BrewDog B-Side Black IPA

Keg, Special. Brewed on BrewDog’s 10HL pilot kit.

3.5

153 reviews

Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Community reviews

3.6 W nosie średnio intensywnie, przeważają aromaty IPA-owe, żywica, mandarynki, grejpfrut, w tle gorzka czekolada. Barwa brunatna, brązowymi refleksami, piana beżowa,drobna, gęsta. W smaku lekkie i kwaskowe, trochę gorzkiej czekolady, paloności i cytrusów. Goryczka średnia żywiczno-palona. Butelka 25.11.2016

3.9 Bottle from Greenslopes Cellars 280716. Finally a Black IPA that I think I could drink more than one of. Nice combination of malt and hops with just the right balance. Slight smokiness in the finish adds to the overall pleasure that you get from drinking this beer.

3.9 33cl bottle; ’Prototype Black IPA’. Hazy dark brown with a medium tan head. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Good present bitterness with subtle sweet tones. Roasted malts, pine, coffee, dark chocolate and some spices. Good BIPA.

3.1 Just numeral and highlighted attributes from old notes: Some medicinal hops, chocolate and berries.

3.5 Bottle from World Beer Market (Sake no Taniguchi), as "BrewDog Prototype Black IPA." Roast malt nose, with toffee, citrus zest, earthy with light manure, and piney hop. Dark translucent brown color, creamy tan head. Grass, roast malt, citrus, caramel, and light bitter tracks in final. Thin body. Pleasant, dry-hopped character, but a bit thin and watery for the style.

3.2 Draft. Dark clear maroon color, tan head. Aroma of burnt toast. Taste is soft roast. OK.

3.8 Brewdog Prototype bottle. Very dark pour with little head. Roasty hoppy aroma. Quite light fruity hops with roasty malts behind. Very drinkable.

3.7 Brewdog prototype BIPA. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, citrus, orange, pineapple, caramel. Taste is the same. Nice chocolatey finish. Medium body, soft carbonation. I like BIPAs that are more on the dark side so this one suits me wonderfuly. -- rated with beerbasher/winphone

3.3 Bottle 0,33l. Hazy dark mahogany liquid with average beige head. Caramel, herbs smell. Light to medium body and carbonation. Wooden herbs taste, caramel, grass, some coffee. Light.

3.7 Tap @ Beer Temple. Deep dark brown color. Caramel and hints of licorice and roast in the aroma. Roastbitter citric flavor. Some tart notes. Roasty finish. Nice.

3.4 Sample from tap at ’BeerTemple’ during Carnivale Brettanomyces 2016 dark bown to black (cola like) with a kaki head. Aroma of laurel, soft, roasted malts, liquorice, pine. Taste of laurel, soft, roasted and burnt malts, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, thin texture, medium body

3.7 At BeerTemple in Amsterdam, from tap. Thick, creamy, lacing, off-white head, black robe with burgundy edges. Aroma of wet leather, black olive, hazelnut, black pepper, withered garden herbs, parsley, coffee grounds. Cured meat-like umami onset with a subdued dried fig sweetness inside, quite sharpish carbo, nutty and caramelly malt body turning roasted bitter in the end, meeting with herbal and lightly grapefruity, aromatic hop bitterness, drying but still ending juicy. Very nice, but could have been more complex and a tad more aromatically hoppy perhaps.

3.8 THANKS for sharing RB people! Sampled draft @ Beer Temple during Carnivale Brettanomyces 2016! Black, red hue. Nose is big cacao, roast, herbal, cacao, coffee grounds. Taste is mildly herbal, licorice, milk chocolate, quite bitter in a herbal, tad vegetable way, milky. Milky, low roast body. Decent, tad too herbal, tad vegetable, tad too milky with a tad unfitting licorice. This isn’t perfect, it’s a bit messy but it’s a decent beer. Not stellar but decent and enjoyable for sure.

3.1 On tap at Carnivale Brettanomyces ’16. At Beer Temple. Black colour, beige head. Aroma of liquorice, pine, nettles, light smoky. Flavour of liquorice, roasted malts, smoke, brown malts, pine, nettles. Light bodied, a bit weak.

