Moab Brewery, Moab, Utah
Black Imperial IPA
- * Skip It
- ** Good Craft Beer
- *** Well Above Average
- **** Exceptional
- ***** Top 1%
Black Imperial IPA
Moab is the only brewery in … Moab, Utah, so if you happen to be there, this is what you should drink. If you’re on the east coast, it’s not as easy a call. The 75cl. bottles are striking and holler “I’m going to be really good” but sometimes they lie. We assume it’s the long trip across the country that created our several disappointments.
—–Sometimes, however, like a power hitting player off the bench, they hit a home run rather than striking out, even with a bottle you can find around the DC area. They only distribute in 7 states plus DC. Maryland is one of the 7, go figure.
——Our beer of the day, the Black Imperial IPA, is one of the home runs. We brought it to one of last year’s 6 ticket tastings at St. Dunstan’s church (see events for a similar tasting next week) and got a half dozen thumbs-ups. . It’s a husky roast ale with slight tropical fruit from hops and yeast.
The roast and fruit persist with a late near ashy bitter. The 8.59%abv is either a tongue in-cheek “precision” or a code to some group of insiders – no brewery measures alcohol accurately from batch to batch with that sort accuracy.
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