Dubhe Imperial Black IPA - Uinta Brewing Company

blackie

Virginia

4.43/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

single from a Utah state liquor store in SLC, super fresh bottled 4/11/12 consumed 4/17/12, nice labeling

a: poured into a stubby chalice, this beer is a deep pecan shell brown in color, initially sporting a finger of dark tan head that falls back to a thin coating

s: pungent dark green pine hop notes, heavy and acidic, sappy and thick, dominate the the front of the nose, underneath is found a body of black roasted malts and burnt sugars, bitter chocolate, toasted nuts, some nice alcohol after warming, love it

m: carbonation around moderate on a medium-full bodied ale

t: loaded with dense pine hop flavors spread across a base of roasted barley and toffee sugars, just a huge hop presence with big acids and resinous pine needles, the overwhelmed sugars are pushed out early to make way for bitter chocolate and a puckering, growing bitterness that lingers long with roasted barley flavors, alcohol warms with each sip

o: always thought the Uinta stuff was solid - but this was big surprise, a powerful pine bomb with a complex roasted malt structure balancing things out nicely, delicious

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2013 03:53:11 | More by blackie

JG-90

New Jersey

3.95/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Bottle poured into glass gives a large coffee with cream colored head that is creamy in appearance. Head is a bit rocky with good retention. Leaves heavy lacing. Beer is almost pure black, with hints of brown and red in the light.

Smells of citrusy hops (mostly orange and grapefruit), some more earthy/floral hops, caramel and roasted malts, butter, chocolate, and just a whiff of hemp. Roasted malts are much more assertive in the taste than the nose.

Taste starts with citrusy and floral hops along with roasty malts, the roasty malts quickly overpower the hops then comes a strong chocolate taste (more than smell) along with a bit of hemp seed in the finish. Has a crisp, but very roasted finished. Has a medium body with a bit of a buttery/creamy feel, low carbonation. Black IPA's arent my favorite, but this one has a good name, and is a very good beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-12-2013 22:20:44 | More by JG-90

fitzy84

Massachusetts

4.34/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Had on tap at the Sierra Grille. Drink was poured in a tulip glassware. Drink looked beautiful. Jet black with a brown, frothy head. The aromas were rich and malty, with a burnt cocoa mixed with citrus hints. Just loved smelling the drink from the glassware. Delicious drink with alcohol hints with creamy toffee and hops. Mouthfeel was great; helped the drink have a frappe-y, creamy texture with little carbonation. Overall, this was fantastic.

Serving type: on-tap

05-12-2013 19:20:56 | More by fitzy84

Jadjunk

Georgia

4.01/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

"Ale brewed with hemp seed". Dubhe Imperial Black IPA is brewed in the style of an American Black IPA with the unusual inclusion of hemp seed. Date on bottle is 12/30/12, although a few months in cool temperatures shouldn't have done this beer much harm.

Poured from a 12 oz. bottle to a tulip snifter. Served north of 53º Fahrenheit.

(Appearance) Pours a creamy tan brown head with a light streaked lacing. Body color is a deep mahogany brown with highlights of crimson, very dark but glorious in light with ample carbonation. Retention is very nice. Appearance is overall fantastic. 4.75

(Smell) Malt body is medium roasted caramel, toasted oats and a soft bready malt character with moderate diacetyl for a buttery character. Hop aroma has a spicy herbal hop blend up front, a musty floral tone, a touch of vinegar. Not sure about hemp seeds, they might be smuggled somewhere in the mysterious hop blend for added depth. Potency is medium+. 3.75

(Taste) Up front is a roasty toasted malt character with a pinch of butter thickness joined by a bold herbal hop bouquet with a bold bitterness. The flavor follows through to finish with a mildly bitter chocolate malt and a moderate sweetness that finishes right on faintly dry. The flavor is starkly different from the aroma- much more roasty tones and chocolate than picked up on in the aroma. Most of the regular Black IPA candidates are still there, and the hemp isn't particularly glaring in the flavor, although a seed-like finish with big sips is a potential suggestion. Overall it's pretty enjoyable. I've had better Black IPAs, but this beer musters some complexity and depth of its own. 4

