Howling Hops / Verdant UTO Double Black IPA
Howling Hops
- From:
- Howling Hops
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Black IPA
- ABV:
- 9.3%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.89 | pDev: 3.6%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 31, 2017
- Added:
- Jan 23, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
3.75/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Viscous jet with copper highlights and steady sepia cream. 4
Resin, ash, meat crust, and mint. 4
Char, black currant, coffee grounds, licorice root, Bovril then pine tar, Ricola, and burnt orange rind. 3.5
Medium plus, chewy, smooth. 4
Wheat, Oats, Coffee, Chocolate, Simcoe, Centennial, Columbus, Chinook
Sept 17 BBD - it looks to be fresh in December. So where did this go wrong? With Black IPA on the label and that hop bill, there should be some citrus and fruit - nope. And with those adjuncts, there should be some smooth-sipping mocha notes - nope. Instead, you get a black-as-your-soul anise and charcoal stout with a ton of resin. Blurb says it’s “more of a massively hopped imperial stout” but hard work even by that measure - verges on savoury. Tough guy posturing that seems intended to prove a point rather than just make a good beer. 3.75
Jan 23, 2017Resin, ash, meat crust, and mint. 4
Char, black currant, coffee grounds, licorice root, Bovril then pine tar, Ricola, and burnt orange rind. 3.5
Medium plus, chewy, smooth. 4
Wheat, Oats, Coffee, Chocolate, Simcoe, Centennial, Columbus, Chinook
Sept 17 BBD - it looks to be fresh in December. So where did this go wrong? With Black IPA on the label and that hop bill, there should be some citrus and fruit - nope. And with those adjuncts, there should be some smooth-sipping mocha notes - nope. Instead, you get a black-as-your-soul anise and charcoal stout with a ton of resin. Blurb says it’s “more of a massively hopped imperial stout” but hard work even by that measure - verges on savoury. Tough guy posturing that seems intended to prove a point rather than just make a good beer. 3.75
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