Doll's Eye CDA (Cascadian Dark Ale)
Conshohocken Brewing Company

Doll's Eye CDA (Cascadian Dark Ale)Doll's Eye CDA (Cascadian Dark Ale)
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From:
Conshohocken Brewing Company
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
Black IPA
ABV:
4.8%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.72 | pDev: 8.6%
Reviews:
9
Ratings:
49
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 20, 2020
Added:
Apr 04, 2014
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Gots:
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Ratings by pearljam118:
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Rated by pearljam118 from Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Jan 27, 2015
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Reviewed by JohnniEMc from Pennsylvania

4.14/5  rDev +11.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Much of a pint can pour fit into a a clear pint glass. It's as close to black as any brew you will find. Not much for providing a remarkable head, nor much glass lacing. There is an earthy aroma to foreshadow the taste. That turns out to be a very nice thing and just as the nose predicted, a little earthy. With enough hoppy bite to acknowledge it's not a porter, nor a black lager. It's an interesting black IPA and worth trying.
Nov 20, 2020
 
Rated: 3.98 by The_Kriek_Freak from Pennsylvania

Nov 01, 2020
 
Rated: 2.99 by Stofko1992 from Pennsylvania

Feb 17, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by Furley80 from Pennsylvania

Feb 08, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by MeganandDana from Pennsylvania

Jan 15, 2018
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Reviewed by IronLover from Pennsylvania

3.92/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Dark brown on color with dark ruby red highlights on the edge of the glass and a hazy appearance. Poured with a tall, tan, sticky, soapy foam moderate retention. Medium dark roasted and dark malt aromas with dark chocolate and light herbal hop notes. Medium bodied with soft, medium carbonation. Medium dark roasted malt flavors up front with dark chocolate and sweet dark malt notes. Medium, herbal bitter hoppiness through the middle that seems to meld with dark roasted malt bitterness to the end. Finished semi-dryly with lightly charred and bitter dark roasted malt and hop flavors. Tasty, roasty malt character that combined nicely with hop bitterness.
Jan 14, 2018
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Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania

4.02/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16 oz can, into nonic pint glass

almost black, but some light gets through in the corners of the glass. tan colored head. good lacing and head retention. earthy hop aroma. mild roasty flavors, bitter cocoa, moderate bitterness. falvors work well together. medium to thick bodied.
Nov 29, 2016
 
Rated: 3.65 by IdrinkGas from Pennsylvania

Nov 09, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by kwa357 from Pennsylvania

Sep 03, 2016
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

3.81/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
not enough of these out there, especially on the east coast side of things. an excellent example of the style here, balancing some robust flavors rather expertly. its very dark brown, and only in the brightest light can a little red be seen. the head is superbly tall, creamy, tan colored, and lasting. gorgeous in my globe from the pint can. i get the roast from the dark barley right away, bitter and ashy, almost burnt, all the way down on the spectrum. the hops are piney and northwestern in nature, also very bitter, but with enough late kettle or dry hopping to make it very aromatic and flavorful as well. pine and citrus peel together, a little oily, but not too much body on this. definitely feels lighter than a stout or a porter in body. creamy still though, rich feeling, not thin in the least, just more drinkable than those styles generally are. the hops linger even longer than the roast in the finish, and a nice earthy nuttiness comes on late as well. no sweetness here at all, not even in the middle. a fine example of a style of beer i am personally really into right now. very well made beer here.
Apr 18, 2016
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Reviewed by BWED from Colorado

3.59/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
16 oz. can poured into willibecher.

A- Deep brown, near black. Head is brown, foamy. Good retention, very nice lacing.

S- Roast, caramel, pine, citrus pith.

T- Primarily roast/coffee. Citrus and pine.

M- Medium full body. Semi-dry finish. Goes down pretty easy, finish isn't long.

O- Pretty good. One of the more tame black IPAs I've had.
Feb 29, 2016
 
Rated: 3.74 by BigMike from Pennsylvania

Jan 29, 2016
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

3.81/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
My thanks to the Conshohocken brewers & owners for providing me with CANs for inclusion in The CANQuest (tm)! I hope to run through a bunch of them today. This should be a good time.

From the CAN: "Go Where the Path Takes You"; "Doll's Eye CDA is a hoppy dark ale with pleasant notes of malt roastiness. Doll's Eye is brewed with generous amounts of Cascade and Nugget hops, giving our CDA its piney and floral hop character."

Please don't gush, please don't gush, I thought to myself as I readied the Crack! Success! An inverted Glug to celebrate was now in order. Whoops! Unlike The Who, who Won't Get Fooled Again, I got renewed foaming & gushing! Fellas, could you ease up on the CO2? I must say, though, that the three-plus fingers of dense, rocky, deep-tan/light-brown head was astounding. It was going to take some time to fall before I could CANtinue my pour. CANticipation, it's making me wait. Color was Very Dark Brown to Black/Opaque (SRM = > 34, < 44), but it was not opaque at all. In fact it had NE-quality clarity with garnet highlights. Nose smelled of light smoke, charcoal, spearmint, dark chocolate & pine tar. Hmmm. Generally, I eschew this style since the dark roasted malts tend to kill the hops, but we shall see. Mouthfeel was medium-to-fill, approaching, but not quite creamy. The taste was initially minty & piney, but then the dark malts began to assert themselves, muscling the hops out of the way. Think of it as a buncha young ladies happily pogoing in front of the stage when suddenly a group of skins show up and turn it into a violent mosh pit. Finish had the skins running the girls out is stark terror. Too much dark malt for this hophead. It isn't the beer, per se, it's the style, but if you brew it & put it in a CAN, expect that I am not going to be happy with it as a self-avowed hophead.
Dec 31, 2015
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Reviewed by KTCamm from New Jersey

3.8/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
11/7.... Draft. Black color with tan foam. Roasted nose, some coffee. Smooth taste. Coffee espresso bitter. Chocolate like flavored. Pine bitter close. Good.
Nov 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.8 by epyon396 from Pennsylvania

Oct 29, 2015
 
Rated: 4.19 by Beerando from Georgia

Sep 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by fredmugs from Indiana

Aug 31, 2015
 
Rated: 3.86 by JMills52 from Pennsylvania

Aug 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.74 by bluehende from Delaware

Jun 22, 2015
Doll's Eye CDA (Cascadian Dark Ale) from Conshohocken Brewing Company
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 49 ratings