(Mouthfeel) Texture is mildly creamy, slightly foamy texture with a mild carbonation presence. Finishes lightly dry with a touch of moist baking chocolate sweetness. Body is medium/heavy for the style and medium/heavy overall. Alcohol presence is medium. I enjoy the texture and carbonation of this beer. 4.25

(Overall) Not sure this beer deserves the hype it's received. I can't say I've had many Black IPAs that I've fallen head-over-heels in love with, but this one stands firm near the top of the pile. The complexity of this Black IPA is deep. Expect standard roasted and toasted character, mild baking chocolate notes and an herbal, spicy and earthy hop bouquet. It took a while for the hemp character to pan out, but it contributes more to a texture and sweetness than anything else. My biggest critique is a lack of residual sweetness. It's good to see a regularly available high gravity Black IPA option out there amongst the lighter ones. The alcohol makes this one heck of a creeper. Try this beer fresher for best character preservation. 4

Uinta Brewing Company's
DUBHE Imperial Black IPA
4.01/5.00

Serving type: bottle

05-08-2013 02:21:06 | More by Jadjunk

BlurryVisi0n

New York

4.39/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Served in a snifter glass.

Appearance: it's not quite exactly black, really more of a superior dark brown full of heavy bubbles rising to the surface creating an off white-tan head rising to about one finger's length. Looks sharp.

Smell: Smooth citrus skin, little light you can almost taste the hops through your nose just wushing it was a little more potent.

Taste: The taste alone is crazy, incredibly robust and complexity drilling your palates with nothing but satisfaction. Heavy floral, deep grapefruit, plus a hop flavor bomb you will lust for. Quality straight and simple.

Mouth: Medium carbonation, heavy piney finish. You feel a slight bitter dark chocolate that hugs your cheeks. Paired with few pretzels this is a go.

Overall: This beer was bought on me being random on my last trip to Pennsylvania. Stayed in my fridge for about a week and absolutely awesome. I honestly think I found my favorite "black ipa". Thank you Uinta for making a classic. Salud!

Serving type: bottle

05-06-2013 03:39:16 | More by BlurryVisi0n

Brenden

Ohio

4.23/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A dark brown that's not thick but too dark to see through, this beer develops a cocoa-colored head that's bubbly but tight and leaves good lacing that, for the most part, throws out some good legging as well.
The nose is a good mix of pine and roast. This one does well to avoid going to far in either direction and finds a good median between roasty malt and hoppy bitterness. The flavor is where the complexity comes out.
Pine, roast and cocoa sweetness meld exceptionally well on the tongue. Coming alongside are notes of chicory and a bit of citrus, complementing without negatively interfering. Roast never goes too ashy or astringent, nor does bitterness ever get too pithy or chalky. Some resin notes add to the powerful hops that, at 109 IBUs, are so well handled. Alcohol is just noticeable, very well masked at over 9%. This beer goes to show what the style can really do and be.
Not as thick or heavy as a stout but with a bit more body than a typical IPA, though it falls within the medium-bodied range, this beer drinks more to that end. It has a solid cripness and flows smoothly.