3.8 Sampled from tap at ’Beertemple’ during Carnivale Brettanomyces 2016. Clear, very dark brown to black with a medium large, creamy, almost stable, beige head. Sweetish, slightly roasty and fruity aroma of tropical fruits, dark chocolate and some coffee. Sweetish-malty, slightly roasty and fruity taste of dark chocolate, coffee, tropical fruits and pine, followed by a short, rather roasty-bitter, resiny finish. Medium body, slightly creamy mouthfeel, average carbonation. Very nice!

3.4 Draught @ Beer Temple. Brown color with a red hue coming through, medium sized beige to light brown head. Smell and taste malts, some hops, lightly roast, malt bitter, bitter. Hmm average to medium body, average carbonation.

3.6 Cola pour with a decent tan head. Citrus, pine, roast aromas. Taste is grapefruit, pine, liquorice, a little sweet. Slightly bitter finish with a bit more liquorice.

3.8 Bottle. It’s a black beer with a creamy beige head. Hoppy fruity aroma with some licorice notes. Licorice, citrus and passion fruit in the flavor. Bitter roasted finish.

3.5 Not as strong aroma as in the Session IPL prototype, citrus and resin mixed together. Nice dark brown color with white head. No burnt, roasted or coffee notes. Enjoyable, but too withdrawn. It needs more kick in the face.

3.9 Bottle 330ml. [ As BrewDog Prototype Black IPA ]. Clear dark black brown color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, moderate to heavy hoppy, grapefruit, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted, grapefruit, citrus. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20160221]

3.0 Aromas of lemon and coffee are overwhelmed by sarsparilla. The palate is slightly thin, with notes of grapefruit, nuts and a little chocolate predominant. Enjoyable, but not a classic.

4.0 Flaska @ BrewDog, Göteborg. Mörkt brun med ett smutsvitt skum. Dofter av rostad malt, lakrits och citrus. Smakinslag av salmiak, röda bär, citrus och tall: Makalöst gott. Oljig munkänsla, salmiaken känns i eftersmaken.

2.5 Bottle. Black, minimal head, tan foam, medium bitterness, medium body, oily feel, average carbonation, & bitter finish.

3.5 Botella 33 cl de vivalabirra tomada en el momento en Oviedo. 09..04..2016. (r111) etiquetada como prototipe Black Ipa. Lote 628 FBAA hasta 25..11..2016. Color negro intenso con espuma beige. Aromas y sabores maltosos algo tostados con suaves tonos de cafés y algo de cacaos acabando con suave amargo. Cuerpo ligero a medio fácil de beber algo acuoso de 5.3 vol. Buena.

2.9 Tap at Beer Hunters, Pori. Opaque black color, small steady brownish head. Licorice, ash, dry aroma. Light-bodied to medium-bodied. Ashy, toasted flavor. Dry, not very fruity black ipa.

3.6 Uit de fles geschonken. Mooi zwart bier met cremekleurige schuimkraag. Aroma van gebrande mout, hop en wat citrus. Dit komt ook in de smaak terug. De afdronk is ietwat dun, maar lekker hoppig en grassig. Mooie smaakvolle black IPA maar had iets voller van body kunnen zijn.

3.6 Bottle: Black color, brownish head. Aroma oft citrus Peel and roastiness. Flavor is malty, roasty with light chocolate notes. Citrus Peel hops, some pine, roasted malt bitterness. Nice.

3.7 Draft at Uiltje. Black pour. Aroma of salty caramel and toffee. Taste has salty caramel, mild roast and some sweet fruity hops. Strange, but nice.

4.0 15-APR-2016, bottle @home, from Kvickly Allerød. Black with a tan head. Clearly dry-hopped. Grassy, roasted, caramel, coffee. Creamy but finish a bit thin. Medium carbonation. Not all that bitter. Very nice.

3.4 Draft @ BrewDog Shepherds Bush, Shepherds Bush W12. Pours a black color with a small tan head, Has a roasted malty grassy hoppy licorice aroma. Slightly roasted malty hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty grapefruit hoppy bitter finish.