7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Bine & Vine. Pours Pours hazy copper with a slight beige? head. Aroma of resin and fruit. And caramel. Med + body. Flavor is quite malty, especially as the quaff drains away. The hop is "strong" fruit - it’s not citrus, and it’s not ? Maybe it’s odd fruits. But it’s really strongly flavored. Each quaff is rather malty/sweet, but as it drains things go bitter. To some extent it’s like sucking on wood. Flavors move around. I think we need to say this is complex. Cactus is coming to mind. Enough. Damn flavorful in a non-NW IPA manner. We may have to start talking about SoB IPAs (South of the Border, not what you thought!) Last minute thought - maybe tea is an appropriate descriptor. As one of the many flavors.
Tried
on 15 Apr 2015
at 19:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from Bine & Vine. Pours nearly opaque copper with a large creamy/foamy beige/tan head. Through an inch of foam the aroma seems chocolate and nutty. Just a guess. Med + body. Flavor is light pine, earthy, some chocolate - more than hints. It’s malty in a toasty/roasty way, but there seems to be a lot of hop, or at least enough to keep the malt down. Might be a touch of greasy nut, or not. Seems like something stranded between a black IPA and a porter. It probably qualifies for brown, and it’s definitely a nice ale whichever style it might be.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2015
at 19:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Bine & Vine. Pours dark brown with a creamy/foamy dark tan head. Aroma seems a mix of resin and fruit, with a somewhat burnt malt backbone. Seems full bodied. Flavor is dark chocolate, malt and arguably resin hop. Might be a coffee touch. No skimping on ingredients here. Finishing malty but towards dry and bitter. Nice stuff. Could be one of the better Black IPAs around.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2015
at 21:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bomber from Bine & Vine. Pours dirty hazy gold with a slight white head. Aroma is orange peel and coriander, but it seems like it’s a bit cooked. Med body. Definitely zest, but coriander seems to have almost left. It is dry. I’ve certainly had other wits I enjoyed less.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2015
at 19:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy yellow. Aroma is coriander, wheaty, slightly fruity. Starts sweet, slightly doughy with coriander and tangerine notes, then a tartness kicks in, and it’s not entirely coherent.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2015
at 12:50
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy light amber, big head. Berryish hop nose, touch of yeast. Quite sweet, chewy light crystal with a fruity, berryish hop character. Far too chewy in the end.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2015
at 12:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A hazed golden amber ipa with a thin off white head. In aroma, classic California ipa with loads of floral piney and resinous hops, citrus pulp, alcohol warmth, very nice. In mouth, a nice fruity caramel malt with grassy floral hops, grapefruit pulp, resinous and piney, light alcohol warmth, very nice. Bottle at El Trappist.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2015
at 18:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown with a big rocky head. Aroma is citrus, woody, toast... black IPA. Sweet up front with slightly chocolatey notes, then it gets bitter, woody with hop. Good balance. I like it.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2015
at 08:58
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cloudy reddish-brown. Thin head. Big chewy crystal malt aroma. Soft body, chewy earthy crystal malts with a slight nutty underpinning and a fairly hefty underlying bitterness, tho not a lot of overt hop aromatics.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2015
at 11:24