Serving type: bottle

04-29-2013 20:34:42 | More by Brenden

faulkster4

Virginia

4.43/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

Beer brewed with hemp seed from Utah! Just that is worth a point or two, or a pint or two, or a pour or two. Makes me wonder if the brewers are just saying Eff You to the stereotypical Utahian. Yeah, I pretty sure that's what you call someone from Utah. This beer was so tempting sitting on the shelf, I had to give it try. Very cool labeling, "imperial black", hemp seed, 9.2% alcohol, its motto "earth, wind, and beer", who wouldn't want to give it a go? The beer pours a very dark golden brown, but if you can get light through it, its golden orange color is very appealing. Very very light aroma to the point I had to almost dip the tip of my nose in the beer to smell it. Not that I really care about the smell though so I in fact liked that fact. I also worked to pour the beer with a head but this beer does not foam. Virtually no head although again, I don't really care much for head (well, on my beer I don't)! One sip of this beer and it seems to figure out how to coat your mouth in a nice thin layer of yum! While I am not the world's biggest IPA fan, I really like this beer for its drinkability. Not an overwhelming bitterness, despite its 109 EBU rating. Has a hint of licorice and chocolate but with a strong grapefruity profile. Definitely worth another go, but next time with a steak and not chips and salsa!

Serving type: bottle

04-27-2013 22:51:01 | More by faulkster4

woodychandler

Pennsylvania

3.65/5  rDev -11.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

From the bottle: "Earth, Wind and Beer Ignited by Uinta Brewing Co. Salt Lake City Utah"; "For best flavor enjoy in a glass"; "Brewed with renewable power Wind & Solar"; "Imperial Black IPA"; "Ale Brewed with Hemp Seed"

Let me be up front and state that I generally HATE this style! Keep yer chocolate, roasted malts the hell away from my precious hops! Why am I prefacing my review with a screed? Because it currently holds an "Exceptional" rating at a 4.13 average and I have a feeling that my rDev will be mighty red when all is said and done.

My pour was a little heavy-handed at first and I got some overflow as a result. Once things settled, I had two rocky fingers of dense, light-brown head with good retention. It looked like meringue sitting there, defying me to mess with it. Color was actually garnet-red, believe it or don't. Nice clarity, allowing for light penetration when held up to strong light. Nose was when thinngs began to head south for me. It was minty, but with an odd smokiness overpowering the mintiness. Mouthfeel was medium and while I have had some instances where this style put me in mind of Girl Scout Thin Mints, this was not one of them. Instead, the malt lent it a burnt bitterness rather than a chocolatiness. The hops were definitely minty, but they were losing the battle. Finish was smoky, burnt and simply not to my liking.

Serving type: bottle

04-27-2013 19:35:41 | More by woodychandler

schoolboy

Ohio

4.45/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

This is easily my favorite Uinta brew. It's always nice to have a doobie. I've had a lot of Dubhes - or is that doobies - in my day. Actually, I also had this on tap the other day, but this review is of the bottle, which typically, is not quite as good as the draft.

It pours black and somewhat foamy. The lace continues nicely as you drink. The aroma is nice and faintly hinting of the hemp. The taste definitely has that extra grassy thing that is the hemp. It's a bit boozy, but it has a right to be. That goes for the aftertaste too .

I like it. I will buy it again because it is a tasty bug beer with a gimmick.

I have a dream where some day before I am dead, pot will be legal, as it is now in Colorado and Washington, and brewers will have cool pot infused brews that have a nice extra kick. Colorado seems especially ripe since it has SO many great breweries. We can dream!

Serving type: bottle

04-24-2013 00:35:49 | More by schoolboy

Keffa

Ohio

3.43/5  rDev -16.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Live Review

Poured from 12oz bottle into a 20oz snifter.

A: Pours pitch black with a 2.5 finger tan head, settles into a thin cap, lacing everywhere. Looks great. Impressive.

S: Nice strong hops up front, pine, resin, then turns into roasted malt and a whiff of alcohol. Not bad at all. Nice, actually.

T: Man, let down. Good balance between dark roasted malts and the resinous, piney, assertive hops, but the ABV shows itself way too much. Far too warming for my tastes.

M: Decent body, nice carbonation, somewhat dry finish.

O: If the ABV wasn't so noticeable, this beer would IMO be better, but as it sits, I can't even finish this whole snifter. Decent, if you can get past the ABV.

