Black Hops Beer - Blue Hills Brewery

BeerResearcher

Massachusetts

3.93/5  rDev +12.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

12oz brown bottle. Served in a standard pint glass.
It pours a root beer black with a fast-fading tan head, along with some patchy lacing.
Smells or burnt rye toast, sweet malt, resinous and citrusy hops mix around, and come and go at will. A little dose of rummy fumes sneaks in and lasts throughout.
The flavors are balanced like a Schwarzbier, but unlike a Schwarz, the flavors are big and in your face. There are no subtleties here. Like loud but lovable cousins, this beer is difficult to ignore, but easy to get along with. And you look forward to future visits from them. This is a very liquid ale. Goes down real fast in large gulps.
Good stuff!

Serving type: bottle

04-23-2011 21:39:00 | More by BeerResearcher

kjfinnerty

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev +0.3%

06-09-2013 02:23:06 | More by kjfinnerty

nmann08

Maryland

3.08/5  rDev -11.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3

12oz bottle.

Pours a milk chocolate brown with amber hues. Looks really low on carbonation. Almost zero head on the pour.

Sweet bready malts dominate the smell. Hints of roasted barley and faint chocolate. As it warms, more chocolate comes through.

This beer is very absent on the hop content. Flashes of citrus, finishes sweet and creamy.

Mouthfeel is thin, watery, creamy finish.

This is ok, but I wouldn't try it again.

Serving type: bottle

06-02-2013 18:30:48 | More by nmann08

andylipp

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +14.6%

05-29-2013 22:08:33 | More by andylipp

hopley

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev +0.3%

05-20-2013 00:09:46 | More by hopley

Mikecap

Rhode Island

3.75/5  rDev +7.4%

05-16-2013 14:42:55 | More by Mikecap

Diskothek

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev +0.3%

05-13-2013 19:59:32 | More by Diskothek

blknikon

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev +0.3%

05-08-2013 19:19:25 | More by blknikon

scmoore81

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev +7.4%

04-27-2013 01:57:33 | More by scmoore81

In_Control_Mike

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev +7.4%

04-21-2013 03:57:12 | More by In_Control_Mike

WhitmansNiece

Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev -6.9%

04-07-2013 21:39:42 | More by WhitmansNiece

MAbeerNE1

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev +7.4%

03-14-2013 13:31:14 | More by MAbeerNE1

DerekMorgan

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev +7.4%

02-10-2013 07:01:20 | More by DerekMorgan

codasnap52

Connecticut

3.5/5  rDev +0.3%

11-13-2012 16:26:26 | More by codasnap52

hockeyfighter19

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +7.4%

11-10-2012 21:45:20 | More by hockeyfighter19

snowmaggedon

Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev -6.9%

11-09-2012 23:19:14 | More by snowmaggedon

Benjaminwileketchum

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +28.9%

11-07-2012 03:07:08 | More by Benjaminwileketchum

Mikeynas

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev +7.4%

10-20-2012 23:45:10 | More by Mikeynas

MNBeerNE

3.75/5  rDev +7.4%

10-08-2012 02:06:50 | More by MNBeerNE

kaelingirl

Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev -6.9%

09-24-2012 17:54:22 | More by kaelingirl

Davepoolesque

Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev -6.9%

09-18-2012 18:12:46 | More by Davepoolesque

mbs11

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev +0.3%

08-23-2012 01:54:05 | More by mbs11

jstruzik

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -14%

08-18-2012 23:37:01 | More by jstruzik

Ivanhoes_Backpack

New Brunswick (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -6.9%

07-03-2012 17:46:02 | More by Ivanhoes_Backpack

ms11781

Massachusetts

2.5/5  rDev -28.4%

06-24-2012 01:09:41 | More by ms11781