From Magic Hat's website:
It is a
deliciously dark lick of an India Pale Ale. It’s medley of roasted malts
and heady hops will have your senses dancing to the beat of a different
I.P.A.
- TYPE: Black IPA
- YEAST: California Ale
- HOPS: Apollo, Goldings
- MALTS: Pale, Carafa, Caramel, Cara Vienna, Chocolate
- ABV: 6.0
- GRAVITY: 14.00 Plato
- BITTERNESS: 45
- SRM: 55.0
Overall – I like this beer just fine. There is a fair amount of malt in the middle part of the taste of this one, and it ends with a hint of hoppiness. I get some of the roastiness that I expect in a black ipa, but not as much as in Otter Creek’s. This is not a beer that hits me as an ipa when I drink, but it is not as hoppy as I normally expect. That said, it is quite tasty and definitely worth a drink.
ReplyDeletePours dark brown/black with a mixture of delightfully powerful malt and hops aromas.
ReplyDeleteThe taste is definitely more roast than IPA with layers of flavor. The taste hits the buds with flavors reminiscent of a Red ale and later a brown and then the roast takes over reminding you that you are drinking a black beer, finishing with a slight toasted seasame/peanut flavor.
The hop levels are nice, I would like more, but they are there. Hops play the supporting role in this beer.
This is a tasty Black IPA which happens to fall on the roasted side of this Beer's Mason-Dixon line. The interpretation of this style by the brewers make this a fun style of beer.
No two BIPAs are ever the same, so give this one a shot, you will not be disappointed.
Enjoy