Blackbeard's Blackhorn
Bolero Snort Brewery
- From:
- Bolero Snort Brewery
- New Jersey, United States
- Style:
- Black IPA
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.55 | pDev: 18.87%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 17, 2016
- Added:
- Oct 20, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Our flagship Blackhorn aged in Mount Gay Rum Barrels on coconut and vanilla beans.
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Rated by westcoastbeerlvr from California
2.95/5 rDev -16.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
2.95/5 rDev -16.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Goddamn it. This beer is infected and just an awful idea. Stop making me have to write a fucking review.
May 17, 2015
Rated by largadeer from California
1.62/5 rDev -54.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
1.62/5 rDev -54.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
Infected. Sourness covers the barrel and adjuncts. Pass on this one.
May 17, 2015
Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina
3.65/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Bottle 95/212
Appearance: Pours a fudge brown color with a nice beige head; retention is decent enough and the lacing looks like icicles on the side of the chalice
Smell: Burnt toast and a lactic sourness, with a hint of coconut
Taste: The lactic sour tones take over from start to finish, with the coconut and burnt toast peeking through, in the middle; after the swallow, the sour tones once again overwhelm the other flavors, with the finish taking on a lactic berry character
Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation; puckery
Overall: Having mulled over this beer I just can't say that this worked out all that well; I was intrigued by the concept, but barrel aging a 6.7% American Black Lager just doesn't appear to work very well in this instance; the lactic impact from the coconut overwhelms the underlying flavors and I cannot find any rum barrel flavor in the finished product
Nov 11, 2014Appearance: Pours a fudge brown color with a nice beige head; retention is decent enough and the lacing looks like icicles on the side of the chalice
Smell: Burnt toast and a lactic sourness, with a hint of coconut
Taste: The lactic sour tones take over from start to finish, with the coconut and burnt toast peeking through, in the middle; after the swallow, the sour tones once again overwhelm the other flavors, with the finish taking on a lactic berry character
Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation; puckery
Overall: Having mulled over this beer I just can't say that this worked out all that well; I was intrigued by the concept, but barrel aging a 6.7% American Black Lager just doesn't appear to work very well in this instance; the lactic impact from the coconut overwhelms the underlying flavors and I cannot find any rum barrel flavor in the finished product
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