Black Magic - Raspberry
High Park Brewery
- From:
- High Park Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Fruited Sour Ale
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.7 | pDev: 0.81%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 16, 2024
- Added:
- Feb 15, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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A smooth dark sour with rich chocolate notes balanced by tart jammy raspberries.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.74/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.74/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
473 mL can from the LCBO; dated Nov 28 2023 and served slightly chilled.
Pours an opaque purplish-black with maroon red highlights; nearly two inches of creamy, foamy tan-coloured head erupts from the surface, melting away over the next three minutes or so. A thin collar of frothy suds is the eventual survivor, with no cap and scant lacing. I'm getting a lot of gym bag (lacto funk) on the nose, punctuated with hints of raspberry, lemon, sour cherry, and maybe a faint whiff of cocoa.
A decent, surprisingly orthodox fruit sour - raspberries come through immediately, with mild funk and moderate lactic acidity following closely behind. Sour lemon and sour cherries also come to mind, with a very faint hint of cocoa; finishes tart, with lemon, raspberry and lactic acidity dissipating into an aftertaste that dries out considerably. Medium in body, with moderate carbonation that adds some life to this brew's very smooth mouthfeel, which might be its strongest asset. Fair drinkability; I could drink another, but sours tend to be a once-per-night pick for me.
Final Grade: 3.74, a B grade. The blurb on the side label mentions chocolate (more than once, even), but I did not really get much of that, save for perhaps a background hint of cocoa. Not that I'm complaining - I don't usually care for chocolate in sours, anyhow - but if you're going to call it a "chocolate raspberry tart in a can", you need to back that claim up. In fact, other than Black Magic's dark appearance, it is very much an ordinary raspberry kettle sour - a decent-to-good one, sure, but that's all.
Mar 16, 2024Pours an opaque purplish-black with maroon red highlights; nearly two inches of creamy, foamy tan-coloured head erupts from the surface, melting away over the next three minutes or so. A thin collar of frothy suds is the eventual survivor, with no cap and scant lacing. I'm getting a lot of gym bag (lacto funk) on the nose, punctuated with hints of raspberry, lemon, sour cherry, and maybe a faint whiff of cocoa.
A decent, surprisingly orthodox fruit sour - raspberries come through immediately, with mild funk and moderate lactic acidity following closely behind. Sour lemon and sour cherries also come to mind, with a very faint hint of cocoa; finishes tart, with lemon, raspberry and lactic acidity dissipating into an aftertaste that dries out considerably. Medium in body, with moderate carbonation that adds some life to this brew's very smooth mouthfeel, which might be its strongest asset. Fair drinkability; I could drink another, but sours tend to be a once-per-night pick for me.
Final Grade: 3.74, a B grade. The blurb on the side label mentions chocolate (more than once, even), but I did not really get much of that, save for perhaps a background hint of cocoa. Not that I'm complaining - I don't usually care for chocolate in sours, anyhow - but if you're going to call it a "chocolate raspberry tart in a can", you need to back that claim up. In fact, other than Black Magic's dark appearance, it is very much an ordinary raspberry kettle sour - a decent-to-good one, sure, but that's all.
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