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Midnight Toker
Peekskill Brewery
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- From:
- Peekskill Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Black IPA
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.05 | pDev: 13.33%
- Reviews:
- 8
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 29, 2016
- Added:
- Oct 19, 2012
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
Black IPA dry hopped with Mosaic and Nugget hops and then finished with a cold press coffee extract brewed in collaboration with Coffee Labs of Tarrytown, NY.
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Ratings by Crookdrain:
Reviewed by Crookdrain from New York
4.43/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
This is my first full review, so bear with me here.
Had this on tap at the Peekskill Brewery night at the Owl Farm in Park Slope. A gorgeous thick black pour down the sides of a 12oz tulip glass, with a minimal, quick-fading head.
Nose is citrusy hops, quickly overtaken by dark Ethiopian coffee and even darker semi-sweet chocolate.
Taste is all citrusy hops and dark roasted coffee. The coffee hits you first, then a bit of dark chocolate, and finally, the hops win out in the end, giving it a triumphantly bitter finish. Coffee aftertaste lingers (this is a VERY dark, strong roast used), but it works well because the mouthfeel is so thick. It's like chewing on chocolate covered espresso beans that have been sitting in a jar full of Citra hops.
Overall, one of the best beers Peekskill has put out (and that's saying a lot.) I was on the fence about Dream of the 90's, but the roastiness of a Black IPA/Cascadian Dark Ale really makes a difference here. Would love to see how this thing tastes on cask.
May 17, 2013Had this on tap at the Peekskill Brewery night at the Owl Farm in Park Slope. A gorgeous thick black pour down the sides of a 12oz tulip glass, with a minimal, quick-fading head.
Nose is citrusy hops, quickly overtaken by dark Ethiopian coffee and even darker semi-sweet chocolate.
Taste is all citrusy hops and dark roasted coffee. The coffee hits you first, then a bit of dark chocolate, and finally, the hops win out in the end, giving it a triumphantly bitter finish. Coffee aftertaste lingers (this is a VERY dark, strong roast used), but it works well because the mouthfeel is so thick. It's like chewing on chocolate covered espresso beans that have been sitting in a jar full of Citra hops.
Overall, one of the best beers Peekskill has put out (and that's saying a lot.) I was on the fence about Dream of the 90's, but the roastiness of a Black IPA/Cascadian Dark Ale really makes a difference here. Would love to see how this thing tastes on cask.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by JoeBloe from New York
3.9/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
This was the 3rd beer I had with dinner at the brewery - and it wound up being a great choice near the end of the meal, with it's heavy coffee infusion - dark brown with a thin tan head - the smell of hops is mixed with a roasty coffee aroma - coffee leads the flavors here with a pleasant hop finish - thick enough but not cloying on the palette -
very enjoyable - I ordered this not expecting the coffee action, but was pleasantly surprised - good stuff.
Oct 06, 2013very enjoyable - I ordered this not expecting the coffee action, but was pleasantly surprised - good stuff.
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
3.84/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A coffee black IPA. Interesting combo!
Pours a deep, dark, basically opaque black. 1 inch head, with very good lacing.
Smells incredibly roasty, with some burnt coffee bean flavors as well. No hop flavors on the nose.
The hops come through stronger in the taste- piney and earthy, and searingly bitter. Intensely roasty malt flavors as well, combined with strong coffee flavors. The coffee tastes a bit like used coffee grounds. Very intense flavors all clashing.
Full, creamy mouthfeel. Not always drinkable, gotta sip this one.
Seems like more like a dry-hopped coffee stout than a Black IPA with coffee added, due to the intense roastiness. All good flavors here, but they clash a little bit, making it not very drinkable.
Sep 25, 2013Pours a deep, dark, basically opaque black. 1 inch head, with very good lacing.
Smells incredibly roasty, with some burnt coffee bean flavors as well. No hop flavors on the nose.
The hops come through stronger in the taste- piney and earthy, and searingly bitter. Intensely roasty malt flavors as well, combined with strong coffee flavors. The coffee tastes a bit like used coffee grounds. Very intense flavors all clashing.
Full, creamy mouthfeel. Not always drinkable, gotta sip this one.
Seems like more like a dry-hopped coffee stout than a Black IPA with coffee added, due to the intense roastiness. All good flavors here, but they clash a little bit, making it not very drinkable.
Reviewed by dar482 from New York
4.67/5 rDev +15.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.67/5 rDev +15.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
This beer pours out in a dark black color with a dark brown frothy head.
The aroma just has tons of deep rich espresso coffee, sweet chocolate, roasty sweet malt.
The flavor follows with tons of coffee and bittersweet chocolate. There's then an espresso bean bitterness. It's almost like those espresso edible chocolate beans that they sell.
Then the hops come through with a piney, earthy herbal bitterness.
This was one of the best Peekskill beers I had during my visit. The deep espresso flavors really balance well with that medium gentle body and strong hop bitterness on the end.
Jul 15, 2013The aroma just has tons of deep rich espresso coffee, sweet chocolate, roasty sweet malt.
The flavor follows with tons of coffee and bittersweet chocolate. There's then an espresso bean bitterness. It's almost like those espresso edible chocolate beans that they sell.
Then the hops come through with a piney, earthy herbal bitterness.
This was one of the best Peekskill beers I had during my visit. The deep espresso flavors really balance well with that medium gentle body and strong hop bitterness on the end.
Midnight Toker from Peekskill Brewery
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
31 ratings
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