Supplier: Beer52
Don't know much about this brewery just that it was founded in a pub in 2005 with partial funding from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development. This Black IPA is one of their regular brews, I served this at room temperature.
Don't know much about this brewery just that it was founded in a pub in 2005 with partial funding from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development. This Black IPA is one of their regular brews, I served this at room temperature.
Appearance: Black with no head, ruby tints when held to the light.
Aroma: Dark with roasted and tropical notes, mainly passionfruit.
Flavour: Chocolate notes with some sweet malt at the back, nothing very IPA about the flavour and not much depth. The flavour is also quite lacking.
Body: Average body, but a bit bitty and slightly undercarbonated (but I don't mind that too much).
Aftertaste: A bit of a floury taste with a slight hoppy bitterness, much more than you would get in a normal stout. After some drinking there is an unusual slightly unpleasant aftertaste that I can't place, something Brie-esk.
Overall: Therefore this gets a rating of 4, un-complex and boring, but drinkable and non-offensive. Not IPA enough for its style.
Price Range: Another of the monthly beer subscription at £19 (usually £24) for 8 beers, so approximately £2.40 for a 330ml bottle, probably wouldn't get it again but wouldn't mind drinking it in a pub with limited selection.
Food Pairings: Some nice dark bread with some coarse rustic pâté.
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