Cinderblock CDA
Populuxe Brewing

Cinderblock CDACinderblock CDA
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From:
Populuxe Brewing
 
Washington, United States
Style:
Black IPA
ABV:
5.8%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.76 | pDev: 5.85%
Reviews:
4
Ratings:
10
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 18, 2019
Added:
Mar 16, 2013
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
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Ratings by sharpski:
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Rated by sharpski from Canada (BC)

3.5/5  rDev -6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Feb 15, 2016
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Rated: 3.9 by gopens44 from Virginia

May 18, 2019
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Reviewed by kemoarps from New York

3.89/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
An aggressive pour yields a dark chestnut body with a nice bubbly soft head of dark cream. Better lacing than I expected. Nose leans more into the IPA side of the CDA with some light floral and citrus notes. Then comes some grains and round caramel and a lightly burnt character. Sweet dark grains lead in with a nice blunt bitter hoppy counterbalance. Maybe a little thin on the body, but it's creamy and smoothe and the finish is a nice combination of burnt malts and bitter piney hops.
You don't see many CDAs out anymore and that's a shame. Glad to have come across this one!
Feb 19, 2019
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Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington

4/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into a Seattle Beer Week pint glass. Pours a very dark mahogany brown with a half finger dark khaki head with good retention and thick lacing. Aroma of dark toasted malt, citrus and piney hops and a hint of cocoa. Flavor is dark, moderately toasted malt, citrus and grassy hops with a grassy and lightly charry finish. Medium bodied with light creaminess. A well made CDA with a pleasant toasted malt base and IPA level hopping. The hops are a bit more grassy then citrus, leaving a distinct hay note to the finish, but overall this covers all the bases for a good CDA, a sadly uncommon style that I really like. Glad to see a few beers rom Populuxe in cans, I'll try another style when I see it. It appear they boosted the ABV a bit, this can states a 6.8 ABV.
Jan 09, 2019
 
Rated: 3.67 by rab53 from Washington

Dec 30, 2018
 
Rated: 3.73 by Hendrick24 from Wisconsin

Jan 07, 2016
 
Rated: 3.53 by Sound_Explorer from Washington

Feb 08, 2015
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Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington

4.18/5  rDev +11.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I had this beer on-tap at the brewery in a taster glass.

Appearance: very dark brown, nearly black, with a moderate haze and a thin head of ivory foam. I like it.

Smell: very bright hops right off the bat, with a hint of a coriander-like fruitiness. I like it a great deal!

Taste: big, bright hops, with a very light caramel flavor and a light ashy roastiness at the end. The hops just persist all the way through with an amazing fruitiness. Wonderful.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a great, well-integrated carbonation and an amazing creaminess for the style. What!!

Overall: this beer floored me. I do not usually love CDA type beers, but this worked for me in spades. Woo!
Jan 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by johnnyboy76 from Oregon

Nov 09, 2014
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Reviewed by dirtylou from Oklahoma

3.65/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
CDA - on tap at the brewery

Dark, black body - foamy mocha lace. Moderate roasty tones throughout, sticky pine hops that I would suggest amplifying in future batches. The flavors were pretty good, but it just needs more of them. As it stands, an easy drinking CDA that shows some potential
Mar 16, 2013
Cinderblock CDA from Populuxe Brewing
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 10 ratings