Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Mahogany brown colour with thin head. Intense aroma of malt and fruit cake. Flavour is sweet with dried fruits. Almost a sweet spiciness. Very rich. Pleasant bitterness in the aftertaste gives balance.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pale golden colour with lasting thin head. Aroma and flavour have a solid malt base. Sweet and a bit bready. Light fruity notes of mandarin and mango too. Lightly bitter.
Cheeseboard (6269) reviewed Black IPA from Booths Supermarket 3 years ago
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 14
Bottle from Booths, Kirkby Lonsdale. Sampled Sept 2014. Pours clear, dark red-brown with a slim beige cap. Aroma: roasted malts, grapefruit, blackcurrant, liquorice. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, roast, chocolate, citrus, light pine. Medium body with low carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Foamy white head left a spotty cover on a clear pale golden coloured body. Sweet citrus, floral & hoppy aroma. Medium bodied, smooth on the with lively back & sticky aft. Sweet citrus, mango, peach & grapefruit tastes with a long tangy finish. That's excellent from this upmarket supermarket.
Olut (21769) reviewed Black IPA from Booths Supermarket 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Booths, Media City. Clear brown coloured with a small off-white head. Quite floral in character, although there’s a few roasted malts in here, however the fusion of both is quite strange. Its tropical fruit is most evident in its nose.
Jamesie1857 (4455) reviewed Black IPA from Booths Supermarket 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
500ml bottle from Booths in Windermere - Deep mahogany brown body, thin off white head. Nose is thick piney resin, some tart tropical fruits, grapefruit and strong citrus. A bit thin in the body, but the taste is great. Long bitter finish goes on forever, giving the kumquat and spruce flavour a massive boost. I’d struggle to find a supermarket beer as good.
mike_77 (15875) reviewed Black IPA from Booths Supermarket 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Brewed by Hawkshead. Very dark brown with thin lacy head. Strong aroma of fruity and piney hops. Quite a rich and oily feel. Very full flavoured with plenty of hop bitterness up front but with some dark dried fruits to balance. The finish has some roast malt bitterness.
Olut (21769) reviewed Booths 1847 from Booths Supermarket 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle from Booths, Media City. Dark chestnut-red in colour with a very thin head. Has dark malts, some winter fruit in its nose, maybe some winter fruit in its taste too but it’s quite a gritty effort from the brewer that includes a bitterness.
Garrold (11394) reviewed Black IPA from Booths Supermarket 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Booths, Ilkley. Clear, dark red. Film, and a few bubbles of beige head. Lots of peachy fruit. Some grapefruit. Blackcurrant. Roast malt behind that. Plenty of liquorice. Taste is soft bitter, with some sweet, to start. Turns a little dry, whilst the bitterness rises. Smooth palate. Soft carbonation. Finishes moderate, lingering bitter. Opened up as it warmed. Tasty and very drinkable.
stravale (3279) reviewed Black IPA from Booths Supermarket 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Booths, MediaCityUK [121114]
Dark ruby caramel brown, clear, frothy tan head, some lacing
Aroma of pine hops, citrus zest, slight floral hop, dark malts undeneath, good dark malt / hop balance
Taste of dark malts, mellow roast, piney hops, citrus zest hops, rich flavour, dark bitter chocolate, good dark malts, plenty of bitter zest, really good flavour
Palate - soft carb, medium body, good mouth feel, quite rich, fairly bitter. Finish of bitter zest and bitter roast all nicely mixed up
Overall - Really good Black IPA....nice stout dark malt background