Serving type: bottle

04-17-2013 01:05:27 | More by Keffa

Schoonerorlater

California

4.49/5  rDev +8.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

a- dark like a tar, oily looking with flashes of amber through it. respectable head with a fantastic tan coloring. the lacing stuck around for what was the entirety of the drink.

s- hemp, pine, citrus and cocoa come through in pronounced waves.

t- delicious pine and grapefruit some pineapple. the alcohol isn't hot but it's up there, not out of control though. notes of coffee and cocoa. malty finish.

m- had a full feel but not on the heavy side.

o- fun beer to try, especially if you've never had an ale using hemp amongst its ingredients. the beer didn't lack anything for me and I felt like the thought put into the beer came through in the pour. well done.

Serving type: bottle

04-09-2013 02:24:23 | More by Schoonerorlater

neenerzig

Ohio

4.74/5  rDev +14.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5

Poured out of a stubby 12 oz bottle into my Stone imperial pint glass. This beer pours a very dark brown color with deep ruby amber highlights when held up to the light. Has a slightly tan head that is about 1 index finger thick when first poured that eventually settles to a nice medium sized ring lining the inside of the glass with a nice layer of lots of swirls of foam sitting on the beer's surface. Lots of lacing too. Has a nice roasted, almost chocolate, malt aroma along with a nice earthy, piney hops. Taste is an excellent mix of some roasted malt with hints of caramel and chocolate followed by earthy, piney hop bitterness. The malt profile is certainly more sweet than all other beers I have had of this style, and it works really well here. Has a crisp, mainly smooth and frothy and creamy, full bodied mouthfeel with moderate carbonation. Has a bit of a lactic like quality with the mouthfeel. This beer sort of reminds be of drinking a milkshake. Very drinkable for a 9.2% ABV beer, dangerously drinkable in fact. This beer is amazing! To quote my good friend Passow "This is a beer that is so good that you can drink it in bed and it will lull you to sleep."

Eric

Serving type: bottle

04-08-2013 04:16:03 | More by neenerzig

PicoPapa

Connecticut

4.04/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap at the Malted Barley. Pours a pitch black color with an inch of light tan head. Lots of lacing. Aromas of sweet citrus and pine hops with some chocolate and hints of roasted malts. The taste is more creamy chocolate, sweet citrus and pine. Roasted, smokey malts. Some burnt coffee and hops at the end. Creamy mouth feel. Nice alcohol presence. Overall, damn good and worth having again.

Serving type: on-tap

04-07-2013 21:00:48 | More by PicoPapa

hosehead83

Ohio

4.34/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Poured from a "stubby" 12oz. bottle into a wine goblet.
Black with ruby highlights around the edges. Nice, thick tan head of foam that stays a while.
Aroma-Piney hops, dark malts
Taste-Dark fruit, dark toasted malt, dark chocolate and resinous, piney hops that run through to the finish. Smooth for the strength, complex and tasty. Another solid brew from Uinta.

Serving type: bottle

04-07-2013 17:22:36 | More by hosehead83

BeerDawgs

Georgia

3.74/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75

A - Pitch black with a touch of head and lace.

S - Sweet, and slightly hoppy. But not nearly as strong in the aroma as I would expect with a DBIPA

T - Burnt wheat, brown sugar, sweet. Hoppy. Good

M - Medium bodied, oily, slick

O - A good beer, but not outstanding in any category

Serving type: bottle

03-30-2013 04:07:05 | More by BeerDawgs

rgfellow

New Mexico

3.73/5  rDev -9.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Pours inky black with a quick medium brown head and only faint lacing that lasts. Nose is strong hops, fruit, booze, and a bit of roasted coffee. Dark fruits, some bitter hops and a nice roasty flavor on the front. Finish is bitter and crisp. Decent beer.

Serving type: bottle

03-23-2013 14:56:11 | More by rgfellow

JayQue

Virginia

4.21/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Great beer, representing a style that is usually all over the lot. I usually think of a Black IPA as being a mild balanced IPA with the balance usually in favor of roasted malt. As an "Imperial" Black IPA, this flavor profile has to be powered up a bit. The result is kind of an Imperial Stout with a fairly mild IPA chaser.

