Hopful Thinking

Hopful Thinking

I Drink, Therefore I Am.

  • Beer Recipes
  • Beer Reviews
  • Brewery Spotlight
  • Home Brewing
  • Hopful Thoughts
  • Showcase
  • Travels
  • Book Reviews
  • Featured
  • About
  • Featured

Beer Review: Croucher Brewing Patriot American Black Ale

Posted in Beer Reviews, Showcase by Dan
May 15 2011

Format: 500ml / 9fl.oz bottle  Type: American-style Black Ale  Origin: Rotorua, New Zealand (US Hops).  Strength 5% abv  Cost: $7.99.  Purchased from: New World Victoria Park.  Selected by: Steve

As soon as we cracked the bottle, the unmistakeable scent of Hops filled the room.  Most of us had already enjoyed one or two of these before, so we knew we were in for a treat.

The Patriot pours a deep black colour, and forms a dark foamy head, which really clings to the glass.  On the nose — hops much??  Fruity hops, very raw and fresh.  Some detected mango.  Unexpected from such a dark beer! Then there’s the taste.  The dark toasted barley hits first, and the hops back it up with complexity and depth. The taste lingers on, and on – here is a beer that finishes just the way it starts.  We all noted the flavour remained on the tongue for a very, very long time indeed – beckoning you to another mouthful, and another, and another… this is supremely drinkable.  The buttery smooth mouthfeel rounds this out as a pleasure to all the senses.

Consensus: All of us LOVED this beer.  Deliciously dark malt characters, hops for africa, smooth and well rounded flavour, lingers forever on the palate – a pleasure to all the senses.  If you see this, don’t pass it up!

Assorted Palaver:

(sniffing the bottle)
Chris: Hops Much?
Steve: Ahhhhhhh…. Mmmmm… Hooooopppsss… Need moar…
Dan: Yummo! Holy … Oh, wow. Smells like.. Herbs
Chris: Smells like Raw hops.. you don’t look at a dark beer and expect that ay..
Dan: That’s quite a lovely beer… So yummy… I like that it’s so hoppy… for a dark ale..


Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

  • Tweet

Related Posts:

  • No Related Posts

Get updates by Email

RSS Feed RSS - Posts

Twitter

  • Drinking a Stone Free by @8wiredbrewing @ GABS2018 — https://t.co/IiOBlZ3eS7 01:39:54 PM June 30, 2018
  • Drinking an Iron Dragon Waving Cat by @outliercartel @ GABS2018 — https://t.co/TbrsLJysgb 01:39:33 PM June 30, 2018
  • Drinking a Shake Your Mangos by @BrewingBones @ GABS2018 — https://t.co/LIdFaTMwj1 01:38:36 PM June 30, 2018
  • RT @justinbaragona: Rachel Maddow chokes up and cries on air as she struggles to deliver news that migrant babies and toddlers have been se… 06:53:13 PM June 20, 2018
  • RT @tarbard: I made a device that checks the council website and lights up to show you what colour bin to put out. I call it the Bindicator… 05:07:00 PM June 02, 2018
  • Drinking an Electron by @SunshineBrews - https://t.co/T95QYsHlqo #photo 05:16:47 PM February 09, 2018
  • Drinking an Avgas Pilsner by Pilot Brewery @ Giraffe by Simon Gault — https://t.co/Go7ZLtO8pk #photo 04:33:07 PM February 09, 2018
  • Cold beer, cool jazz, warm food. Not a bad way to spend an afternoon.... (Hopitoulas) https://t.co/JYlP7jFIpe 04:29:34 AM October 27, 2017
  • Drinking a Ragin' Cajuns by @BayouTecheBiere at @willajeannola — https://t.co/7GXNEWypC0 #photo 05:05:24 AM October 26, 2017
@hopfultweeting

Archives

  • October 2014
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • March 2013
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011

Recent Comments

  • hopfulthinking on New Zealand’s Answer to Munich
  • hopfulthinking on New Zealand’s Answer to Munich
  • Dave on New Zealand’s Answer to Munich
  • Jager Tron on New Zealand’s Answer to Munich
  • Dan Capper on New Zealand’s Answer to Munich

Other Guff