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Islay Black Rock Ale

Percentile
38
overall
Brewed by Islay
Style: Bitter

Bridgend, Isle of Islay, Scotland

bottling
unknown

on tap
unknown

distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
162.99/5.02.92/5.04.2%46English pint
Commercial Description:
Cask; launched on Good Friday, 2004.
Ingredients: Pale and crystal malts, roasted barley; Goldings, Mount Hood and Fuggles hops.
Named after Black Rock, a local landmark, which lies close to the Brewery in Loch Indaal.
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 Jonte (823), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 14, 2009  
Cask. Brown colour. Malty, lightly roasted, nuts, grass, wood, a bit of fruitiness. Medium bitter. Served a bit too warm.


 Bragesnak (2276), Aarhus, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 3, 2008  
Islay Brewery, Scotland. Bottled. 260708. Dark amber with small head. Aroma of hop spices and fruity yeast. Flavor is of roasted barley (dry) and a medium bitterness


 berkshirejohn (1823), Bracknell, Berkshire, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
May 23, 2008  
Bottle conditioned, 50cl, from Westholme Stores, Goring-on-Thames, Oxon. Bright copper with a creamy head; quite lively to start but settling down quickly; rich, oily, smoky, fruity aroma; sweet and fruity at first, with a citrus edge cutting through; leaving a dry, grassy, hoppy finish. Excellent.


 FrankJohansen (3369), Århus-Randers Crew, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Feb 13, 2008  
Bottle. Hazy amber colour with a medium mostly lasting off white head. Aroma and taste of yeast, fruits and hops. Semi bitter finish.


 fonefan (11640), VestJylland, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Dec 1, 2007  
Bottle. Unclear medium amber color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate hoppy, flowers, grass, moderate yeasty, yeast, light to moderate smoke (smoked peat). Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, and a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (301007)


 screwball (796), Motala, Sweden
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/101/56/20
Jul 24, 2007  
Bottle. At Bishops Arms in Linkoping, Sweden. Must have been some damage to this one. It poured llike oil! The palate was awful!! Aroma and flavor was winous,hops, sweet and some grape.


 M0RHI (1067), Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/53/103/58/20
Jul 19, 2007  
Bottle. Pours a copper, slightly cloudy colour with a thin white head. Nose is slightly hoppy, slightly fruity with some smoke and peat. Mouth is sour and citrus sharp with some grass and hop. Watery aftertaste with citrus hop and some lasting sweetness. Pity about the oversour awful mouth, rest is fine.


 maeib (4737), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/511/20
Aug 20, 2006  
Cask conditioned - handpump - Market Porter London. A mid brown coloured beer with whitish bubbles for a head. The aroma had a little fruit, but the beer was served so cold it was difficult to ascertain much from the noce. The taste was very bitter, but again the temperature probably masked its true colours and didn’t allow much to flourish. Shame as I only had ten minutes to kill in this mecca.



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