Midnight Hoppyness
Knee Deep Brewing Company
- From:
- Knee Deep Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Black IPA
Ranked #24 - ABV:
- 9.5%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #9,056 - Avg:
- 4.08 | pDev: 9.31%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 53
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 30, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 13, 2013
- Wants:
- 16
- Gots:
- 78
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Double Black Rye IPA
This one clocks in at 9.5 % ABV and over 100 IBU’s.
This one clocks in at 9.5 % ABV and over 100 IBU’s.
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Ratings by Danner3:
Rated by Danner3 from California
4.68/5 rDev +14.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Feb 08, 2018
4.68/5 rDev +14.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Feb 08, 2018
More User Ratings:
Rated by ttoadee from Texas
4.17/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
RB transfer
Jul 30, 2025
Reviewed by TheSixthRing from California
3.78/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Canned 10/17/19
Appearance - Pours near black with some ruddish, cola brown edging. Tan, frothy two-finger width head shows good retention before dying down to a thin, broken layer of surface suds, thickening up around the edge of the glass. Nice lacing, with broken sheeting, some spotting, and lines.
Smell - Citrus, faint roast, and a touch of booze.
Taste - Hops smack the mouth first with citrus; grapefruit, lesser tangerine and a touch of orange. Mid-taste brings a noticeable boozy bite before light hints of roast, rye spice and faint chocolate come into play. Finish brings some grapefruit pith bitterness, leaving an aftertaste that's mostly bitter and with some residual alcohol flavor.
Mouthfeel - Medium-bodied with fair carbonation. Drinks slick and easy before a dry, slightly boozy finish.
Overall - Nice imperial black IPA, but it does have that big boozy bite mid-taste. Not totally unexpected for a 9.5% brew, but it does tend to detract from what might otherwise be a very, very good Imperial BIPA.
Dec 03, 2019Appearance - Pours near black with some ruddish, cola brown edging. Tan, frothy two-finger width head shows good retention before dying down to a thin, broken layer of surface suds, thickening up around the edge of the glass. Nice lacing, with broken sheeting, some spotting, and lines.
Smell - Citrus, faint roast, and a touch of booze.
Taste - Hops smack the mouth first with citrus; grapefruit, lesser tangerine and a touch of orange. Mid-taste brings a noticeable boozy bite before light hints of roast, rye spice and faint chocolate come into play. Finish brings some grapefruit pith bitterness, leaving an aftertaste that's mostly bitter and with some residual alcohol flavor.
Mouthfeel - Medium-bodied with fair carbonation. Drinks slick and easy before a dry, slightly boozy finish.
Overall - Nice imperial black IPA, but it does have that big boozy bite mid-taste. Not totally unexpected for a 9.5% brew, but it does tend to detract from what might otherwise be a very, very good Imperial BIPA.
Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand
3.5/5 rDev -14.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -14.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Pitch black with a ruby tinge when held to the light, and 3 fingers of deep beige head.
Smells like pine, fresh cut hay, grass, cocoa and toasted malts.
Tastes of cocoa, rust, chocolate, more rust. Cocoa. Rust.
Thick mouth feel with moderate, foamy carbonation.
This was produced in Sept, 2018, and I got it this week, drinking on June 14th, 2019. Lost the hops and replaced with the taste of rust.
Jun 15, 2019Smells like pine, fresh cut hay, grass, cocoa and toasted malts.
Tastes of cocoa, rust, chocolate, more rust. Cocoa. Rust.
Thick mouth feel with moderate, foamy carbonation.
This was produced in Sept, 2018, and I got it this week, drinking on June 14th, 2019. Lost the hops and replaced with the taste of rust.
Reviewed by baref from California
4.29/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.29/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
just an ordinary beer drinker here. this is one of the best beers i have had in awhile. pine, hoppy, smooth, good color. just an all around good beer.
Feb 14, 2019
Reviewed by RyanK252 from California
4.03/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
On tap at Knee Deep Brewing Co
A: Pours mahogany brown with a frothy tan head that settles to a light layer and leaves some thin lacing.
S: Roasted malt, nice dark chocolate and coffee notes, pine, a little spice, fruity notes, and toffee sweetness.
T: Roasty malt, coffee and dark chocolate, spicy pine, floral, light tropical fruit, apricot and mango, and toffee sweetness.
M: Medium body, moderate carbonation, slightly creamy.
O: Got more of a malty/stouty side rather than just the dark color that some black IPAs have. Really solid.
Jun 03, 2018A: Pours mahogany brown with a frothy tan head that settles to a light layer and leaves some thin lacing.
S: Roasted malt, nice dark chocolate and coffee notes, pine, a little spice, fruity notes, and toffee sweetness.
T: Roasty malt, coffee and dark chocolate, spicy pine, floral, light tropical fruit, apricot and mango, and toffee sweetness.
M: Medium body, moderate carbonation, slightly creamy.
O: Got more of a malty/stouty side rather than just the dark color that some black IPAs have. Really solid.
Reviewed by andrewh995 from Arizona
4.03/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pours a dark black with a tan head. Smells of roasted malts, hops, and citrus. Tastes of bitter hops, citrus zest, roasted malts, and light chocolate. Medium-heavy body and medium carbonation. Overall a very good black IPA.
Nov 25, 2017
Reviewed by hoptheology from South Dakota
3.78/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Dark brown-black with a frothy coffee head.
Aroma is of citrus, hops similar to C4, Breaking Bud, Lupulin, etc. No indication it's different apart from the color.
Flavor of grapefruit and rind, slight rye, and finally roast malts. A little abc bubble gum floating around in there a bit. Too much citra, not enough roast malts to balance. As it warms it does Balance a bit though.
Feel is slightly resinous and pretty carbonated, semi dry.
Overall not bad, not something I'd go back to.
Jan 26, 2017Aroma is of citrus, hops similar to C4, Breaking Bud, Lupulin, etc. No indication it's different apart from the color.
Flavor of grapefruit and rind, slight rye, and finally roast malts. A little abc bubble gum floating around in there a bit. Too much citra, not enough roast malts to balance. As it warms it does Balance a bit though.
Feel is slightly resinous and pretty carbonated, semi dry.
Overall not bad, not something I'd go back to.
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