Black IPA
J D Wetherspoon in Watford, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Barley Brown's BeerBrewed at/by: Caledonian Brewery
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Special Out of Production
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Score
6.64
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This beer is only available in the UK. Please ensure you are checking into the correct beer. This version of the beer is exclusively brewed in the UK for the J D Wetherspoon Real Ale Festival.
A dark IPA, malty with a slightly dry taste.
A dark IPA, malty with a slightly dry taste.
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25/08/2014. BATH ARMS, 41 Market Place, WARMINSTER, Wiltshire, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 25 Jun 2023
at 10:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Monk’s Retreat, Reading. Brown-black with a small cream head. Chocolate and cola to the fore with a piney bitterness behind. Quite a creamy mouthfeel. Nice malts; the hops are a bit one-dimensional, but overall it’s decent enough.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2014
at 13:17
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Mixed aroma with lightly toasty malts and a touch of green, piney hop. Has a generic dry bitterness but lacks depth and is a bit thin.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2014
at 06:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; clear dark chestnut brown pour with a frothy beige head, pine and roast aroma, taste has roast malt, chocolate and pine hop on the finish. Moderate bitter end
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Aug 2014
at 05:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Pilgrims Progress (JDW), Bedford. Somewhere between actual black and cola brown. Scent of cherries and walnuts, a bit of spruce hop. Does not really smell all that much like an IPA. taste is a fruity/nutty sweet, with a long bitter finish. I expect an acrid note in the aftertaste, but it doesn’t come. Really nice lingering bitterness. Thin palate but it works with this beer. Surprisingly tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2014
at 12:48
6/10
Tried
on 26 Aug 2014
at 17:32
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask - Roast and some dark fruit with some earthy hops. Deep maroon with a decent white head. Burnt toast and almost no hops. Pretty bad for an IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2014
at 06:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Shakespeares Head, JDW, Holborn WC2. Pours a dark brown black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty caramel hoppy aroma. Roasted malty caramel flavor with hoppy hints. Has a roasted malty hoppy bitter caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2014
at 03:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at S. Fowler & Co., Ryde during the IoW Jolly. It pours darkest brown with a small white head. The nose is roasty, caramel, treacle, cola cubes, earth, juicy and mild frutiiness. The taste is bitter, roasty, earth, caramel, treacle, burnt sugar, cola cubes and cocoa with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Good balance. Very drinkable indeed.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Aug 2014
at 10:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at the White Swan, Solihull. Poured a clear dark brown with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is light mat hop.The flavour is medium bitter with a watery grassy spice pepper hop palate. Light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Aug 2014
at 03:03