Style: Black IPA
Year: 2011
Judge: patrickomatic
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11 / 12Aroma
Deep funky, piney/grapefruit hops aroma. Almost smells like liquid hop pellets. Some sweet malt but hard to smell much else besides hops.
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3 / 3Appearance
Wow - huge, dense deep tan/brown head which protrudes rather quickly without much lacing. Completely black body
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17 / 20Flavor
Piney/resin and grapefruit hop flavor in the front. Some good bitterness and complementary malt roast. Really great pungent hop flavor in the body.
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5 / 5Mouthfeel
Really great medium body. Not too light and not too heavy. Good carbonation.
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9 / 10Overall Impression
If this was sold in stores I would buy it regularly. The hops just have an incredible complexity of pine, grapefruit, citrus and the bitterness is spot-on for the amount of malt. Wouldn't change anything
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4 / 5Stylistic Accuracy
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5 / 5Technical Merit
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4 / 5Intangibles
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Outstanding (58 / 65)Overall Score