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El Jefe
The Alchemist
- From:
- The Alchemist
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- Black IPA
Ranked #10 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 93
Ranked #3,428 - Avg:
- 4.19 | pDev: 7.88%
- Reviews:
- 39
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 30, 2023
- Added:
- Dec 02, 2013
- Wants:
- 44
- Gots:
- 26
featuring Simcoe hops and cannabis terpenes
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Reviewed by GratefulBeerGuy from New Hampshire
4.33/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
El Jefe
The Alchemist IPA-Black/Cascadian Dark>
Dark and dank! Earthy bitter, dry leaves, dark berries, mocha, vanilla, and cream drop with feel& flavor, super bold aroma. Love that dry, earthy and bitter backdrop. Fruits play around the edges with smoke and mirrors from the bold, chalky malt complexit
4.20
Dec 30, 2023The Alchemist IPA-Black/Cascadian Dark>
Dark and dank! Earthy bitter, dry leaves, dark berries, mocha, vanilla, and cream drop with feel& flavor, super bold aroma. Love that dry, earthy and bitter backdrop. Fruits play around the edges with smoke and mirrors from the bold, chalky malt complexit
4.20
Rated by superpete93 from New Hampshire
4.73/5 rDev +12.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.73/5 rDev +12.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Really great dark IPA.
Dec 20, 2023Reviewed by egrandfield from Massachusetts
4.2/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.2/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Had this at Doc Ponds in Stowe.
Poured from tap into a 12oz tumbler.
L: brown foam, 2 finger head, dense bubbles, body dark as night
S: malt and bitter hops
T: like a really bitter stout—Rasputin stout meets a Vermont IPA
F: Very satisfying
O: of this style, definitely one of the better ones I’ve had.
Nov 17, 2019Poured from tap into a 12oz tumbler.
L: brown foam, 2 finger head, dense bubbles, body dark as night
S: malt and bitter hops
T: like a really bitter stout—Rasputin stout meets a Vermont IPA
F: Very satisfying
O: of this style, definitely one of the better ones I’ve had.
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
3.85/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Dull blackish-brown with a fluffy thin tan blanket.
This is a quality black IPA with roasted coffee and nutty pine via a frothy medium-light body finishing dry. The strong bitterness is woody but not bad.
May 13, 2019This is a quality black IPA with roasted coffee and nutty pine via a frothy medium-light body finishing dry. The strong bitterness is woody but not bad.
Reviewed by amano_h from Oregon
4.33/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Sometimes a beer is just so straightforward in its pedigree that you just can't help but marvel in its excellence. There's nothing complicated about this beer at all; dark roasty medium-roast espresso like coffee notes dominate up front, but before it's given any chance to get its feet on solid ground, the pine-y earthy Simcoe just sweeps the coffee off its feet in one fell drying swoop.
I wish I could write more about this, but it's such a simple combination that just feels so right; the resulting concoction is a brew that melds together the creamy mouthfeel of a porter, the medium body of a classic IIPA, the rich roasty malty notes of a no-nonsense non-adjunct stout, and that hop-filled drying finish that Alchemist endows upon all its brews.
There was an interesting roasted seaweed (nori) smell attestable to the beer when this was fresher (last week-ish), but the roasty malts cover up that fresh Simcoe stank as you let the beer mature over time.
Oh, and caaaaaaaaat.
May 12, 2019I wish I could write more about this, but it's such a simple combination that just feels so right; the resulting concoction is a brew that melds together the creamy mouthfeel of a porter, the medium body of a classic IIPA, the rich roasty malty notes of a no-nonsense non-adjunct stout, and that hop-filled drying finish that Alchemist endows upon all its brews.
There was an interesting roasted seaweed (nori) smell attestable to the beer when this was fresher (last week-ish), but the roasty malts cover up that fresh Simcoe stank as you let the beer mature over time.
Oh, and caaaaaaaaat.
El Jefe from The Alchemist
Beer rating:
93 out of
100 with
220 ratings
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