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Good Ryes Wear Black
Hop Butcher For The World
- From:
- Hop Butcher For The World
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Black IPA
- ABV:
- 6.4%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.05 | pDev: 7.41%
- Reviews:
- 11
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 10, 2020
- Added:
- Apr 30, 2015
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 5
In Chicago, the good guys wear black, so we dedicated our darkest beer to them. This one is scandalously spicy, built on a foundation of the finest malts and unscrupulously hopped with Chinook, Cascade and Citra. It's so good you'd think your tongue was on the take.
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Ratings by REVZEB:
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
3.84/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Had on tap. I liked the consistency of the beer and there is nothing wrong with it per se, but there is no wow factor either. With all of those hops I was hoping for more bite with the dark backing. Ok, moderate hops and malts
Jun 02, 2018More User Ratings:
Rated by Captain69 from Illinois
3.63/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.63/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
nice rye flavored pale ale - smooth to drink
Aug 10, 2020Reviewed by AyatollahGold from Indiana
4.42/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.42/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pouring from a 16 oz. can into a tulip glass, this beer pours out a dark shade of brown. It looks like a very dark, deep brown in the glass but shows no highlights as if it were pitch black. It forms over a finger worth of tightly packed, peanut butter fudge colored bubbles. Leaves lacing down the glass.
The nose brings a slightly burnt resin; a dank, second hit bowl. Burnt, charred chocolate along with a hit of grapefruit.
The taste comes in with much of the same presences. It also brings a little bit of doughy rye bread as well. Roasty, slightly burnt milk chocolate behind the prominent resin and pine.
The mouthfeel is thinner than what you would expect from something this dark, but not the style.
Overall, this is my first from Hop Butcher and it doesn’t disappoint. Really similar to the dark beers by the Alchemist.
Apr 18, 2019The nose brings a slightly burnt resin; a dank, second hit bowl. Burnt, charred chocolate along with a hit of grapefruit.
The taste comes in with much of the same presences. It also brings a little bit of doughy rye bread as well. Roasty, slightly burnt milk chocolate behind the prominent resin and pine.
The mouthfeel is thinner than what you would expect from something this dark, but not the style.
Overall, this is my first from Hop Butcher and it doesn’t disappoint. Really similar to the dark beers by the Alchemist.
Reviewed by michaelsmith11 from Illinois
3.79/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This one poured a dark black color. I could smell the chocolate but i didn't get much grapefruit. There was a spicy rye taste and chocolate too. Some bitterness at the end. I'm not a black IPA fan and this one was okay. I won't buy it again but that's more an issue with the style than the beer itself.
Apr 05, 2019Reviewed by ChicagoJ from Illinois
3.94/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
5/3/18: $11.25 16 ounce can purchased at the Revolution Bar at Comiskey Park II, poured into a plastic cup. Pitch black pour, nominal tan lacing. Strong pleasant rye aroma, slight hint of chocolate. Taste light rye, chocolate, pine and caramel. Interesting and very good. Thiner mouth feel and texture than expected, light carbonation. Overall good offering.
May 13, 2018Reviewed by barnzy78 from Illinois
3.6/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
16oz, "CANNED ON 3/22/18 THE BIG HURT". Thanks to my friend, Derek, for giving me yet another Hop Butcher can to try. Murky brown body with a creamy tan head that holds great retention. Aroma is interesting with hints of chocolate, earthy rye, citrus, and grain. Very earthy flavors with spicy rye pronounced along with orangey citrus, pine, chocolate, grain, and caramel. Full body, creamy texture turns to resinous hop, finishing moderately bitter with pine lingering. Good not great in my opinion.
May 03, 2018Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
4/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Canned 3/22/18; drank 4/6/18 @ the Yarchives.
Opaque dark brown appearance.
A violent pour yielded a huge tan head; thick lace.
Brown sugar & orange citrus notes in the nose.
Creamy medium mouthfeel.
Cream, brown sugar & faint citrus flavors up front; mild acorn notes on the finish.
Nice black IPA vibes on this; it will never be my favorite style, but they did it well.
Apr 07, 2018Opaque dark brown appearance.
A violent pour yielded a huge tan head; thick lace.
Brown sugar & orange citrus notes in the nose.
Creamy medium mouthfeel.
Cream, brown sugar & faint citrus flavors up front; mild acorn notes on the finish.
Nice black IPA vibes on this; it will never be my favorite style, but they did it well.
Reviewed by Bdubz94 from Wisconsin
4.07/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
16oz can dated 4/2something.... can't make out the rest.
Pours a pitch black color with a late two finger tan head. Fantastic lacing is left as the head slowly recedes.
Aroma is chocolate, rye, and hops. Possibly roasted malts as well.
Taste is definite roasted malts and some chocolate. Not especially rich but lots of bitterness from the hops. Don't get much fruit or sweetness.
Feel is very light. Throws me off as the beer looks so much like a heavy stout. Dry finish. Well carbonated.
Overall, an interesting beer. A bit light on the flavors is my only complaint but this one is 2+ months old so go figure.
Jun 28, 2017Pours a pitch black color with a late two finger tan head. Fantastic lacing is left as the head slowly recedes.
Aroma is chocolate, rye, and hops. Possibly roasted malts as well.
Taste is definite roasted malts and some chocolate. Not especially rich but lots of bitterness from the hops. Don't get much fruit or sweetness.
Feel is very light. Throws me off as the beer looks so much like a heavy stout. Dry finish. Well carbonated.
Overall, an interesting beer. A bit light on the flavors is my only complaint but this one is 2+ months old so go figure.
Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
4.04/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Tasted is a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on June 19, 2017. Look is deep black with a thick tan head and lingering lacing. Smell and taste is anise, pine, dark bitter chocolate and rye. Feel is medium to heavy in body with a smooth creamy finish.
Jun 19, 2017Reviewed by FBarber from Illinois
4.12/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours dark black with a thick four finger frothy mocha colored head. Lovely looking beer that is more reminiscent of a stout than an IPA.
Smell has a lovely array of fruity and pine aromas mixed with some rye malt and chocolate aromas. Very nice smell.
Taste follows the nose with a strong hop presence in the form of piney and generic fruit flavors. Maybe a bit of citrus, but its not strong. Nice rye malt shines through and is prominent. Gives way to a piney cocoa finish that is more unusual but very tasty.
Feel was a bit heavy for an IPA, but given the rye style, felt appropriate. Medium carbonation. Smooth in the mouth.
Overall this was a great beer. Not sure its a 90 degree baseball weather beer, but if it were around in the fall/winter, this would be my go to cold weather IPA.
Jul 07, 2016Smell has a lovely array of fruity and pine aromas mixed with some rye malt and chocolate aromas. Very nice smell.
Taste follows the nose with a strong hop presence in the form of piney and generic fruit flavors. Maybe a bit of citrus, but its not strong. Nice rye malt shines through and is prominent. Gives way to a piney cocoa finish that is more unusual but very tasty.
Feel was a bit heavy for an IPA, but given the rye style, felt appropriate. Medium carbonation. Smooth in the mouth.
Overall this was a great beer. Not sure its a 90 degree baseball weather beer, but if it were around in the fall/winter, this would be my go to cold weather IPA.
Good Ryes Wear Black from Hop Butcher For The World
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
30 ratings
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