Stone Sublimely Self Righteous Black IPA
We’re brewers whose substantial mettle and idiomatic approach to brewing allows us to consistently create works of art such as this justifiably self righteous ale. Its bitterness hits our sweet spot. Its blackness lightens our hearts. Its liquid dichotomy pulls it all together in this sublimely sacrosanct ale. Yes, we damn well know our stuff here at Stone, and it would be irresponsible of us not to acknowledge how remarkable this heavenly creation of ours is. Thus the name we are compelled to give it ... Stone Sublimely Self Righteous Ale ... serves as a reminder of just how good we are, in both liquid and verbal form.
We re certainly not perfect. Too often, we allow our modesty to get the best of us as we re simply not inclined towards senseless braggadocio. When youre good, youre good. And when you do something great, the least you can do is acknowledge it. Others benefit from knowing. In this case, we find that we are compelled to point out how amazing this beer is that we rightly call the Stone Sublimely Self Righteous Ale.
First brewed in 2007 as Stone 11th Anniversary Ale, this beer was an instant hit. With us. Other folks with great taste loved it too, but we were focused on how much we liked it, and we felt it was truly sublime. That euphoria didnt last long though, as it was soon replaced with the grim reality that when we sold out of it there wouldnt be any more. For Us. And that was simply unacceptable. So, we are now blessing ourselves, and you the enlightened, with this beer on a full time basis.. Thusly, you may now revel in your own self righteousness as you see fit with this glorious example of ours. You are genuinely welcome, as it is our pleasure.
We re certainly not perfect. Too often, we allow our modesty to get the best of us as we re simply not inclined towards senseless braggadocio. When youre good, youre good. And when you do something great, the least you can do is acknowledge it. Others benefit from knowing. In this case, we find that we are compelled to point out how amazing this beer is that we rightly call the Stone Sublimely Self Righteous Ale.
First brewed in 2007 as Stone 11th Anniversary Ale, this beer was an instant hit. With us. Other folks with great taste loved it too, but we were focused on how much we liked it, and we felt it was truly sublime. That euphoria didnt last long though, as it was soon replaced with the grim reality that when we sold out of it there wouldnt be any more. For Us. And that was simply unacceptable. So, we are now blessing ourselves, and you the enlightened, with this beer on a full time basis.. Thusly, you may now revel in your own self righteousness as you see fit with this glorious example of ours. You are genuinely welcome, as it is our pleasure.
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Pours a very dark mahogany, off white head, thin and filmy. Nose is pungent, resin, pine cone and roast. A brilliant take on the style, sweet, bitter, woody, dry and delicious.
Pours from the can a very dark brown, almost black. Medium head us light beige. Some fruitiness in the aroma. First taste is a mature bitterness with some coffee overtones. I found this beer to be delicious.
Esta é uma cerveja preta, tipo stout, com tons de café. Amarga. Excelente cerveja para comida fortes
Dark brown color. Big, tan head. Roasted malt, resin, grapefruit and coffee in the aroma. Same notes in taste with strong roasted/hoppy bitterness. Really pleased with this revival of a forgotten style !
12 oz can. Smells of toffee, roasted malts, pine, citrus peel. Very dark brown/almost black in color, looked like cola pouring out of the can. Taste is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee with bitter resinous pine and grapefruit. Finishes with bitter coffee kick. Very well done, but dark beer is not my style.
This is a great change of pace from ipa or hazy ipa that are a dime a dozen. Need more beers like this
35,5cl Bottle @ LaBIRRAtorium, Madrid, Spain.
Black colour with a thin tan head.
Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, hops, citrus, pine.
Taste is roasted malt, chocolate, sweet, licorice, hops, citrus, resin.
Medium body, average carbonation.
Bottle, 355 ml at Goblet, Zagreb. Black with beige head. Pine, roasty, chocolate, quite bitter finish. Medium bodied.