It poured into my pint glass as a dark black or brown color. A lot of red highlights come through when held to a light. The head is medium size, light brown with a bit better than average retention. Some lacing on the glass.

Smell is eye opening. A Double stout with rich malt aroma, a bit of chocolate and a vinuous (port wine) presence.

Taste starts out the same as the aroma, but a fairly strong bitter hoppiness emerges as well. A nice blend, good transition and strong flavor.

Mouthfeel is rich and creamy until the hops kick in. It becomes more crisp at that point, but never is there an alcohol harshness.

An outstanding beer and a good take on the Black Ale style.

Serving type: bottle

03-18-2013 01:29:15 | More by JayQue

flydudehsv

California

5/5  rDev +21.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

12 oz 4 pack. Pours a pitch black with a quickly dissipating beige head. Aroma is of roasted malt with a hint of grassy hops. Taste is a nice balance between the roasted caramel and chocolate malts with a good hop bitterness. Average imperial abv that is surprisingly easy to drink and finishes clean. Overall this is a very nice representation of a black IPA.

Serving type: bottle

03-14-2013 08:22:56 | More by flydudehsv

estlinska

Arkansas

3.75/5  rDev -9.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Poured from bottle to shaker at SLC International.

Deep black with just a thin trace of head on the pour. Held to the light it does have some transillumination. Lacing is quite thick for the very little head that was produced.

Overall, the nose was underwhelming. Maybe I'm missing something, but to me it was just all pine and no malt, not even any subtle overtones of the hops showed through.

The taste was a very big improvement overall. There was definitely a smoky malt flavor backing up the hops. I expected the harsh hop flavor of an IPA built of hops for hops sake, but it was nicely done. There was a the subtle hint of citrus peel in there that I like.

On the palate, it had a good body for an IPA, not at all watery. Not so much alcohol burn either.

Overall, this is a good Black IPA, but nothing earth-shattering. I would love to try it again on tap to see if it adds anything to it (I'm a sucker for beer on tap).

Serving type: bottle

03-10-2013 22:30:30 | More by estlinska

Ryan011235

Ohio

3.96/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Poured into a Delirium snifter on 3/9/13

Best Before 04/22/13

Dark brown; the appearance is close to black with a sandy two finger head. The head dissipates slowly leaving crackly lace.

Aromas of dark roast, pine and chocolate. Hints if dank citrus. Minty overtones. The body is on the full side with softly rolling carbonation carrying a swell of roasted chocolate and bitter pine. Hints of grapefruit and lemon, but they're low in the mix. The finish is roasty and too bitter. Aside from the lingering, harsh bitterness the overall feel is smooth.

Overall this is pretty good. The bitterness subsides a bit after several minutes. I'm not blown away, but i like having Uinta in Ohio.

Serving type: bottle

03-10-2013 07:31:09 | More by Ryan011235

Slatetank

Pennsylvania

4.19/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

I had this on tap at Federal Taphouse served chilled in a tulip allowed to gradually reach cellar temp as I sipped.

The color is deep brown bordering on black w/ thin tan ring w/ tiny beads and spots of lace collect. The smell has light pine and dark cocoa powder with gentle citrus accents and subtle coffee roastiness in the aroma. The feel is semi-bitter and roasted with moderate carbonation and smooth bitterness overall with mild sweetness and low alcohol impact.

This has a very pleasant pine flavor right off from the hops which cooperates well with the mild roastiness and subtle cocoa like element with a mild caramel body and light citrus element in the hop flavor with subtle coffee nuttiness and semi sweet finish with the hops pretty constant throughout. Overall a very quality Imperial IPA with a little black malt flavor - a great beer for it has a lot of flavor and lots of hops with a nice mild sweetness to balance and relatively low alcohol on the palate for the strength.

