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Longshot Blackened Hops
Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
- From:
- Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Black IPA
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.88 | pDev: 10.82%
- Reviews:
- 189
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 22, 2017
- Added:
- Mar 17, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
No description / notes.
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Ratings by colts9016:
Reviewed by colts9016 from Idaho
4/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Samuel Adams Longshot beer Blacken Hops, I poured into a nonic at 43 degrees.
Appearance: A two finger tan head that has good retention; moreover, the head is frothy creamy that left some lacing on the glass. The color of the beer is opaque and there are some visible carbonation bubbles on the glass.
Nose: A pleasant hop aroma that has pine, grapefruit, and floral in the notes. The malt is roasted with some biscuit notes. Other aromas is burnt malts, phenols, and yeast.
Taste: A nice grapefruit, floral, and pine notes for the hops. The malt is slightly burnt with some caramel and biscuit notes. Other flavors are phenols and yeast.
Overall: The mouth feel of the beer is carbonated, astringent, and coating. The body of the beer is medium and the finish is medium. This is a descent blacken hop, but I would like to see a more pronounced hop flavor in the beer. Good beer overall.
May 16, 2011Appearance: A two finger tan head that has good retention; moreover, the head is frothy creamy that left some lacing on the glass. The color of the beer is opaque and there are some visible carbonation bubbles on the glass.
Nose: A pleasant hop aroma that has pine, grapefruit, and floral in the notes. The malt is roasted with some biscuit notes. Other aromas is burnt malts, phenols, and yeast.
Taste: A nice grapefruit, floral, and pine notes for the hops. The malt is slightly burnt with some caramel and biscuit notes. Other flavors are phenols and yeast.
Overall: The mouth feel of the beer is carbonated, astringent, and coating. The body of the beer is medium and the finish is medium. This is a descent blacken hop, but I would like to see a more pronounced hop flavor in the beer. Good beer overall.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.33/5 rDev -14.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.33/5 rDev -14.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Deep brown pour, 1/2" head, light brown. the hopping was somewhat hidden, as you continually keep sniffing, you start to make out a tree like hop nose that is very faint.
More woodiness, bitter, not overly acrid, somewhat dry finish, roast never jumps into this, it has a deep dark color, but the roast stays off the tongue. I guess this is a black ipa. It really tastes what I would expect from SA in a black ipa, so I'll call it that.
Jan 21, 2016More woodiness, bitter, not overly acrid, somewhat dry finish, roast never jumps into this, it has a deep dark color, but the roast stays off the tongue. I guess this is a black ipa. It really tastes what I would expect from SA in a black ipa, so I'll call it that.
Reviewed by Stinkypuss from Pennsylvania
3.63/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.63/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Look: Dark brown with a soapy off white head. Leaves plenty of lace and looks like a solid dark beer overall.
Smell: roasted, nutty malts, coffee, chocolate and a whiff of herbal hops.
Taste: Dark malt body, but still quite hoppy with herbal and earthy notes, a bit woodsy and taste faintly of citrus. Roasted malts, fairly bitter still. Has some mild coffee like flavor but mostly a one-two punch of roast and hops.
Feel: Full bodied, well carbonated. Finishes clean and balanced.
Overall: Solid black ipa. A two trick pony of malt and hops. Not insanely complex but good for what it is. The hops have held up well over time. This is still drinking like it was fresh.
Jun 02, 2013Smell: roasted, nutty malts, coffee, chocolate and a whiff of herbal hops.
Taste: Dark malt body, but still quite hoppy with herbal and earthy notes, a bit woodsy and taste faintly of citrus. Roasted malts, fairly bitter still. Has some mild coffee like flavor but mostly a one-two punch of roast and hops.
Feel: Full bodied, well carbonated. Finishes clean and balanced.
Overall: Solid black ipa. A two trick pony of malt and hops. Not insanely complex but good for what it is. The hops have held up well over time. This is still drinking like it was fresh.
Longshot Blackened Hops from Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
249 ratings
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