:22
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home. Perfect pour and a classic black ipa. It was black ipa that got me into craft beer many years ago and I still love it, even if it's no longer the in thing. Anyway, this was very good. Big malt and big hops with a great kick of alcohol. Lovely.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Sep 2024
at 18:28
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
440ml can. Pours almost black with a frothy tan head. Aroma of pine and dark chocolate, roast malts. Taste starts with a big hoppy hit, pine, citrus peel, some fruity berry notes, solid malt backbone of dark chocolate, roast/coffee, liquorice, moderate-strong bitterness. Full bodied, much thicker than I expected for the strength. An excellent BIPA. Wild that they've been brewing this since 1996. 28 years of BIPA! Have to imagine it was one of the first ever in the UK and it's tasting exceptional still to this day. Really impressive.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jul 2024
at 22:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cask at Nerac. Brownish black and some head. Nose is coffee and dried fruit. Tastes of caramel, coffee, fig, molasses, soy sauce, herbal. Light bodied and low bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Apr 2024
at 01:03
Great British Beer Festival 2007
Tried
on 07 Nov 2023
at 08:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap at Skaal, Copenhagen 16/08/2023 Dark roasted malty and hoppy., some berry? like fruit, subtle hops, cocoa, medium body, hoppy and roasted malty finish. Ok but hoping for more.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Sep 2023
at 05:59