Dark Hops - Beer Here

beerdrifter

Germany

4.38/5  rDev +9.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Picked this up at the beer store at the De Molen Brewery. Deep black pour with a beautiful dark brown two finger head with decent retention and lacing. Dark roasted malts dominate the nose with lots of chocolate as well. Also getting hints of coffee, cocoa, smoke and herbal piney hops. The taste follows the nose pretty closely with the dark, roasty malts at the forefront and the hops emerging nicely as it warms. Dark chocolate, coffee, and pine round out the flavors for a really nicely balanced Black IPA. Smooth and creamy and thick and chewy at the same time with a really nice resiny, bitter hop bite on the finish. American Black Ales, or as I prefer, Black IPA's, are quickly becoming my favorite style of craft beer and this is a damn fine example of one. I'm two-for-two with Beer Here and can't wait for my next taste!

Serving type: bottle

10-02-2011 15:00:40 | More by beerdrifter

bcuz7

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +6%

06-17-2013 23:14:35 | More by bcuz7

babaracas

Florida

3.89/5  rDev -3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Pours a red tinged dark brown with billowing tan head, settles to a nice clump in the middle of the glass with sticky rings of lace. Smell: some roast, black bread, pine and floral hopping. Taste: milk chocolate, light roast, pine, candied fruit, citrus peel. Nice black IPA with porter leanings... nothing mind blowing, not worth the sticker price.

Serving type: bottle

06-03-2013 04:20:16 | More by babaracas

macrosmatic

Florida

3.98/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Reviewed from notes. Poured from 16.9 oz. bottle into a Russian River pint glass.

A: Dark brown, somewhat translucent, with a thick, fluffy light tan head and moderate visible carbonation.

S: Fruity chocolate is the overall impression for me. Chocolate roasted malts, citrus and bits of tropical fruit hops. Some pine hops lingering about in the background. This doesn't have a huge nose, but what's there is good.

T: Deep-roasted malt and bitterness (combination of roast and hop bitterness). Citrus rinds and pine resin in the hop profile, but overall this isn't as hoppy as one would expect. Hop bitterness and roast bitterness in the hang.

M: Medium to heavy body, mild alcohol burn, and good carbonation sensation.

O: This is pretty tasty, but not quite as hoppy as I was hoping for in a Black IPA. If there's going to be this amount of roasted malt in the beer, the hops have to be bigger, especially the dry-hopping. Still, very happy to have tried it.

Serving type: bottle

06-03-2013 02:58:27 | More by macrosmatic

beernads

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -12.7%

05-08-2013 07:32:16 | More by beernads

Tom-Peters

California

4/5  rDev -0.2%

04-22-2013 16:25:52 | More by Tom-Peters

aztraz

Sweden

4/5  rDev -0.2%

04-21-2013 13:21:37 | More by aztraz

RWACKO

New York

4/5  rDev -0.2%

04-02-2013 23:45:43 | More by RWACKO

Jeremy6566

Arizona

3.75/5  rDev -6.5%

03-25-2013 17:31:32 | More by Jeremy6566

andant

New York

3.75/5  rDev -6.5%

03-03-2013 02:08:13 | More by andant

ctwinne

4/5  rDev -0.2%

02-11-2013 02:04:10 | More by ctwinne

durlta

Iowa

4/5  rDev -0.2%

01-26-2013 15:21:40 | More by durlta

spycow

Illinois

4/5  rDev -0.2%

01-17-2013 06:57:54 | More by spycow

ejimhof

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -25.2%

12-26-2012 01:08:32 | More by ejimhof

mattcrill

Ohio

4.23/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Aroma: Earthy, piney hop resins up front. A hint of dark roasted grains. Clean fermentation character.

Appearance: Black pour with brown leather edges. A thick and creamy off-white head.

Flavor: Wow! Punishing earthy and piney hop bitterness up front. A bit of grassiness and palate caving goodness rushes up after the initial hop bomb. A touch of malty sweetness like sweetened espresso quickly gets beaten back by all the piney hop resins. Balance is decidedly bitter. Finish is clean and bone dry.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied, medium carbonation, a touch creamy, and some palate caving hop-derived astringency. A bit of alcohol heat blends and makes for a nice memory on the mid-tongue.

Overall impression: A hop bomb. The hop bitterness and flavor make this one a sipper and one to be savored. This was over the top (in a good way). Wish I could get this more often.

Serving type: bottle

12-17-2012 00:19:08 | More by mattcrill

sneaks2210

New York

3.75/5  rDev -6.5%

12-12-2012 19:35:30 | More by sneaks2210

Butch5555

Illinois

2/5  rDev -50.1%

11-29-2012 02:14:25 | More by Butch5555

cburns48

Vermont

4.25/5  rDev +6%

11-26-2012 15:13:24 | More by cburns48

Dope

Massachusetts

3.9/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

No date that I could find, but probably aged a bit accidentally.

A: Pours a dark brown with a big frothy chocolate milk-colored head. Fades at a moderate pace but with excellent head retention. Decent lacing.

S: Big pine and resinous hops. Quite a bit of char, smoke and some molasses mixed in. A little meaty in fact.

T: Pine up front with some chocolate and char. Turns smoky in the middle and into the finish with again a touch of meat. Like charred, smoky BBQ'd beef.

M: Medium bodied and a bit chalky from the smoky char, especially in the finish.

O: Roasty but on the char/smoke side of things. Mildly hoppy, not huge like a black IPA but noticeable. Helps balance the roasted malt character. A bit simple, overall but still tasty.

Serving type: bottle

11-15-2012 03:59:19 | More by Dope

scottypinthemix

4/5  rDev -0.2%

11-12-2012 22:58:10 | More by scottypinthemix

harpus

Alabama

3.5/5  rDev -12.7%

10-16-2012 16:31:25 | More by harpus

CaptainGranola

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -0.2%

10-15-2012 00:54:27 | More by CaptainGranola

crowsoup

California

3.75/5  rDev -6.5%

10-03-2012 19:32:17 | More by crowsoup

gshackles

New York

4.5/5  rDev +12.2%

09-07-2012 00:46:30 | More by gshackles

t0rin0

California

3.5/5  rDev -12.7%

08-21-2012 21:23:24 | More by t0rin0