Black Ops
Salopian Brewing Company Ltd
- From:
- Salopian Brewing Company Ltd
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.15 | pDev: 7.47%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 18, 2014
- Added:
- Feb 12, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
4.11/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.11/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours an unctuous purple-black with stiff leather-brown head that pits.
Big lemon balm, sweet roast, and prickly green hop spice on the nose - alluring.
Butter on black rye, an ashy bite, big aggressively tart + musty Sorachi lemon hop hit, some waxy peel and a twinkle of fizzing tangerine candy.
Lime hard candy ending and mercilessly bitter pith linger.
Medium, oily, plenty of chew.
Sorachi Ace, Brewers Gold, Amarillo
I don't know how this is in as an RIS - if this isn't a Black IPA, then there's no such thing as the style. Wave upon wave of unforgiving hop citrus nearly hides all the stout notes, and this isn't a limp beer underneath. Amarillo doesn't get much of a look in here, but credit due for making me enjoy a hop I usually hate.
Formidable.
Feb 18, 2014Big lemon balm, sweet roast, and prickly green hop spice on the nose - alluring.
Butter on black rye, an ashy bite, big aggressively tart + musty Sorachi lemon hop hit, some waxy peel and a twinkle of fizzing tangerine candy.
Lime hard candy ending and mercilessly bitter pith linger.
Medium, oily, plenty of chew.
Sorachi Ace, Brewers Gold, Amarillo
I don't know how this is in as an RIS - if this isn't a Black IPA, then there's no such thing as the style. Wave upon wave of unforgiving hop citrus nearly hides all the stout notes, and this isn't a limp beer underneath. Amarillo doesn't get much of a look in here, but credit due for making me enjoy a hop I usually hate.
Formidable.
Reviewed by AgentMunky from New York
3.9/5 rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.9/5 rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Served in a half-pint glass at the Bow Bar in Edinburgh.
A: Firm tan head. The body, seemingly jet-black, shows chestnut hues in direct light.
S: Sweet chocolatey malts with a roasted undertone. Coffee notes and trace alcohol. Good but not great.
T: Quite nice. Sweet and smooth. Chocolate. Rich malts. Roasted but not bitter towards the endtaste. The aftertaste is light and molasses-sweet without being sticky. Too thinly sweet for my tastes, and not quite balanced, but still a good effort. Black Ops was served room temperature, perhaps to its detriment.
M: A smooth beer struggling between thin and rich. The latter usually wins out.
D: Quite drinkable for the stile, but by no means the best imperial stout I've tried. Tentatively recommended.
Feb 12, 2011A: Firm tan head. The body, seemingly jet-black, shows chestnut hues in direct light.
S: Sweet chocolatey malts with a roasted undertone. Coffee notes and trace alcohol. Good but not great.
T: Quite nice. Sweet and smooth. Chocolate. Rich malts. Roasted but not bitter towards the endtaste. The aftertaste is light and molasses-sweet without being sticky. Too thinly sweet for my tastes, and not quite balanced, but still a good effort. Black Ops was served room temperature, perhaps to its detriment.
M: A smooth beer struggling between thin and rich. The latter usually wins out.
D: Quite drinkable for the stile, but by no means the best imperial stout I've tried. Tentatively recommended.
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