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Black Dog IPA
Amherst Brewing
Beer Geek Stats
- From:
- Amherst Brewing
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Black IPA
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- Needs more ratings
- Avg:
- 3.59 | pDev: 15.88%
- Reviews:
- 3
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 01, 2014
- Added:
- Sep 26, 2010
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Flounder57 from Massachusetts
3.85/5 rDev +7.2%
3.85/5 rDev +7.2%
Growler was poured into a pint glass.
Appearance: A one finger mocha head was poured that reduced to a thin layer. It is a pitch black color with no vision of anything. Spotty lacing down the glass as the beer was drank.
Smell: Smoke, roasted, bittersweet chocolate, caramel, ale, and earthy qualities.
Taste: Same as above with mild ash bitterness on the palate.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied, smoke bitterness, and medium carbonation.
Overall: A nice black ale. More pine notes would have been nice, but still content with the beer.
Sep 01, 2014Appearance: A one finger mocha head was poured that reduced to a thin layer. It is a pitch black color with no vision of anything. Spotty lacing down the glass as the beer was drank.
Smell: Smoke, roasted, bittersweet chocolate, caramel, ale, and earthy qualities.
Taste: Same as above with mild ash bitterness on the palate.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied, smoke bitterness, and medium carbonation.
Overall: A nice black ale. More pine notes would have been nice, but still content with the beer.
Reviewed by Mikeluzzjr from Massachusetts
3.8/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Nice sweet coffee smell to it. Lots of interesting, unexpected flavors. Kind of fruit... maybe? Definitely some light coffee taste, possibly some tea flavors in there. A little ways through I got some sort of menthol/medicinal stuff. I don't know if this really should be called a black IPA, but how can something be a black pale ale anyway. Tasty and interesting.
Mar 21, 2014Reviewed by smcolw from Massachusetts
3.98/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
3.98/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Near black in color where no light passes even on the edge of the glass. Spotty lace.
Burnt toast and some ash (??, like a fireplace after a fire) to the nose.
Strong darker malt flavors: chocolate and some black patent. Good balance to the hop. The body is solid. Interestingly, there are burnt flavors in the aftertaste. A good dose of yeast flavors. Excellent complexity.
Sep 26, 2010Burnt toast and some ash (??, like a fireplace after a fire) to the nose.
Strong darker malt flavors: chocolate and some black patent. Good balance to the hop. The body is solid. Interestingly, there are burnt flavors in the aftertaste. A good dose of yeast flavors. Excellent complexity.
Black Dog IPA from Amherst Brewing
Beer rating:
3.59 out of
5 with
8 ratings
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