Serving type: on-tap

02-22-2013 15:01:24 | More by Slatetank

joeseppy

Illinois

4.64/5  rDev +12.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Semi-aggressive pour yields almost two inch head and a show of cascading effervescence in a Guiness fashion. Pitch black and when held up to the light a moon glow of ruby hue. Head is fluffy in the style of a rootbeer float. One of the best lacings of any style brew I've had in a while.

Citrus hop aroma, some chocolate, roast and semi-sweet.

White grapefruit and piney hop ultra sensations. Sweet licorice, roast malt, chocolate brilliantly counterbalance bitterness. Finishes with a white grapefruit and black coffee breakfast feeling.

Slick-oily feel. Medium carbonation. Resinous bitterness and coffee through the nose. Dry with splendid alcohol warming.

I really love this ice-cold and it is super easy to put away. Love and appreciate the fact I can get this in 12 oz. bottle vs the 22 oz. bombers--thanks Uinta! Looking forward to pursuing the Uinta lineup. This is very impressionable in the same way when I had Zombie Dust for the first time. This brew is ridiculous! Two thumbs up!!!

Serving type: bottle

02-11-2013 00:32:32 | More by joeseppy

Darkmagus82

Montana

4.03/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Poured from bottle into a snifter

Appearance- Pours a deep brown color with a one half finger tan colored head. The head fades over a three minute time period to leave a moderate of lacing on the sides of the glass.

Smell- The aroma is very nice. It is a great combination of some darker, sweeter and hoppier smells. The darker aromas are of a roasted malt and strong chocolate smell and the sweet are a mix of tangerine and caramel with some candied sugar smells. The hop rounds out these sweeter and darker aromas well, with it being biggest of a citrus grapefruit with a nice blend of herbal and earthy hop mixed within.

Taste – The taste begins with roasted malt and a lighter caramel and sweeter citrus taste. As the taste advances the sweeter flavors fade with some coffee coming to the tongue as well as some hoppy tastes of a grapefruit and earthy nature. These flavors take to the taste to its end where the citrus hop gets stronger in nature and is joined by some herbal tastes. Along with the hop flavors that come at the end so too does a semi-sweet chocolate flavor which in the end, when combined with the rest, leaves a bitter roasted flavor to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – The creaminess and thickness of the brew is on the slightly lighter side for an imperial IPA with a carbonation level that is average for a normal brew, but a tad too high for an imperial. A lower carbonation level and a thicker body would likely have been nicer for the darker flavors and abv of the brew by really giving the hoppy tastes a chance to permeate the tongue.

Overall – The aroma of the beer and the flavors up to the very end of the taste were fantastic. The weaker mouthfeel and somewhat unbalanced end/aftertaste of the brew hinder it from being a truly great brew though. Regardless of this it is a tasty beer and well worth a try.

Serving type: bottle

02-10-2013 02:31:10 | More by Darkmagus82

tjsdomer2

Illinois

4.6/5  rDev +11.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Appearance: Served in a small snifter. Not quite jet black like a stout, but more like a porter with some red light around the edges.

Smell: Excellent combination of coffee and Northwest Cascade hops. Smell is brought together by molasses and/or toffee.

Taste/Mouthfeel: Moderately strong pine hop flavors start the experience. There is a strong background of coffee as well, but it's the subtle sweetness of caramel and molasses that pulls this together. Mouthfeel improves greatly with time and is very crisp and medium-bodied.

Overall Drinkability: I will not only be having this again, I will be seeking it out. So glad it's now on tap in the Chicago area.

Serving type: on-tap

02-09-2013 17:00:42 | More by tjsdomer2

brewtus

Ohio

4.01/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Pours dark dark brown with a nice off white head that laces very nicely. Smell of hops, smoke, earthy. Taste starts with a fresh hop bite that opens to some chocolate, smoke, dark chocolate, but finishes again with a bitter hop aftertaste. This is extremely balanced and very enjoyable.

Serving type: bottle

02-09-2013 01:54:32 | More by brewtus