Juicy Banger IPL
Blackman's Brewery
- From:
- Blackman's Brewery
- Australia
- Style:
- India Pale Lager (IPL)
- ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.97 | pDev: 8.06%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 16, 2024
- Added:
- May 26, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by AzfromOz from Australia
4.29/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This was a birthday present in August 2023, finally drunk in January 2024.
L: Bright yet hazy mango-orange with a fluffy, bright white head. No carbonation can be seen, but it's a strikingly handsome beer in the glass.
S: Fruity and tropical, with mango and apricot nectar standing out.
T: Apricot nectar, tangerine, and mango give this a fruity and tropical taste profile. Bitterness is low to medium and dialled in perfectly. The finish is crisp and snappy, and overall, the beer is very clean. This is one of those beers that demands you take a second sip quickly after the first one.
M: Carbonation is low to medium, and the mouthfeel is full and smooth. Both work very well with the tropical, clean profile.
O: This is an excellent, tasty beer. I'm drinking it fresh off a swim in the ocean, and right now, all is good in the world!
Cheers!
#449
Jan 16, 2024L: Bright yet hazy mango-orange with a fluffy, bright white head. No carbonation can be seen, but it's a strikingly handsome beer in the glass.
S: Fruity and tropical, with mango and apricot nectar standing out.
T: Apricot nectar, tangerine, and mango give this a fruity and tropical taste profile. Bitterness is low to medium and dialled in perfectly. The finish is crisp and snappy, and overall, the beer is very clean. This is one of those beers that demands you take a second sip quickly after the first one.
M: Carbonation is low to medium, and the mouthfeel is full and smooth. Both work very well with the tropical, clean profile.
O: This is an excellent, tasty beer. I'm drinking it fresh off a swim in the ocean, and right now, all is good in the world!
Cheers!
#449
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
3.65/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
India/Imperial Pale Lagers are a fairly recent thing and as such they’re not listed yet in the BJCP Style Guide (2015) and fall into the catch-all category of “mixed-style beer”. Also the last IPL I had was 4 Pines Grapefruit IPL, and if you’ll pardon my fruit-related puns, that one ended up a little pear-shaped. However I have faith that Blackman’s Juicy Banger will be rather tasty, why? Because their core beers Arthur, Reginald and Angry Reg are also rather tasty. They can’t afford to drop the ball now when they’re doing so well. Mental note: Have drunk Reginald IPA but not actually reviewed it yet... also I’m slightly disappointed they didn’t give this brew a first name like “Keith” or “Bruce”, oh well, time for Juicy Banger!
Poured from a 330ml can into a Stei... pint? Not sure which glass to use, nonic pint it is then.
A: Cloudy saffron body with a decent white cappuccino foam head that stays put at about half a centimetre. Rather tasty looking, and pale brew - ticks all the boxes, especially the box I like ticking: [is cloudy?]. 8/10.
S: Grassy, white wine, Champagne-like with floral/citric hops notes. It is a playful and moreish aroma that invites you to immediately take a sip. Though it is a touch (JUST A TOUCH!) muted and it would be better if it was amped up a little. But hey we’re nit-picking now, I bet it tastes the bomb, like a juicy banger bomb (were such a thing to exist). 8/10.
T: All of the above flavours, hint of grain as well, mingle together on the palate which begins semi-sweet, follows through to hoppy bitter notes and finishes sharp and dry. It’s an interesting combo - I like the slant on vinous flavours, reminds me of Wolf Of The Willows ISA (India Saison Ale) in that regard. One thing to note though - when a beer is this dry in the finish hops can add a sharply bitter aftertaste: this has that aftertaste. So if you are adverse to that this might be a bitter pill to swallow [literally]. 7/10.
M: Mouthfeel is fine - almost medium bodied with a dense carbonation, slightly burpy on my patented Burp Scale™ or BS for short. 7/10.
D: Floral, dry and tasty, though with a sharp bitter aftertaste due to what I mentioned above. IPL is still a style which will take a while to catch on, it’s like a Hoppy Stout - flavours which can be discordant make a brew a sum of lessor parts. That said I didn’t mind this Juicy Banger so much, it was alright. 7/10.
Food match: Fresh flavours like a chicken crunchy noodle rainbow salad.
May 26, 2017Poured from a 330ml can into a Stei... pint? Not sure which glass to use, nonic pint it is then.
A: Cloudy saffron body with a decent white cappuccino foam head that stays put at about half a centimetre. Rather tasty looking, and pale brew - ticks all the boxes, especially the box I like ticking: [is cloudy?]. 8/10.
S: Grassy, white wine, Champagne-like with floral/citric hops notes. It is a playful and moreish aroma that invites you to immediately take a sip. Though it is a touch (JUST A TOUCH!) muted and it would be better if it was amped up a little. But hey we’re nit-picking now, I bet it tastes the bomb, like a juicy banger bomb (were such a thing to exist). 8/10.
T: All of the above flavours, hint of grain as well, mingle together on the palate which begins semi-sweet, follows through to hoppy bitter notes and finishes sharp and dry. It’s an interesting combo - I like the slant on vinous flavours, reminds me of Wolf Of The Willows ISA (India Saison Ale) in that regard. One thing to note though - when a beer is this dry in the finish hops can add a sharply bitter aftertaste: this has that aftertaste. So if you are adverse to that this might be a bitter pill to swallow [literally]. 7/10.
M: Mouthfeel is fine - almost medium bodied with a dense carbonation, slightly burpy on my patented Burp Scale™ or BS for short. 7/10.
D: Floral, dry and tasty, though with a sharp bitter aftertaste due to what I mentioned above. IPL is still a style which will take a while to catch on, it’s like a Hoppy Stout - flavours which can be discordant make a brew a sum of lessor parts. That said I didn’t mind this Juicy Banger so much, it was alright. 7/10.
Food match: Fresh flavours like a chicken crunchy noodle rainbow salad.
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