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Garrison Brewing - Black I.P.A.
Submitted by Bruce Ticknor on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 21:05
Brewery Name:
Beer Style:
Black I.P.A.
Serving Style.:
500 ML Bottle
Alcohol Content:
6.2% ABV
Where Purchased?:
L.C.B.O.
Garrison Brewing - Black I.P.A.
Pours very dark red/brown, stout coloured with a generous light tan coloured head.
Aroma of toast and light citrus, just a touch of molasses. Fairly faint aromas.
Feel is full and fairly rich, not quite as creamy as it looked from the pour.
Tastes are very well blended with raisins and dates, lot's of roasted grain flavours, a touch of molasses and a very bright grapefruit citrus bitterness.
It finishes fairly dry but with a great cleanness.
I'm not sure about the "Black I.P.A." style, this certainly has more toasted grain tastes than most American I.P.A.'s and does have a lot more hoppiness than a dark ale. Kind of a cross between the two I guess.
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Fullers London Pride
Click on the Title to Comment on this review.| reviewed by: John H.  | Serving Style: 20 ounce glass Where Purchased: The Crows' Nest Beer Rating: |
Pleasant smoky aroma. Have never come across a smell like that in an ale. Flowery with a bit of citrus flavor. Nice clean bitter after taste. Another great blend of hops and malt, (or bitter and sweet). All in all another great beer, not quite as good a blend as the Fullers ESB.
This is what Fuller's has to say about this beer:
"London Pride is a smooth and astonishingly complex beer, which has a distinctive malty base complemented by a rich balance of well developed hop flavours from the target, challenger and northdown varieties in the brew. At 4.1% a.b.v in cask (4.7% a.b.v in bottles)London Pride is an ideal session-strength premium ale."