Taste of a bitter dark chocolate with strong dry hops very good beer enjoyed this alot will need a 6 pack of this The winter ipa I never knew I needed
Black to dark cola, short beige head low during. Roasted aromas, choc-coffee, citrus-pine, licorice. At first the taste has a surprising sweetness, with roasted but without the pan bottom burnt. Coffee-choc, fruity of citrus, orange on toast, nuts-hazelnuts, bitter herbs, a little licorice. Hop is well there, a little heavy, dry, astringent and medication, earth-citrus-pine/varnish. Not in the finesse but to drink once.
Svart med høyt beige skum. Her er det mye lukt og smak. Røstet malt, sjokolade, mørke stenfrukter, appelsinskall, krydder og noe alkohol. Lang bitter og tørr avslutning.
On tap. Pours black color, beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, cocoa. Taste is medium sweet, medium bitter, roasted malt, cocoa, dark chocolate.
Flaska från SB. Mörkbrun öl med ett mörkbeige skum. Doft och smak av citrus, rostad malt, kaffe, choklad och lakritstoner.
Dark wood. Large frothy light brown head. Aroma intensity 3.75/5. Caramel, biscuit and ripe fruit in the nose, notes of cheese, hiding citrus and pine. Seemingly light sweet reveals spicy heavy bitter. Medium body
0.355 l bottle shared with Ana and Severinac at the Goblet Beer Store. Dark brown to black, small beige head. Lightly to moderately hoppy, slightly fruity, dried fruit, stone fruit and nuts. Roasty, pines, ash, toffee. Nice but faint hoppy profile, good balance. Some sweetness, some bitterness, herbs, herb liqueur, slightly sticky, bitter finish. Light body, soft carbonation, light finish.
Bottle from Deconinck. Hazy black, small, foamy, beige head. Aroma of blood orange, pink grapefruit, toast, coffee roast, walnut, black olive, pine. Taste has sweetish mango & orange, quite bitter pine, toast & coffee with nutty edges. Resinous hoppy finish, very bitter grapefruit peel, ongoing roasted maltiness carrying coffee. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Solid BIPA, very 'dark' even for the style.
Pours black with a medium coffee colored head that holds well and leaves ample lacing; dank hops on the nose with a tinge of dark chocolate and tobacco; oily bitter rich palate layered on top of dark coffee malt.
Aroma is coffee, dark chocolate, dark malt, hops and sweet citrus fruit
Black colour with small head
Taste is really bitter in the back of the throat, followed by coffee, chocolate and licorice
Very low carbonation with watery mouthfeel
Great beer
Tasted at skaal with mom and dad
Dark, dark brown with short brownish head. Smell of hops and licorice. Taste is hops combined with licorice, coffee and walnuts. Lasting aftertaste with the bitterness coming at the end along with licorice /coffee. Really nice.
Tasted with N og S.
On tap@ Brewdog Berlin Mitte. Schwarzes Bier mit cremigem beigen Schaum. Beim ersten Schnuppern gleich ein Wow! Super blumiger Hopfenduft. Dazu mildes Röstmalz. Im Geschmack knackige Röstmalznoten, die aber schön weich rüber kommen. Viel Hopfen. Sejr rund. Bitteres Röstmalzfinish. In dieser Kategorie klasse.
Svart med lite rött, brunt skum. Doft: Karamelliserat socker, humle, marknads marmeladgodis, sommar skog. Smak: Humle, citron, rostat, barr, lite parfymig.
Flaska från SB. Mörkbrun vätska med högt beige skum. Doft av tallskott, kåda, grapemarmelad inbäddat i mjuk rostade aromer. Smaken går i samma riktning. Mjuk och len, kåda och besk marmelad. Man tas tillbaka minst 15 år när så här humlestinna beska IPor var något helt nytt och inte för att jag drack den här då men den är ganska exakt 15 år gammal. Riktgt gott och riktigt kul att kastas tillbaka i tiden.
