Adventure Hat
Water's End Brewery
- From:
- Water's End Brewery
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- Black IPA
- ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.68 | pDev: 5.43%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Mar 25, 2021
- Added:
- Mar 21, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Rich, complex, and pleasantly bitter. This is a heavily hopped black ale brewed with a touch of rye malt.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by Boone757 from Virginia
3.96/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
The one I had was listed as an American Strong black ale, was pretty smooth for 10% abv
Mar 25, 2021
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
3.54/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.54/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
On tap at brewery:
A bit weird, this black ale looks nice: a very dark brown with a beige head the whole drink and beyond thanks to copious lacing.
The weirdness is the nose and aftertaste, which have a fresh mint note to me. The nose I can note a nice char and a separate spice note that seems too strong to be the “tough of rye” they note. The roasted malt does hit first in the taste, but the tingle and mint come by mid-taste and grow by the end. It mellowed a tad but the beer was near room temp by then.
My GF didn’t note the mint as definitively as I did, but got it a bit. I don’t mind fresh mint, but I didn’t really want it in this beer.
Nov 02, 2019A bit weird, this black ale looks nice: a very dark brown with a beige head the whole drink and beyond thanks to copious lacing.
The weirdness is the nose and aftertaste, which have a fresh mint note to me. The nose I can note a nice char and a separate spice note that seems too strong to be the “tough of rye” they note. The roasted malt does hit first in the taste, but the tingle and mint come by mid-taste and grow by the end. It mellowed a tad but the beer was near room temp by then.
My GF didn’t note the mint as definitively as I did, but got it a bit. I don’t mind fresh mint, but I didn’t really want it in this beer.
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