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Upland's Black IPA

I had to borrow the logo for this image from the guys over at thefullpint.com; We did this as a live review.This is a very dark beer, much like a stout, you really cannot see through this beer even when held up to the lights. I didn't get any smell of hops off of it, none. And it's not really hoppy at all, much more of a coffee/stout flavor. This is a beer that you could drink a whole lot of, and has a lot of carbonation for a beer than a normal beer. That makes it kind of crisp. 

4 on the overall beer scale

3.75 on drinkability

0 on hops, it's just not a hoppy beer. 

Thunderhead IPA - Pyramid Brewery - Seattle, Berkely & Portland

Golden in Color, not a stong scent of Hops off the top of the beer, but it is there. Immediately hits you on the sides and the back of the tongue. It's really, really good. Not an overpowering sense of hops, so it's kinda sweet. There is not a whole lot on the back end, though there is some there.

3.5 as an overall beer
2.0 on the Hop Scale
Drinkability? you could drink three or 4 of these and not be upset about it, so we'll go 3.75 on Drinkability.


Go thunderhead, go IPA. It's delicious.

~Brian