6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle) Fantastic looking beer - black with ruby hints and big dense tan head. Pleasant complex aroma, mainly pine hoppiness but with some earthy, cheese and coffee hints. Medium body with plentiful soft carbonation. The tastes starts with some nice gentle sweetness - berries, candy. There’s dark chocolate notes in the mid-palate which steadily develops a complex bitterness which is hop and dark coffee / burnt bitter. Doesn’t quite work for me, the bitterness is too aggressive and dark.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2015
at 08:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at The Local Taphouse. Pours golden. Citric soapy nose, but quite rich. The aroma also finds itself in the taste, which is enriched by sweet malts and fruity hops. A bit odd at first, but the longer the better.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Feb 2015
at 04:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours black with a large off white head.Nose shows figs, chocolate, sultanas as well as piny and resinous hops.Mixture of black ipa and old ale in terms of flavours. Soft roast and piny hops but also some figs and port-like notes.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2015
at 00:50
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
The best beer at Alehouse Project’s Hopfest V. The barrel-aged transformed an already solid black pilsner into a gorgeously vanilla, caramel feast.
Tried
on 31 Jan 2015
at 14:30
5.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
With its black body and frothy head, this looks like a great BIPA, but it’s downhill from there. The aromas of bread, sweet biscuits, orange peel and lemon prove a somewhat strange combination and in the mouth the citrus overpowers the malt completely so that there’s this odd mixture of grapefruit and boiled lollies. The palate is watery and the length short. Probably the worst BIPA I’ve ever had.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2014
at 05:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours black with a fading off-white head.Nose shows chocolate/cocoa, horseradish, roasted malt. The dominant aroma is definitely chocolate.More chocolate and dry roasted malt as flavours, along with the faintest hint of short-lived wasabi heat.Carbonation is a little on the high side.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2014
at 05:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at The Scratch, Brisbane, August 2014. Hazy orange with a small white head. Refreshing with citrus, orange, wheat, hay and some yeast. Not bad at all.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Aug 2014
at 03:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy blonde beer, not much head. Orangey-lemony aroma, there’s some tannic bitterness - citrus peel? - and sweet pale malts. Mild bitterness, but this doesn’t entirely come together.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2014
at 15:38
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Nut brown colour, slightly nutty aroma, earthy and quite toasty character w both malt and hops contributing. A bit yeasty. Off-dry finish. Some good elements bit the yeastiness prevents it all from coming together.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2013
at 09:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught as a pot size at The Scratch, Brisbane. On July 21, 2013.As "Imperial Black Pilsner".Clear dark red to black color, teal head. Sweet, malty, a bit roasted taste. Roasted, slight bit metallic aftertaste. Medium but high co2 mouthfeel, medium high bitterness. Sweet, malty scent.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2013
at 06:45