Goodnight Bodacious
Short's Brewing Company

Goodnight BodaciousGoodnight Bodacious
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From:
Short's Brewing Company
 
Michigan, United States
Style:
Black IPA
Ranked #16
ABV:
9%
Score:
92
Ranked #5,545
Avg:
4.12 | pDev: 8.98%
Reviews:
64
Ratings:
342
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 04, 2024
Added:
Jun 15, 2012
Wants:
  27
Gots:
  68
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Rated: 3.88 by TreyJ88

Mar 04, 2024
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Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina

4.02/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
12 oz bottle in Port Biron, Michigan.

This is an exceptional version of a style that often strikes me as unbalanced and plagued by a clash of malts and hops. Short's has used a good mix of hops and malts to create a strongly flavored, bitter-sweet Black IPA that blends dark roasted malts and piney-herbal hops harmoniously. It does have an exceptionally bitter and partially burnt grain finish. Well hidden ABV.
Aug 15, 2023
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Reviewed by Beersnake from California

4.24/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured at fridge temp. Pours black with tan head. TONS of lacing. The nose is insane. Black licorice, roasted malts, tobacco, burnt toffee. The taste is intense roasted malts, bread, black licorice, tobacco, coffee grounds, leather, and some dark fruit. Very nice thick mouthfeel. Alcohol is nicely hidden. Great beer.
Sep 14, 2022
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Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri

4.19/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
12oz bottle. Poured out an opaque, jet-black color with a small, khaki colored head of bubbly foam. It left sticky rings of lace on the glass. It smelled of roasted malt, some coffee, resin and toasted caramel. Great piney bitterness with roasted coffee and malt. Some sweet caramel.
Jun 30, 2022
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Reviewed by Whyteboar from Michigan

3.97/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pours dark, but not black. Inviting looking.
The aroma is very mild for my damaged nose, but it does have some coffee and hops bitterness.
Most Cascadian dark ales i have had strive for less bitter and feature smooth balance with the malts, but not this one. Unashamedly bitter and if there is a coffee flavor in here it's burnt but tasty. This is a DIPA that happens to be dark.
The feel is excellent, way to easy to quaff this. The 9% ABV is not noticed.
OA, I get a 6 pack of this every year now that they are producing it in rotation. Tasty when I want something IPAish with a starker flavor.
Jun 08, 2022
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Reviewed by Valdez_Mescalito from Michigan

4.3/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
December 2021 Specialty Release - 6 pack
12 oz. bottle dated 11/12/21 - 10.9% ABV / 88 IBU
Brewed and bottled in Elk Rapids, MI
Poured into a Bell's branded tulip snifter glass

Look - Pours a super dense and thick cocoa colored head that leaves tons of lacing. Opaque and pitch black appearance.
Smell - The scent is mostly roasted malt, cream, and chocolate with some subtle pine hanging in the background.
Taste - The initial taste is roasted malt and coffee, followed by some piney bitterness. The bitterness isn't overwhelming, and the high ABV is hard to detect.
Feel - Pretty thick and crisp mouthfeel. Finishes quite dry.
Overall - The malt and hop flavors are balanced really well and the ABV is well hidden, making this easy to down.
Dec 07, 2021
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Reviewed by Jimmy_Kneecaps from Tennessee

4.32/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
The appearance at first glance is black, however this is much more of a deep mahogany with amber and caramel flecks at the edge of the glass and a translucent body. The mocha colored head resembles a stout. The aroma suggests barleywine as caramel malts abound, along with toffee, and a sweet smell like candies fruit. Some earthy tones and the faintest bit of pine also show up in the nose. The taste is both bitter and sweet simultaneously, sweet up front like toffee and caramel, then some bittering hops show up, but the sweet flavor doesn’t leave. Some earthy tones weave in and out and some chocolate shows up on the finish. Mouthfeel is mildly prickly with good carbonation and also creamy. Fuller than medium but nowhere close to chewy. Overall I’m really digging this one, even if I don’t really agree with the classification, but really who cares.
Jun 02, 2019
 
Rated: 4.08 by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois

Jan 27, 2019
 
Rated: 3.85 by Giggy from Michigan

Dec 27, 2018
 
Rated: 3.98 by ehurst from Indiana

Dec 09, 2018
 
Rated: 3.6 by G-R-Fracassa from Michigan

Dec 07, 2018
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Reviewed by jkblr from Indiana

3.97/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12oz bottled 10/23/18 (5 weeks ago) poured into a Spiegelau IPA glass at fridge temp, no ABV listed on bottle. The beer pours dense black with persistant mocha brown head. The head recedes to a half inch cap and covers the glass with lace. The aroma is earthy with hops and roasty from the malt. The taste hits quick with a one-two semisweet caramel and roasted malt punch. Mid palate the taste turns to medium bitterness and earthy hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, adequately carbonated and mostly dry in the finish. Overall, good. Not the most balanced example as the caramel is most dominant and the bitterness and hop presence are low for a 9% Black DIPA.
Dec 02, 2018
 
Rated: 4.29 by chrismattlin from Ohio

Nov 20, 2018
 
Rated: 3.74 by 98green from Michigan

Nov 06, 2018
 
Rated: 3.77 by ssimpson89 from Illinois

Nov 01, 2018
 
Rated: 3.87 by jwarsenal9 from Michigan

Nov 25, 2017
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Reviewed by BenHoppy from Michigan

4.47/5  rDev +8.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Fresh this beer is harsh with no piney hoppy flavor. Give it a year and turns into piney hoppy goodness with coffee attributes. is it a black DIPA or black barleywine? One thing for sure it's delicious when aged.
Nov 20, 2017
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Reviewed by Tsar_Riga from Minnesota

4.24/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A - Dark opaque body, essentially black, with brown highlights, and light tan head, thin, but with clear and extensive lacing.

S - A mingling of roasted malts, hints of coffee and chocolate, and a bit of herbal hops.

T - Mostly dark bread and molasses, coffee, and a bit of citrus hops, and a mildly bitter acidic close.

M - Brisk feel, moderate body, and a melange of dry, warmth, and a thread of sweetness.

O - A beautiful example of the style, with enough hops to elicit IPA, roasted malts to give great bread and chocolate. Delicious.
Sep 15, 2017
 
Rated: 4.84 by Shafaegalo from Texas

Aug 11, 2017
Goodnight Bodacious from Short's Brewing Company
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