7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate hoppy - grapefruit. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 270913
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2013
at 07:58
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Drinkmonger. Black body with a massive tan head. Excellent lacing. Wonderful aroma of kiwi fruit, plum, lime, milky coffee and flowers. Flavour of pine needles, tangy grapes and chocolate. Also lightly roasted malt but not as deeply roasted as other Black IPAs I’ve tried. Medium body with an oily mouthfeel. Soft carbonation. A flavoursome, fruity Black IPA. Weird Beard certainly know how to pack their beers full of flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2013
at 15:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Poured a deep mahogany colour with a thin off-white head. The aroma is grassy hop. The flavour is medium to strong bitter with a lovely grassy nettle hop, spicy, liqourice palate and a smooth lingering bitter finish. This is a beer packed full of flavour and super refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2013
at 15:13
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ The Rover. Pours slightly hazy golden with a big frothy and creamy white head that slowly dissipates while leaving some soapy looking lacing on the glass. Smell is tiny sour, tiny spicy and phenolic with crackers, lemon juice, white pepper corns, hay, cloves, unripe pears, green apples, unripe plums, dry soil, lemon zest and hints of apricots and lemony soap. Taste is slightly sour, tiny spicy and phenolic with crackers, lemon juice, green grapes, baked pears, cloves, coriander, white pepper corns, dry soil, hay, apple skins, lemon zest, unripe plums, orange zest and hints if schampo. Mouthfeel is crisp, dry, slightly tart, tiny spicy astringent and light bodied. Finish is sour and spicy with crackers, lemon juice, cloves, dry soil, wood, unripe pears, green apples, lemon zest, grape skins, coriander and schampo. Phenolic without getting metallic. Tasty without being spectacular.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2013
at 00:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Pivni, York. Almost black, with a thick, tight, lasting beige head. Very handsome. Ripe blackberry fruitiness, some roasted coffee and just the right side of hoppy bitterness. Silky on the palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Sep 2013
at 13:47
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask @ The Harp, London. Pours black light brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, light coffee, milk chocolate, vanilla. Flavor is light roasted malts, light coffee, milk chocolate, hints of dark fruits. Medium body, oily mouthfeel, soft carbonation. 180913
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Sep 2013
at 12:28
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap at Pivni, York. Hazy, straw colour. Thin, white head. Light grapefruit aroma, some peach, maybe. Easy drinking. Dry finish. Punches above it’s weight.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Sep 2013
at 11:55
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Poured a deep brown treacle colour with a huge frothy tan head and lots of carbonation. This was a lively beer! The aroma is surprisingly very yeasty with lots of that Belgian malt which really shines through. The hops are not so evident. The flavour is super strong bitter with a rich malty, liqourice palate and a nice lingering bitter finish. Well worth tracking down. I think the Belgians could learn a thing or two about flavour from this too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2013
at 12:06
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft @ CASK Pub & Kitchen, Pimlico SW1. Pours a slightly hazy dark amber ruby color with no head. Has a fruity malty woody bourbon aroma. Fruity sweetish malty woody bourbon bitter hoppy flavor. Has a sweetish malty woody bourbon bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Sep 2013
at 04:46
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask @ CASK Pub & Kitchen, Pimlico SW1. Pours a hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty grapefruit hoppy aroma. Fruity malty bitter piney grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter piney finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Sep 2013
at 04:40