8 Wired – Cosmic Chaos, Sour Black IPA, 2017, 7.5%ABV, 500ml bottle.
Drank on 30/11/2017 from I.B.S
Appearance: 3 – Black, coffee black, good head on pour that sinks to a nice ring with light lacing. Nice label.
Smell: 3 – Coffee and brown malt, roasty, woody, a hint of some kind of dark funk.
Taste: 3.5 – Sour, tart, citrus, grapefruit, hopping, all that is well balanced and resolves into a burnt wood, dark malts, coffee-like bitterness, with a musty finish. A lot of interesting range.
Mouthfeel: 2.5 – An initial fizz that coast the tongue on sipping creates a good rounded body that fills the mouth.
Overall: 3 – I like this, its sour, its dark, its an IPA without being too IPA, and it lets the other characters shine.