Brew Dog bashah:

Hello one and all and welcome back to a beer review for the masses, that is if you can find it.  What do I mean by that ominous statement?  Well, sadly friends, today’s beer is no longer in production and honestly I’m not sure why a beer of this caliber was sitting untouched in a local liquor store but it was, and judging by the later of dust on the beer, it’d been a while since someone even looked at it.  So without further ado let me introduce you to Bashah, a Black Belgian style IPA that formed from the collaboration form Brew Dog and Stone Brewing.   The beer pours an inky black with no head to really speak of but there was some outer areas of carbonation while the nose is a nice rounded resin and grapefruit combo with a roasted malt undertone.  Bashah’s initial taste is one a surprisingly smooth combo of cocoa and coffee notes as well as a growing hop note that never really develops to much on the mid tongue but does make it known that this is an IPA.  Probably my biggest issue with this beer is how far into the drink you go before the hops to come out but when they do they do with a strong but restrained sour bite.  A really enjoyable beer and since it has the European influence of Brew Dog (they’re Scottish) the hops aren’t bombastic on the palate like most Double/Imperial IPAs made here in the states.  If you can track one down, grab it and enjoy but don’t fret if you don’t, there are several other good Black IPAs out there for your enjoyment and consumption.