Warrior India Black Ale
Beachwood Brewing - Huntington Beach
- From:
- Beachwood Brewing - Huntington Beach
- California, United States
- Style:
- Black IPA
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.85 | pDev: 5.19%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 21, 2012
- Added:
- Sep 10, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by ehammond1
3.58/5 rDev -7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
On Tap
Pizza Port
Carlsbad, CA
Dark black in color with a thin dark brown head. Thin spiderwebs of lace are left down the glass.
Very muted aroma without much of a hop presence. What's here is a pleasant roast character and perhaps a touch of smoke, but the aroma is quite faint.
Mid to high bitterness and lots of roast make up the flavor. This is a relatively simple, particularly roasty, though easy drinking black ale.
Medium mouthfeel with ample carbonation.
I was unfortunately a bit disappointed with this beer, perhaps because so much of what I've had from Beachwood has been so tremendous.
Oct 25, 2011Pizza Port
Carlsbad, CA
Dark black in color with a thin dark brown head. Thin spiderwebs of lace are left down the glass.
Very muted aroma without much of a hop presence. What's here is a pleasant roast character and perhaps a touch of smoke, but the aroma is quite faint.
Mid to high bitterness and lots of roast make up the flavor. This is a relatively simple, particularly roasty, though easy drinking black ale.
Medium mouthfeel with ample carbonation.
I was unfortunately a bit disappointed with this beer, perhaps because so much of what I've had from Beachwood has been so tremendous.
Reviewed by Nugganooch from California
3.66/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.66/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Pizza Port Carlsbad
*Notes from 09/30/11
A: Warrior arrived a dark almost pitch black with just a slight softer edge to it. My pour was to the brim leaving only a thin tan head that was still and lifeless. Looks thick for an IPA and leaves some droopy lace.
S: Aroma is rather faint but smells of dark roast malts with an earthy char. Some black licorice. Light pine but not a ton of any hop aroma there.
T: Tastes of roasted grains. Some coffee and chocolate. Black licorice. Pine, spice, and a little bit of hop florals. Moderate bitterness. Tastes more like a porter with some nice roasty flavors.
M: Light to moderate body and a slick creamy texture with a nice dry crisp finish.
D: Some nice dark roast and chocolate flavors with a moderate bitterness. Not bad and really quite drinkable but light on the hops for me.
I guess I was expecting just a bit more from all the great word on Beechwood BBQ.
Oct 03, 2011*Notes from 09/30/11
A: Warrior arrived a dark almost pitch black with just a slight softer edge to it. My pour was to the brim leaving only a thin tan head that was still and lifeless. Looks thick for an IPA and leaves some droopy lace.
S: Aroma is rather faint but smells of dark roast malts with an earthy char. Some black licorice. Light pine but not a ton of any hop aroma there.
T: Tastes of roasted grains. Some coffee and chocolate. Black licorice. Pine, spice, and a little bit of hop florals. Moderate bitterness. Tastes more like a porter with some nice roasty flavors.
M: Light to moderate body and a slick creamy texture with a nice dry crisp finish.
D: Some nice dark roast and chocolate flavors with a moderate bitterness. Not bad and really quite drinkable but light on the hops for me.
I guess I was expecting just a bit more from all the great word on Beechwood BBQ.
Reviewed by Kshock from California
3.73/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.73/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A- Jet black with some transparent edges. Little retention; off white head that leaves some lacing on the glass.
S- Dark malts, charcoal, hops, bitter coffee. they all go nicely together, but are not very pungent.
T- Bitter chocolate, hops. Lots of residual bitterness.
M- nice light-med body, good carbonation.
O- Good, but a little rough around the edges.
Oct 03, 2011S- Dark malts, charcoal, hops, bitter coffee. they all go nicely together, but are not very pungent.
T- Bitter chocolate, hops. Lots of residual bitterness.
M- nice light-med body, good carbonation.
O- Good, but a little rough around the edges.
Reviewed by HopHead84 from California
3.8/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
9/11/2011
On tap at Pizza Port Carlsbad.
A: The beer is black with a mountainous light brown head which exhibits good retention and leaves sheets of lacing in the wake of the recession.
S: Perfumy pine resin wafts from the glass and it accompanies earth, grapefruit, and floral notes. Roasted malt is powerful, and it seems to slightly overshadow the hops in the aroma.
T: Moderately roasted malt blends with a moderate level of dry bitterness. Once again the malt seems a bit too powerful for the pine and grapefruit rind.
M: Upper medium in body with upper moderate carbonation. The mouthfeel is sticky and dry.
Overall: A good beer but it seemed to be closer to Stout than Black IPA. Still an enjoyable beer from Julian and I was very happy to find it on tap locally.
Sep 12, 2011On tap at Pizza Port Carlsbad.
A: The beer is black with a mountainous light brown head which exhibits good retention and leaves sheets of lacing in the wake of the recession.
S: Perfumy pine resin wafts from the glass and it accompanies earth, grapefruit, and floral notes. Roasted malt is powerful, and it seems to slightly overshadow the hops in the aroma.
T: Moderately roasted malt blends with a moderate level of dry bitterness. Once again the malt seems a bit too powerful for the pine and grapefruit rind.
M: Upper medium in body with upper moderate carbonation. The mouthfeel is sticky and dry.
Overall: A good beer but it seemed to be closer to Stout than Black IPA. Still an enjoyable beer from Julian and I was very happy to find it on tap locally.
Reviewed by brokensail from California
3.8/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On-tap at Beachwood
A: Almost black with a sturdy finger of tan/khaki head and some lacing.
S: Very dank grapefruit and pine hop aromas. A touch of roast and chocolate, but it's also just amazingly hoppy. A lot of floral notes to it as well. A light smokiness.
T: A bit of smoke, lots of roast, and lots of pine. There is a bit of grapefruit and pineapple hops to it as well. It's quite bitter with a lot of that coming from piney hops, but a pretty good amount coming from the roasted malts, too.
M: Medium in body with a medium carbonation.
O: Very hoppy, but still a bit too much roast character for me.
Sep 10, 2011A: Almost black with a sturdy finger of tan/khaki head and some lacing.
S: Very dank grapefruit and pine hop aromas. A touch of roast and chocolate, but it's also just amazingly hoppy. A lot of floral notes to it as well. A light smokiness.
T: A bit of smoke, lots of roast, and lots of pine. There is a bit of grapefruit and pineapple hops to it as well. It's quite bitter with a lot of that coming from piney hops, but a pretty good amount coming from the roasted malts, too.
M: Medium in body with a medium carbonation.
O: Very hoppy, but still a bit too much roast character for me.
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