BrewDog Cambridge Stone Juxtaposition Black Pilsner

12oz bottle from Charles Street Liquors, Boston MA. Very dark brown, thin collar of foam. Strong hop presence on the nose - more pine than pilsner. Initial impression on the palate is sweetish and fruity, with developing chocolate and a powerful US hop character. Also a touch of roasty malt. Distinctly bitter with some warming, but not too burning, alcohol. A tasty, flavourful brew. Came over to me more like a dark IPA than a Pilsner though.

12. Pours a deeply murky ebony with the faintest glimmers of crimson in the corners. Towering, sudsy, loose tan head that leaves sheets of foamy lace all the way down. Very decadent and delicious-looking beer. Beautiful toasty, herby, slightly floral hop nose. Touches of mint and sage in there as well. Creamy medium body, goes a bit watery in places, but not at all in an unpleasant way. Chocolate, toast, and lemongrass on the mid-palate. Should those three tastes taste great together? No. No, they most definitely should not. But they’re working well together here, probably helped along by a few underlying subtleties I’m failing to articulate. Long roasty, chocolatey finish. I don’t know that this quite a 60-cent-an-ounce beer, but it’s pretty damn good, and I am pretty happy there’s another one on the counter. Well played, gentlemen.

Poured from Bottle into Snifter glass. Pours a smooth black/brown with a thin tan colored head that remains atop the glass and leaves nice lacing down the glass. Aroma has some grapefruit bitter-sweetness, mild roastiness, bitter chocolate but I would say the hops definitely pop out at you. The flavor is sweet with hop flavor and chocolate. As it warms there are more citrus, roast, chocolate and it has a stronger alcohol presence. Its medium-full bodied and has a very slightly dry finish. Its a pretty tasty beer although I would have hope the body was a little more crisp and the chocolate flavor was a little more bitter.

12oz bottle. Clear red-black body with small tan head. Aroma is moderately sweet, grapefruit, chocolate, some earthy, honey, light mint. Taste is moderately sweet, roast, chocolate, earthy, some grapefruit, alcohol warming, light mint. Medium-full body, some stickiness.

(Bottled) Poured almost black with long lasting and tan coloured head. Aroma contained lot of hops and also chocolate. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. There flavours of chocolate, malts, hops, roastedness, caramell, sweetness and quite low bitterness. The last one actually surprised becaus the hop aroma and flavour were strong. Hops, roastedness and bitterness in aftertaste.

dark brown/ruby red in color with a light brown head that leaves lacing.not much going on in the aroma or flavor.a bit of smoked malts,peat moss,and cedar.

12oz bottle. Pours a dark brown almost black with a small sticky tan head. Aroma of dark fruit, alcohol, wood and a bit musty. Flavor is roasty burnt bitter with a chocolate sweetness. Medium body, average carbonation and a dry finish. Interesting beer, alcohol taste is pretty light for 10% but still there. A bit of a muddled finish, in my opinion.

12 oz bottle from Ebay. Nose a little weak of chocolate, caramel, and light woodiness. Clear dark brown with a medium, glass lacing tan head. Flavor is light bitter chocolate, smoke, with a lightly bitter finish.