Black Mass
Abbeydale Brewery in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
7.32
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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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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cask at the Pembury Tavern, London on 19th June 2009. Intensely dark, quickly diminshing magnolia-coloured head. Strong coffee aroma, roasted malt in the kick which is augmented by bitter hop notes and a hint of peppery piquancy. Goes to a long, sustained bitter finish with the roasted malt flavours remaining throughout. A delicious stout, which I enjoyed very much.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jun 2009
at 08:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Hand-pulled cask, served at the right drinking temperature at The North East England Bar, GBBF 08. Black-rusty, naked body. Sweet aroma of caramel malt. Coffee flavoured supported by sweet liquorice. Rich in taste, but easy to drink (half pint, shared with Geir, 09.08.2008).
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Sep 2008
at 07:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown with reddish glimts and no head. sweet aroma with roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. Sweet flavor with caramel, roasted malt, bitter coffe and chocolate. Bitter finish.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2008
at 11:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask conditioned gravity, White Cliffs BF 08. Very very dark ruby, thin beige head. Rich toasty aroma, nice malts, choc, bitter espresso. But this is all about the lovely bitter choc in mouth. Rich dark bitter choc, with some hop on finish. Some dark fruits and strawberry jam.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Feb 2008
at 11:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF 2007. A dark amber-brown beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet malthy with strong notes of caramel as well as light notes of alcohol. The flavor is sweet malthy with notes of caramel, alcohol, and roasted malt, leading to a finish where especially the caramel notes carries thru.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Dec 2007
at 16:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[i] Cask conditioned at Oxford Beer Festival 12-10-07 [/i] Dark, dark brown in color, wonderful soft and impressive flavour of chocolate, fruit and yet five minutes into this I got a big bang of previously unnoticed citrusy hops, the bitterness lingered around the roof of my mouth and this really was a little belter.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Oct 2007
at 01:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Cask at GBBF, London, 9 Aug 2007) Very dark brown colour, almost black. Malty nose with roasted notes of coffee, chocolate and citrussy hops. Roasted, full flavours of coffee, chocolate and a generous dose of citrussy hops in a long, tasty finish. Medium to full body. Very nice, suitable name for a beer on the dark side.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2007
at 10:10
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ Celt & Viking Craft Beer Bar, 🇩🇰 Vissingsgade 2E, 7100 Vejle, Denmark. ☀️ 🐝🦋 [ As Abbeydale Black Mass ]. ABV: 6.66%. ★ . [20260811] 8/4/8/4/16
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2007, London. Medium black color with a small, fizzy,
fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, dark chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily / creamy, carbonation is flat. (August 2007) 7/3/7/4/16
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2007, London. Medium black color with a small, fizzy,
fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, dark chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily / creamy, carbonation is flat. (August 2007) 7/3/7/4/16
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Sep 2007
at 02:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask@GBBF2007. Dark rubyish amber colour, not much head, but the minor thing there is is beigeish like. Aroma is roasted malts, some wet smoked wood and hops. Flavour is roasted malts, some dry dark fruity hints and wooden. Quite sweet brew.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Aug 2007
at 01:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Cask, GBBF 07 ...Deep black ... little sweet some berry fruits and malt nose ... roast smokeyness bitter fat full frount and nicly rounded raost malt finnish cask at cloisters ... dark brown black ... thin tan head... soft dark chocolate malts ...sweet toffee malts ... light chocolate ... mellow soft smooth... 4.0
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Aug 2007
at 06:37