21st Amendment Back in Black

Brewed by 21st Amendment Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
San Francisco, California USA

Tap at Rattle n Hum: Ruby pour with a deep brown hue and a nice lacing tan head. Clean rich chocolaty background in the aroma with a ton of resiny Northwest hops (Chinook?). Creamy body. Substantial and balanced. Mildly chocolaty with smooth firm malts and a balancing resiny/piny chewy hop presence. A nice BIPA.

Picked up a growler at Big Z beverage. Pours a translucent black with a soft, lacing white head. If you didn’t know what this was, the appearance says porter. The aroma on the other hand, says IPA loud and clear: tropical fruits, pine, citrus zest. Flavor is sweet and bitter, doughy, bready, grapefruit, lemons, oranges, a little resiny. Finish is sweet and bitter. Nice combination.

Draft. Rattle n Hum, NYC. Deep brown to black body. Creamy tan head, slowly diminishing. Nice, full aroma of of roasty malts and hops. Notes of citrus, pine, flowers, toffee, toasted grain and cocoa. The flavor is lightly to moderately sweet and moderately bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and moderately to heavily bitter. Medium body, smooth texture, lively carbonation. Reminds me of Dogfish Head Indian Brown, only hoppier. Nice interplay of dark malts and hops. And interesting. Well done.

On tap at rnh, reminds me alot of inequity from the boys at southern tier. Rich hop forground.

32 oz growler from Big Z’s in Huntington. Dark brown, porter-like appearance. A small lasting off white/tan head. Aroma of alot of citrus - some tropical fruit and pine, with light touches of dark crystal malt, maybe a touch of chocolate. Taste is hoppy but has some caramel, and very light touches of a roasted grain coming through. Hops mostly have grapefruit, light tropical fruit, and moderately piney. Bitterness is moderate for the style. Body is medium, the texture is good.

A black IPA - interesting, don’t think I have had one of these before. Could this be a cross between an IPA and a schwarzbier? To me, it tasted like a hoppy schwarzbier. Dry, roasty, and astringent, with a little yeast and herbal notes. Out of the ordinary, and pretty good. On tap at RnH.

Deep black body with lasting brown head. Moderately roasted malt body. Lightly bitter chocolate with root and various earthy notes. Thin hop presence, light citrus and pine with an oily finish that was accentuated by the thin body. Crisp and refreshing.

Tap. The malt side is of moderate toasted, heavy spruce for the hops, light leather for the yeast, with background notes of charcoal and pepper. Head is large, frothy, slightly off-white with fair lacing and is almost fully diminishing. Color is clear dark brown. Flavor starts slightly sweet and moderately acidic, then finishes moderately acidic and heavily bitter. Palate is light to medium, watery with a lively carbonation. The aroma is fantastic in this but the flavor lags behind a bit. Still a great IPA.