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Imperial Black
Buxton Brewery
- From:
- Buxton Brewery
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Black IPA
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 7.5%
- Reviews:
- 26
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 30, 2021
- Added:
- Apr 06, 2013
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 6
Barley & Wheat malts
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
4.25/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.25/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
500 ml bottle conditioned, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 7.5%. Black colour, moderate tan head. Lovely aroma of citrussy hops, on a background of moderately roasted malts, hints of dark chocolate. The medium dry flavour has again citrussy hops, blended with distinct roasted malts, notes of strong coffee, dark bitter chocolate and resin. The contradictory "Black IPA" style is beginning to grow on me, and this one is a fine specimen.
Jan 30, 2021Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.88/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Can from Tesco. Dark brown, small head fades to ring. Aroma is nutty, sweet, malty. Taste brings some roasty notes and mild bitterness. Mellow for a black IPA
Nov 29, 2019Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
3.79/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Heavy ruby black with creamy tan foam. 4
Charcoal, dank, some tartness, a green vegetal thing, and maybe molasses. 3.75
Ash, Marmite and treacle, then resin, wisps of grilled pineapple, plenty of pine sap and grass clipping. Cocoa and fondant as it opens. 3.75
Vague dried orange rind and ong bitter linger.
Creamy, medium, round. 4
Bottled Apr 26. 17 - four months old nearly to the day. I gotta think that, even at this not-quite-old phase, age is denting the hops, because I’m getting none of the reported citrus, just a lot of dank and greenery. Witness, too, that the BBD is only 8 months from bottling, so this is halfway dead by that measure - maybe even a touch of brown paper in there somewhere. RB says Top 50 BIPA; this ain’t that. As it is, it plays like a very English imperial stout, with lots of dark fruit and flinty mineral underneath. Flexes some muscle, but off its best. 3.75
Oct 11, 2017Charcoal, dank, some tartness, a green vegetal thing, and maybe molasses. 3.75
Ash, Marmite and treacle, then resin, wisps of grilled pineapple, plenty of pine sap and grass clipping. Cocoa and fondant as it opens. 3.75
Vague dried orange rind and ong bitter linger.
Creamy, medium, round. 4
Bottled Apr 26. 17 - four months old nearly to the day. I gotta think that, even at this not-quite-old phase, age is denting the hops, because I’m getting none of the reported citrus, just a lot of dank and greenery. Witness, too, that the BBD is only 8 months from bottling, so this is halfway dead by that measure - maybe even a touch of brown paper in there somewhere. RB says Top 50 BIPA; this ain’t that. As it is, it plays like a very English imperial stout, with lots of dark fruit and flinty mineral underneath. Flexes some muscle, but off its best. 3.75
Reviewed by Bruno74200 from France
4.16/5 rDev +4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.16/5 rDev +4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
L - pitch black with a nice head
S - Smells like a classic IPA with grapefruit, melon, and some chocolate and licorice notes
T - Less exciting than the smell, mostly roasted, some citrus presence
M - Very juicy and velvety
O - Nice black IPA but I think if I had it a bit fresher it would have been better
Jul 25, 2017S - Smells like a classic IPA with grapefruit, melon, and some chocolate and licorice notes
T - Less exciting than the smell, mostly roasted, some citrus presence
M - Very juicy and velvety
O - Nice black IPA but I think if I had it a bit fresher it would have been better
Reviewed by thierrynantes from France
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Beer bottle (33 cl.), purchased from Le Souffleur de bières.
Appearance : dark brown color with tan foam head.
Smell : roasted malt and hops aromas.
Taste & mouthfeel : roasted malt and chocolate notes, leading to a bitter finish.
Overall : a nice beer in the style Imperial IPA.
Jul 15, 2015Appearance : dark brown color with tan foam head.
Smell : roasted malt and hops aromas.
Taste & mouthfeel : roasted malt and chocolate notes, leading to a bitter finish.
Overall : a nice beer in the style Imperial IPA.
Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland
4.35/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.35/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
330ml bottle in Harrild & Sons, London (£5.50):
This one was a really excellent black IPA, quite possibly one of the best that I've tried of the style to date (I'm not 100% sure but it is certainly up there anyway). Juicy, flavoursome & really refreshing to drink, this one was an excellent tasting beer that went down in no time at all. After finishing the majority of the bottle I realised the beer had been bottles just over one year ago but this definitely didn't seem to have a negative impact on the taste, the beer was superb & it's one I'll be hoping to pick up again now.
Jun 29, 2015This one was a really excellent black IPA, quite possibly one of the best that I've tried of the style to date (I'm not 100% sure but it is certainly up there anyway). Juicy, flavoursome & really refreshing to drink, this one was an excellent tasting beer that went down in no time at all. After finishing the majority of the bottle I realised the beer had been bottles just over one year ago but this definitely didn't seem to have a negative impact on the taste, the beer was superb & it's one I'll be hoping to pick up again now.
Reviewed by mdagnew from Northern Ireland
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
330ml bottle bought from Lighthouse Wines, Jordanstown
Poured a deep black colour. Light tan head poured big, thick and foamy and faded slowly to good thickish covering... lots of sticky lacing most of the way down the glass...
Aroma - Juicy fruits (grapefruit, pears, lemons) followed by lots of earthy and roasted malts, light chocolate and coffee notes, burnt bread, faint brown sugar traces, piney and citrus hopiness, nutty, some rubberiness, honey, cut wet grass / hay...
Taste - Piney, grassy and citrus hop bitterness mixed with lots of roasted chocolate malts, some tart fruits (grapefruits and lime), coffee, nice caramel malts and notes of floral honey, some brown sugar hints, quite herbal, some liquorice, quite earthy
M&D - Fairly smooth with a little oiliness in the background then some sharpness comes through... full bodied... incredibly drinkable considering it is 7.5 percent
Overall - An excellent black IPA and another fine brew from Buxton... recommended..
May 19, 2015Poured a deep black colour. Light tan head poured big, thick and foamy and faded slowly to good thickish covering... lots of sticky lacing most of the way down the glass...
Aroma - Juicy fruits (grapefruit, pears, lemons) followed by lots of earthy and roasted malts, light chocolate and coffee notes, burnt bread, faint brown sugar traces, piney and citrus hopiness, nutty, some rubberiness, honey, cut wet grass / hay...
Taste - Piney, grassy and citrus hop bitterness mixed with lots of roasted chocolate malts, some tart fruits (grapefruits and lime), coffee, nice caramel malts and notes of floral honey, some brown sugar hints, quite herbal, some liquorice, quite earthy
M&D - Fairly smooth with a little oiliness in the background then some sharpness comes through... full bodied... incredibly drinkable considering it is 7.5 percent
Overall - An excellent black IPA and another fine brew from Buxton... recommended..
Imperial Black from Buxton Brewery
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
77 ratings
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