Pitch Black
Lost Nation Brewing

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From:
Lost Nation Brewing
 
Vermont, United States
Style:
Black IPA
Ranked #110
ABV:
5.4%
Score:
85
Ranked #20,907
Avg:
3.77 | pDev: 9.55%
Reviews:
20
Ratings:
155
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 22, 2022
Added:
Aug 08, 2013
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  9
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Reviewed by ANIMOUL from Vermont

4.18/5  rDev +10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a 16 oz can into a pint glass; can't read birth date. Pours black with three fingers worth of foam head that slowly recedes. Excellent retention. Slightly smokey with good balance of burnt, chocolate malt with equally bitter hops on the back end. I'm biased to any smoke beers.... so me like this alot
Dec 22, 2022
 
Rated: 3.9 by O-Meg from New York

Dec 22, 2021
 
Rated: 4.02 by Arg914 from New York

Dec 22, 2021
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Reviewed by jrc1093 from Connecticut

3.93/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Canned on 9/1/20; consumed on 1/10/21

Pours a clean black body with subtle mahogany hues and topped with two fingers of dense, fluffy, pale tan foam; solid head retention yields a quarter-finger of fluffy cap, an expansive, creamy collar, and a generous spread of thin, webby lacing strewn around the walls of the glass.

Aroma bursts with notes of fresh smoked ham upfront, only interrupted slightly by a tinge of malty roast and black bread; minerality eases into a hint of campfire smoke over the middle as semi-sweet tones of bakers chocolate and burnt toffee appear on the close.

Taste follows the bouquet, this time with a softer smoked ham upfront and soon followed with an array of heavily roasted malts; a suggestion of campfire smokes remains delicate over the mid-palate before transitioning to a lighter coffee tone; milk chocolate and ashy char are quelled slightly with floral hops into a more bittersweet bakers chocolate finish.

Mouthfeel provides a balanced, medium body sporting moderate carbonation phasing cleanly into a delicately slick mid-palate while a mild, charry grit grows into the back end; the finish is level in a pillowy robustness, and surprisingly clean.

This is a comprehensively enjoyable and easy-drinking brew with a basic yet well-conceived malt profile and supportive hop balance accentuating an overarching smoke; a mild identity crisis in style assuaged through a consummate delivery of consumable nuance.
Jan 11, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by Velivolus1 from Vermont

Sep 29, 2020
 
Rated: 3.79 by benjaminsa from Vermont

Jan 11, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by redfox405 from Virginia

Jun 01, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by IBUBrew from Vermont

Feb 18, 2018
 
Rated: 3.79 by DudMan from New Jersey

Feb 18, 2018
 
Rated: 4.16 by mmhannon from New Jersey

Feb 18, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by AlvinLin from New York

Dec 24, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by DoubleMalt from New York

Jul 06, 2017
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

3.76/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
The appearance was a black color with a bar pour’s kind of head (rating adjusted accordingly). The smell had some roasty chocolatey malts with some coffee beans. There’s a nice sweet chocolatey aftertaste running into the finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium in the body with a nice sessionable feel to it. Carbonation runs good as a Porter. I’d have again, good stuff, but not a Black IPA.
Jun 11, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois

Jun 07, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by Gkruszewski from New York

Apr 13, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by mdaschaf from Indiana

Jan 17, 2017
 
Rated: 3.86 by bubseymour from Maryland

Sep 22, 2016
 
Rated: 3.68 by byronic from Canada (ON)

Aug 12, 2016
 
Rated: 3.95 by GregSemenza from Connecticut

Jul 29, 2016
 
Rated: 3.97 by juicebox from Kentucky

Jul 26, 2016
Pitch Black from Lost Nation Brewing
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 155 ratings