Black IPL
Riggs Beer Company
- From:
- Riggs Beer Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- India Pale Lager (IPL)
- ABV:
- 7.3%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 10.19%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 12, 2026
- Added:
- Dec 27, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Roast. Coffee. Smoke. Pine. And black as night. It's appropriate that we're releasing this beer on the day of the winter solstice. We used a large dose of custom roasted Riggs-grown malted wheat to showcase a fresh roast character that commercially sourced grains simply can't deliver. For all of its upfront complexity, our use of Riggs-grown Corn and German Lager Yeast does its usual trick; this beer is dangerously drinkable. Our Black IPL is a perfect example of the seasonality of beer.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by champ103 from Texas
3.27/5 rDev -9.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.75
3.27/5 rDev -9.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.75
I don't really know what to add this one as? It is a Black India "Pale" Lager...yeah OK. American Lager it is.
A: Pours a dark brown, nearly black color. A bit of red around the edges. A dense beige head rises with good retention and tons of stick lace left behind.
S: Aromatic hops up front front. Citrus, pine and resin. Big on the C hop variety. A bit soapy, and there are dark/brown malts in the mix that are more bread like. Though take a back seat to the hops.
T: Up front is similar to the nose, as the west coast C hops are big. Citrus, pine resin, grapefruit. Though a harsh char comes into play, as well as smoke and toasted malts (oddly I found the smoke missing in the aroma). Bitterness lingers, and everything kind of clashes for me.
M'O: A full body with good crisp carbonation that is supper clean. This becomes a bit of a chore to drink. As the hops, char, smoke all intermingle to clash. I can''t see myself coming back to this one a lot.
Not digging this one. To much at odds here, and don't even get me started on a "Black IPL." I love Riggs, but as I have said before, stick to their traditional styles.
Dec 27, 2019A: Pours a dark brown, nearly black color. A bit of red around the edges. A dense beige head rises with good retention and tons of stick lace left behind.
S: Aromatic hops up front front. Citrus, pine and resin. Big on the C hop variety. A bit soapy, and there are dark/brown malts in the mix that are more bread like. Though take a back seat to the hops.
T: Up front is similar to the nose, as the west coast C hops are big. Citrus, pine resin, grapefruit. Though a harsh char comes into play, as well as smoke and toasted malts (oddly I found the smoke missing in the aroma). Bitterness lingers, and everything kind of clashes for me.
M'O: A full body with good crisp carbonation that is supper clean. This becomes a bit of a chore to drink. As the hops, char, smoke all intermingle to clash. I can''t see myself coming back to this one a lot.
Not digging this one. To much at odds here, and don't even get me started on a "Black IPL." I love Riggs, but as I have said before, stick to their traditional styles.
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