Urban Blacktop
Urban Chestnut Brewing Company - Midtown Brewery & Biergarten

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Urban Chestnut Brewing Company - Midtown Brewery & Biergarten
 
Missouri, United States
Style:
Black IPA
ABV:
6%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.69 | pDev: 16.8%
Reviews:
3
Ratings:
10
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 17, 2017
Added:
Nov 12, 2011
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  1
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Ratings by DCon:
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Reviewed by DCon from Missouri

4.35/5  rDev +17.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Enjoyed on-tap @ Urban Chestnut Brewing Company in St. Louis, MO for $5. Tapped from the Orange/Blue Tap Handle w/ Urban Blacktop down the middle into a Stemmed Pilsner Glass.

Aroma- Has a very nice malt presence and a light burnt aroma. Not much roastiness but has good Munich malts and yeasty finish on the nose.

Appearance- Received with almost no head at all. Has the darkest amber colored body that is almost brown looking until put up to a light. Leaves good lacing behind.

Flavor- A very clean and bitter sweet taste from the beginning! Also very sweet and has the good malts that are discovered in the aroma. Has a light bitterness on the finish.

Mouthfeel- Light-Medium Bodied, Medium Carbonation, Sweet, Smooth, and then leaves caramel at the finish!?!? This wasn't in the taste before! Cool!

Overall Impression- One of my favorites now from UCBC! It has such a great mixture of ingredient, but at the same time, smooth and very enjoyable. With a ton of their beers, I like how easy drinking they are but still have good attributes and qualities you don't find in other brewer's beers. Keep it up Florian! This one rocked.
Nov 12, 2011
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.83 by Jcarriglio from Florida

Jun 17, 2017
 
Rated: 3.83 by LXIXME from New Mexico

Jun 09, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by BrewskiBrandon from Missouri

Oct 26, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by Eaglefan344 from Missouri

Aug 29, 2015
 
Rated: 3.62 by kylehay2004 from Illinois

Jul 19, 2015
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Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri

3.99/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A - An opaque, black brew with a small, tan head of foam. Good lacing

S - It smelled of roasted malt, dark chocolate and pine.

T - Piney hop bitterness with roasted malt and dark chocolate flavors. Just a hint of sweetness, too.

M - It was crisp and sharp. A medium bodied ale.

O - This is a very good UCBC brew
Jun 28, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by atlbravsrno1 from Maine

Oct 01, 2014
 
Rated: 2 by caustin90 from Missouri

Aug 02, 2014
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Reviewed by Vonerichs from Colorado

3.82/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
BA lists this beer as retired but I'm guessing this is the same beer... though now it clocks in at 7.8% it still has the same name and is classifed by UC as a black ale. I'm guessing it's the same beer with some tweaks.

It's pitch black with a starkly contrasting almost white head. The head was huge and had great retention.

Smelled of lightly roasted malt, cola, black licorice, and pine.

The taste fall of a little, letting a sweet cola take over when I was hoping for more of the pine and light roast.

Mouthfeel was surprisingly thin and overly carbonated compared to what I was expecting after the pour. Visually it looks like it's smooth and creamy but it's quite the opposite.

A decent black ale that showed potential. There was a lot I liked about it and with some more tweaking can be really solid.
Oct 23, 2013
Urban Blacktop from Urban Chestnut Brewing Company - Midtown Brewery & Biergarten
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 10 ratings