Urban Blacktop
Urban Chestnut Brewing Company - Midtown Brewery & Biergarten
- From:
- Urban Chestnut Brewing Company - Midtown Brewery & Biergarten
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Black IPA
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.69 | pDev: 16.8%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 17, 2017
- Added:
- Nov 12, 2011
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
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Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
3.99/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A - An opaque, black brew with a small, tan head of foam. Good lacing
S - It smelled of roasted malt, dark chocolate and pine.
T - Piney hop bitterness with roasted malt and dark chocolate flavors. Just a hint of sweetness, too.
M - It was crisp and sharp. A medium bodied ale.
O - This is a very good UCBC brew
Jun 28, 2015S - It smelled of roasted malt, dark chocolate and pine.
T - Piney hop bitterness with roasted malt and dark chocolate flavors. Just a hint of sweetness, too.
M - It was crisp and sharp. A medium bodied ale.
O - This is a very good UCBC brew
Reviewed by Vonerichs from Colorado
3.82/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.82/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
BA lists this beer as retired but I'm guessing this is the same beer... though now it clocks in at 7.8% it still has the same name and is classifed by UC as a black ale. I'm guessing it's the same beer with some tweaks.
It's pitch black with a starkly contrasting almost white head. The head was huge and had great retention.
Smelled of lightly roasted malt, cola, black licorice, and pine.
The taste fall of a little, letting a sweet cola take over when I was hoping for more of the pine and light roast.
Mouthfeel was surprisingly thin and overly carbonated compared to what I was expecting after the pour. Visually it looks like it's smooth and creamy but it's quite the opposite.
A decent black ale that showed potential. There was a lot I liked about it and with some more tweaking can be really solid.
Oct 23, 2013It's pitch black with a starkly contrasting almost white head. The head was huge and had great retention.
Smelled of lightly roasted malt, cola, black licorice, and pine.
The taste fall of a little, letting a sweet cola take over when I was hoping for more of the pine and light roast.
Mouthfeel was surprisingly thin and overly carbonated compared to what I was expecting after the pour. Visually it looks like it's smooth and creamy but it's quite the opposite.
A decent black ale that showed potential. There was a lot I liked about it and with some more tweaking can be really solid.
Reviewed by DCon from Missouri
4.35/5 rDev +17.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.35/5 rDev +17.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Enjoyed on-tap @ Urban Chestnut Brewing Company in St. Louis, MO for $5. Tapped from the Orange/Blue Tap Handle w/ Urban Blacktop down the middle into a Stemmed Pilsner Glass.
Aroma- Has a very nice malt presence and a light burnt aroma. Not much roastiness but has good Munich malts and yeasty finish on the nose.
Appearance- Received with almost no head at all. Has the darkest amber colored body that is almost brown looking until put up to a light. Leaves good lacing behind.
Flavor- A very clean and bitter sweet taste from the beginning! Also very sweet and has the good malts that are discovered in the aroma. Has a light bitterness on the finish.
Mouthfeel- Light-Medium Bodied, Medium Carbonation, Sweet, Smooth, and then leaves caramel at the finish!?!? This wasn't in the taste before! Cool!
Overall Impression- One of my favorites now from UCBC! It has such a great mixture of ingredient, but at the same time, smooth and very enjoyable. With a ton of their beers, I like how easy drinking they are but still have good attributes and qualities you don't find in other brewer's beers. Keep it up Florian! This one rocked.
Nov 12, 2011Aroma- Has a very nice malt presence and a light burnt aroma. Not much roastiness but has good Munich malts and yeasty finish on the nose.
Appearance- Received with almost no head at all. Has the darkest amber colored body that is almost brown looking until put up to a light. Leaves good lacing behind.
Flavor- A very clean and bitter sweet taste from the beginning! Also very sweet and has the good malts that are discovered in the aroma. Has a light bitterness on the finish.
Mouthfeel- Light-Medium Bodied, Medium Carbonation, Sweet, Smooth, and then leaves caramel at the finish!?!? This wasn't in the taste before! Cool!
Overall Impression- One of my favorites now from UCBC! It has such a great mixture of ingredient, but at the same time, smooth and very enjoyable. With a ton of their beers, I like how easy drinking they are but still have good attributes and qualities you don't find in other brewer's beers. Keep it up Florian! This one rocked.
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