Sanda Black IPA
Fyne Ales Ltd
- From:
- Fyne Ales Ltd
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Black IPA
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.78 | pDev: 6.88%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jun 19, 2016
- Added:
- Apr 05, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by kevinodonnell91
4.34/5 rDev +14.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.34/5 rDev +14.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
This has a bit of everything with flavours of chocolate, toffee, caramel and tobacco hops. Great winter warmer, perhaps too sweet to drink more than one though.
Jun 12, 2015
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.59/5 rDev -5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
From a bottle in Edinburgh.
Clear and dark brown, looking nearly opaque in the glass.
An IPA-level hop load fights with a strong load of very dark malts for dominance. .. the flavor doesn't win. Flavor improve a bit with warming.
Good balance in the aroma.
Apr 27, 2015Clear and dark brown, looking nearly opaque in the glass.
An IPA-level hop load fights with a strong load of very dark malts for dominance. .. the flavor doesn't win. Flavor improve a bit with warming.
Good balance in the aroma.
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
4/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottled and part of a mixer case from the brewery
balancing this style's tricky & it does that.
Aftertaste is nicely drawn out
slightly soapy after a few turns stops with liquorice
Nov 21, 2014balancing this style's tricky & it does that.
Aftertaste is nicely drawn out
slightly soapy after a few turns stops with liquorice
Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California
3.64/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle pour at Shelton Brothers The Festival 2014 held at Crafted in San Pedro, CA.
Best before 8/2016.
Pours a clear dark brown with a foamy khaki head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Tiny dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of dark roasted malt, cocoa, and citrus zest aromas. Taste is much the same with cocoa and citrus zest flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of roast bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer with a nice mix of cocoa and citrus zest qualities.
Serving type: bottle.
Nov 10, 2014Best before 8/2016.
Pours a clear dark brown with a foamy khaki head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Tiny dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of dark roasted malt, cocoa, and citrus zest aromas. Taste is much the same with cocoa and citrus zest flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of roast bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer with a nice mix of cocoa and citrus zest qualities.
Serving type: bottle.
Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland
3.68/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Burger Meats Bun, Glasgow (£3.90 for 330ml Bottle):
Black with a thin lacing on top acting as a head that is bubbly and turns to a soapy lacing almost instantly.
Light malts and some floral notes along with a touch of caramel and some sweet sugars too. There is a background smell of various fruits and is quite refreshing on the nose.
Malty with some sweetness coming through from both the caramel and some sugar from the background fruits. The beer has a little bitterness to it and touches of hops and grapefruit too.
Smooth with a good balance, this beer is quite sweet and that works well complimenting the bitterness; a refreshing and easy to drink beer.
Nice stuff & surprisingly refreshing for a dark beer, with an nice amount of bitterness and plenty of sweet, malty flavours to even things out. Whilst not a stand out, this one was definitely a beer worth trying and one I'll be on the lookout for again.
Nov 26, 2013Black with a thin lacing on top acting as a head that is bubbly and turns to a soapy lacing almost instantly.
Light malts and some floral notes along with a touch of caramel and some sweet sugars too. There is a background smell of various fruits and is quite refreshing on the nose.
Malty with some sweetness coming through from both the caramel and some sugar from the background fruits. The beer has a little bitterness to it and touches of hops and grapefruit too.
Smooth with a good balance, this beer is quite sweet and that works well complimenting the bitterness; a refreshing and easy to drink beer.
Nice stuff & surprisingly refreshing for a dark beer, with an nice amount of bitterness and plenty of sweet, malty flavours to even things out. Whilst not a stand out, this one was definitely a beer worth trying and one I'll be on the lookout for again.
Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
3.74/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Black with russet highlights and a steady tan head that fades fast but trails.
Ash, blackberry, and caramelized sugar on the nose.
Char, sweet oily espresso, and dark caramel then some pine and melon hops.
Plum spice finish and tightening gooseberry linger.
Medium verging on light, fizzy, some cling.
More black than IPA; somehow manages to bury a big hops like NS under roast. Also doesn't really have the body to support all the flavor. As good as Fyne is, something seemed forced about this series (there's a Blonde at the same ABV) and it turns out to be true.
Not their best.
Apr 05, 2013Ash, blackberry, and caramelized sugar on the nose.
Char, sweet oily espresso, and dark caramel then some pine and melon hops.
Plum spice finish and tightening gooseberry linger.
Medium verging on light, fizzy, some cling.
More black than IPA; somehow manages to bury a big hops like NS under roast. Also doesn't really have the body to support all the flavor. As good as Fyne is, something seemed forced about this series (there's a Blonde at the same ABV) and it turns out to be true.
Not their best.
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