One of the old standards in the waning black IPA or Cascadian dark ale style, now brewed the year round; so glad I stumbled upon this classic at Beer& in Groningen. Thick and frothy, membrane-lacing, pale greyish beige, stable head on a black beer with clear mahogany edges. Aroma of burnt toast, black pepper, dried wormwood, salmiak, roasted walnuts, wet leather, gin, freshly grated nutmeg, unsugared black chocolate when warming up, hints grapefruit pith, sage, hard caramel. Sweetish but clean onset, hints of dried fig and dried blueberry but non-estery, fizzy carb, full and oily body; dry-walnutty, hard-caramelly and very toasty malt bitterness with a sweetish core, dry but supple, rounded - and just when that caramelly sweetness starts to appear, it is countered by a long, wormwoody, rooty, sleek hop bitterness with a weak grapefruit peel-like touch to it. The hops effectively take over the bitterness from the malts at this point, as is obligatory in this style for me (otherwise it would just be a hoppy stout); the alcohol in the end glows a bit, but leaves the hoppy and underlying roasty bitterness free to linger in the throat. Clean, sleek, focused, powerful and balanced - indeed a textbook example of the style, as expected. I love a good black IPA and this one ticks all the boxes.
09-AUG-2021, bottle @Clarion Hotel Post in Gothenburg., from Systembolaget Nordstan.
Dark, dark brown with a lasting, lacing, tan head.
Aroma is roast and hops.
Taste is chocolate, coffee, grape fruit, grass. Bitter, mostly hoppy bitter, sweet, soft carbonation, average body.
This is great. Really an easy drinking BIPA with some complexity.
Cope hagen 7/8 2021. 35,5 cl bottle from Meny, Borups Allé, Frb. F. Black and white drawing of a devil with huge wings and a matching tail on the label.
Pours clear, dark mahogany with a red hue and a midsized off-white head. Settles as a 0,3 cm thick layer of foam covering the surface of the beer. Substantial lacing.
Aroma is fairly intense with a light sweet, roasted, dark odor mingling with a more aggressive citric scent. Dark roasted malts, caramel and a bit og toffee. Grapefruit and lime.
Light carbonation. Thin, oily, soft, lightly tingling texture.
Flavor is intense with a strong sweetness matched by a strong citric bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter. Lingers for a while. Finish is dry.
Intense Black IPA balancing the roasted sweetness with the citric bitterness with an overweight to the latter.
33cl fles. 90 IBU. Zwart bier met wat beige schuim. Geur: zweterig, koffie, harsig, cannabis, verse tabaksplant. Smaak: hopbitter, harsig, groene hop. Medium koolzuurprikkel. Afdronk: hopbitter, harsig.
Color marrón oscuro, casi negro, con reflejos rojizos, translúcida, casi opaca. Espuma marfil de menos de un dedo de espesor y retención media. Aroma intenso, maltas tostadas, higos secos y uvas pasas, caramelo y leve café, al atemperar aparecen agujas de pino, hierbas aromáticas secas y notas de pimienta blanca muy suave. Sabor intenso, con una primera sensación igual que en aroma que es sustituida pronto por tonos más ásperos, terrosos, madera oscura y raíz de regaliz, las agujas de pino también ganan protagonismo, final medio largo, de amargor herbal alto y dulzor maltoso medio bajo, posgusto seco y ligeramente astringente donde aparece un nuevo elemento, el pomelo, alcohol muy bien integrado. Textura ligeramente oleosa. Carbonatación baja.
Rica, sabrosa, con muchos matices. Al mismo tiempo quieres disfrutarla con calma, exprimiendo todo lo que esconde dentro y, por otra parte, esa última sensación cítrica en posgusto te invita a darle otro sorbo antes de dejar el vaso en la mesa. Muy muy recomendable.
Black, stable light beige froth. Roasted malt and grapefruit aroma, some dark chocolate and pine. Roasted, bitter flavour, fruity grapefruit. Very nice dry, roasted and bitter finish. Textbook example of a BIPA, just as it should be.
Tap@SKAAL, Copenhagen - pours black with a off white head. Roasted malty and robust hoppy, notes of cocoa and cola, some brown sugar, tropical fruity undertones rising up from the solid hoppy edge, pine needles, medium body, roasted malty and bold bitter edged punchy hoppy finish. Great CDA.
Bottle 35,5 cl, poured into a Jopen glass. Pours pitch black with a small beige head and an aroma of peach, citrus, toffee, roasted malts, syrup, some cocoa, mocca, spruce and grapefruit. The taste is medium sweet with a medium to full body, soft carbonation and a long lasting hoppy finish