Solemn Black
Galway Bay Brewery
- From:
- Galway Bay Brewery
- Ireland
- Style:
- Black IPA
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.04 | pDev: 3.96%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 22, 2023
- Added:
- May 23, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
3.95/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Galway Bay Brewery “Solemn Black”
44 cl can coded Bb: 09/24 1224 CO: 21/23 16:17:38” and sampled on 22 NIV 2023
Notes: Brewed with Chinook, Simcoe, and Centennial hops at 8.5% ABV. Opaque black body beneath a short head of tan foam. The aroma is earthy and resinous. The taste is malty, roasty, citrusy, chocolatey, woody, alcoholic, piney, resinous, toasty, and coffee-like. A solid bitterness centers it and leads it to a dry and resinous finish with some roastiness, citrus, and pine lingering. Medium bodied and crisp. Apart from a somewhat limited head retention this is one of the best black IPAs I’ve tasted.
Nov 22, 202344 cl can coded Bb: 09/24 1224 CO: 21/23 16:17:38” and sampled on 22 NIV 2023
Notes: Brewed with Chinook, Simcoe, and Centennial hops at 8.5% ABV. Opaque black body beneath a short head of tan foam. The aroma is earthy and resinous. The taste is malty, roasty, citrusy, chocolatey, woody, alcoholic, piney, resinous, toasty, and coffee-like. A solid bitterness centers it and leads it to a dry and resinous finish with some roastiness, citrus, and pine lingering. Medium bodied and crisp. Apart from a somewhat limited head retention this is one of the best black IPAs I’ve tasted.
Reviewed by NilocRellim from Minnesota
3.75/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Solid opaque black colour throughout. Rich toasty notes and a little boozy on the nose with bitter, citrusy and tropical hops. Tropical hops upfront but the dominant flavour profile are the citrusy and pine hops, which linger on a bit into a slightly toasty burnt grain, resiny finish. You can't taste the alcohol on this one but its big and flavourful with all the hops. A fun drinker.
Dec 06, 2017
Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
4.15/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
On tap at Black Sheep, Dublin.
Black with chestnut highlights and a rim of tan. 4
Resin, mint, ash. 4
Hints of toffee and anise, coffee candy, then resin, Triple Sec, herb, and pine sap with lingering aspirin bitterness. 4.25
Almost medium, salty, oily. 4
Chinook, Columbus, Simcoe
Not a stout, that’s for sure. Roast sneaks in, but hops are oil over juice and that’s understating it. There’s a ringing herbal, almost medicinal impact - Jagermeister comes to mind. Missing something - more power than finesse - but pushes out sonic waves of flavor. 4.25
Jul 08, 2016Black with chestnut highlights and a rim of tan. 4
Resin, mint, ash. 4
Hints of toffee and anise, coffee candy, then resin, Triple Sec, herb, and pine sap with lingering aspirin bitterness. 4.25
Almost medium, salty, oily. 4
Chinook, Columbus, Simcoe
Not a stout, that’s for sure. Roast sneaks in, but hops are oil over juice and that’s understating it. There’s a ringing herbal, almost medicinal impact - Jagermeister comes to mind. Missing something - more power than finesse - but pushes out sonic waves of flavor. 4.25
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