On tap at Ambulance, bold flagship Boom Sauce given coffee-driven black malt roast to coerce orange-candied tartness and sappy pine resin above earthen oats-flaked spelt base.
On tap at River Of Beer, well-integrated Cascadian dark ale loads dark chocolate cocoa powdered bittering onto sweet black grape jammin' spelled by wood-burnt, charcoal-stained, dark-roast hop char.
On tap at Plank Pizza, fine Cascadian Dark Ale loads sugar-sweetened black chocolate syruping onto less prominent black grape, yellow grapefruit and currant illusions as well as moderate charcoal-stained dark roast hop char.
Muskily bitter Cascadian Dark Ale complements smoky black chocolate malting with charcoal-singed dark roast hops and overwhelmed black grape, pineapple and grapefruit murk. Dirty earthen bottom retains ashy mocha bittering.
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead - Hoboken, grain-roasted dark chocolate malting, musky black grape tartness and scorched earthiness converge for fulsome medium body.
On tap at Ambulance, stylishly moderate Cascadian Dark Ale sidles charcoal-burnt dark chocolate and black coffee overtones with dry Citra-hopped grapefruit, orange and lemon tang plus charred pine remnant above dry oats spine. Less pronounced bitterness will draw in softer palates.
On tap at Poor Henry's, legit gluten-free dry body takes on Cascadian Black Ale style with relative success. Designed to taste like a "Black & Tan shaken up," robust ebony-hued Jerseyite layers charcoaled medium-roast coffee bittering atop hop-charred black grape, pineapple and grapefruit illusions. Resinous pine tones deepen the bitter end.
On tap at River Of Beer, polite dark-roast chocolate malting picks up mild coffee-cocoa tones above relegated pineapple, grapefruit and black grape notions. Black currant-like charcoal hop astringency lingers lightly beside pervasive mocha setting.
Dry-hopped jet black Cascadian Dark Ale's cask-like soft tone lightens dark chocolate influence as well as dried-fruited raisin, fig and date nuances and latent black currant snip.
Mighty stout-like traits outduel India Pale Ale-styled dark-roasted hop char and mild pine-sapped dried fruiting for truly awesome Cascadian Dark. Creamy caramelized black malts and raw molasses bittering set up bittersweet black chocolate-roasted cocoa dryness. Ashen hazelnut-cola-walnut conflux rides below alongside modest black cherry, prune and pink grapefruit illusions. Dense malt-hop profile proves richer than many stylistic competitors.
On tap at Ambulance, "paradoxical" Black India Pale Ale works smoky hop-charred black patent malts into sweet 'n sour fruit tartness. Moderate black grape, pineapple, orange and tangerine illusions graze cocoa-powdered dark chocolate roast. Latent anise influence affects dried-fruited mocha finish.
Well-designed 'Planets Series' release (circa 2014) is Bell's first foray into Black IPA styling. Dehusked black malt roast reinforces syrupy dark chocolate entry that peaks above zesty citra-hopped resilience and resinous pine sapping. Caramel-burnt molasses follow-thru sweetens dark mocha theme above lemony grapefruit-pineapple bittering as well as black grape tartness and distant clementine-tangerine-peach-mango inkling.