Wild Oats Series No. 49 - Black Forest I.P.A.
Beau's All Natural Brewing Company

 

 

 

Bottle: Poured a black color ale with a medium size foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of dry roasted malt with light hoppy notes is OK. Taste is a mix of roasted malt with light hoppy notes with subtle cherry notes. Body is about average with good carbonation. Not bad but not sure the cherry notes are dominant enough to convey the black forest description.

From the Brew Box, came a 600 ml bottle of Beau’s Black Forest IPA with a packaging date of December 1, 2015. The beer was 7.0% alcohol by volume.

Black Forest IPA poured an opaque dark mahogany colour with a big ruby core when backlit. Pouring produced about 2” of fluffy tan coloured head with good staying power, fading to a 1/8” cap of foam after about 5 minutes. This cap left an attractive continuous sheet of lacing down the glass as the beer level dropped. Its aroma was exactly as advertised, chocolate and cherries…very nice. The taste was dark chocolate and cherries, with a just a touch of pine bitterness in the finish. Alas, the more of this I drank, the increasingly piney flavour pushed the cherries deep into the background. Medium bodied with a creamy mouthfeel from the long-lived cap of foam, Black Forest IPA had a relatively soft, but suitable level of carbonation. Really enjoyed the first half of this beer, but as the cherries were pushed out by the pine, didn’t enjoy the second half nearly as much.

Dark hoppy beer with a med to lge amount of carbonation, a big head and good lacing. Chocolate and cherry flavour followed by hoppiness. I enjoyed this and think it is worth a try.

 

 

Black beer with red hues in front of light with a huge creamy head. Smells kinda weird, you get a cherry/chocolate mix with overpowering hops. For what it is, the taste is successful, you really taste the black forest cake, really sweet chocolate taste with underlying notes of hops. Not really sure what I expected to be different, but maybe more cherry and less chocolate would have worked better with the bitterness of the hops, I don't know.

 

Appearance - This pours dark amber, it almosts lets no light through. It poured a 3 and a half finger off white head that when faded leaves a film over top of the beer.

Aroma - Personally the smell of this beer is one of the most offputting factors to me.Its like black forest cake with earthy hops. I never liked black forest so I guess im not surprised at my feeling here.

Taste - I get big earthy hops a little citrus some resin, coffee, chocolate, and big cherry. As stated im not a fan of black forest but what can you do. the taste still comes together better than the smell.

Feel - This is medium bodied with creamy carbonation. hop bitterness throughout.

Overall - This is ok at best, its still not in the worst of the worst league but its definitely not my style. If you like Chocolate and Cherries together and IPA's you may have found or beer however its just not for my palate.