Black Valor
Goose Island Beer Co.

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From:
Goose Island Beer Co.
 
Illinois, United States
Style:
Black IPA
ABV:
7.6%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
3.75 | pDev: 10.13%
Reviews:
2
Ratings:
3
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 17, 2013
Added:
Jan 25, 2013
Wants:
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Gots:
  0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
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Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois

4.28/5  rDev +14.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Black body with ruby highlights, initially there's a finger or two of tan foam, later it settles down into soft silkworm-esque webs across the surface. A lovely halo of sticky lacing remains in the glass.

Pineapple, papaya, tropical fruit layered nicely over the roast malt character.

Uniquely fruity up front with supporting dark chocolate and cocoa flavors, soft carbonation and medium bodied. Lingering roast and fruit in the dry aftertaste. Overall a badass and subtle Black IPA. Would put down a growler of this under the right circumstances (ie, any day of the week ending in -day).
Feb 17, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by Brew33 from Ohio

Feb 12, 2013
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Reviewed by TMoney2591 from Illinois

3.46/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Served in a tulip glass at the Clybourn brewpub.

Subtitle: the blaxploitation version of Zero Dark Thirty. I'd see it. Anyway, thiss tuff pours a deep ruby-/garnet-tinged black-brown topped by a finger of sandy ecru foam. The nose comprises pine, leek, light spearmint (which comes across almost Vick's Vapo-Rub-like at times), and light orange peel. The taste brings in more of the same, with an underlying flavor addition of lightly-toasted and buttered biscuit sprinkled with grass. This all helps, as that weird Vick's character is covered o'er. The body is a light-leaning medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a smooth feel. Overall, a decent black ale, one that achieves some nice balance on the tongue, but one whose smell doesn't make you eager to taste it.
Jan 25, 2013
Black Valor from Goose Island Beer Co.
Beer rating: 3.75 out of 5 with 3 ratings