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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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Wetherspoons Brighton. Dark brown color, dark red glare coming through, small beige head. Smell and taste malts, lightly roasty, dark malts, dry bitterness. Not a black IPA imo, more of a brown ale or a porter.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2014
at 01:16
8/10
Tried
on 17 Aug 2014
at 13:32
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Opaque mahogany with a tight beige head; aroma of good quality drinking chocolate; sweet and lactic in the mouth with a bitter cocoa taste, and some deeply roasted fruity grains, then a slowly building woody bitterness. Good, but rather too sweet for me on the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2014
at 11:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Willow Walk, 11/08/14. Extremely dark mahogany brown meets light black with a well appointed khaki covering. Nose is light roast, cocoa, hint of coffee, small pine linger, spice, dark red berry notes. Taste comprises an earthy hop presence, trace of pine, cocoa rub, light red berry tones. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close basked in light roast and moderate hop bitterness. So so for style. An easy drinker but not pulling off the best aspects of C-D-A !
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2014
at 15:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at The White Lady JDW. Pours dark brown, thick off-white head. Aromas of citrus, dark sugar, light chocolate. Good hop presence though. Taste is bitter, roasted and citrus. Medium body, creamy texture, clean finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Aug 2014
at 14:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Willow Walk, JDW - London. Pours rich brown with a frothy tan head. The bose has toated brown bread, some ripe citrus, earth, cocoa. Medium sweet with burnt sugars, ripe orange, dark bread, charred grains, some old raisins. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish with earthy bitterness, more burnt grains, some leathery fruits. So so.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2014
at 12:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at The William Jolle (Spoons), Northwood Hills. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a thick, creamy off white head. This looked like Guinness at first. Sweet, roasty, malty aroma. Tastes quite sweet, roasty, malty, slightly fruity with a slight bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2014
at 07:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ White Hart, Todmorden. Very dark brown with a small creamy head. Has light roasted malts with a sweetness and its strength is evident.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2014
at 05:56