4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Barley Brown’s Baker City. Pours out almost black topped with a nice head. Aroma was great with lots of pine, citrus, and dark malts. Taste was just as good a great combo of hops and sweet malts.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Black pour. Malty flavour with a bitter hop skin. This is definitely an IPA. Hop citrus aroma with roast. Malt finish with more hop
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
On draught at Green Dragon for Black Friday. A nice citrus hop flavor with the dark notes that balance it out. Overall, really good.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Had at the mountain brewers festival. Notes of Chocolate, roasted malt, citrus, pine, chewy. A great way to start the festival is with a great black IPA.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
At the brewpub in my home town. Wow, this is one picture perfect pint. Cascadian India Black Ale. Aroma is all hops and roast. I am a big fan of Stone’s SSR and this sucker has similar complexity, creamy mouthfeel, and smooth drinkability. Delicious! Nice job, Shawn!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
GABF 2011 Media Luncheon. Deep nutty brown, near black, small tight beige head, with good lace. Pretty hoppy aroma, with floral and orange citrus tones, with a sweet dark malt roastiness, bordering on mocha java. Big body, and superbly balanced between sweet burnt malts and citric floral hoppy bitterness. Nice long linger, with a spicy herbal hop finish, but even then the dark malts follow through.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center Denver 18/09/2010
Big hop aroma. Mid brown coloured fruity and hoppy with a pineapple flavour. A hint of dryness in a bitter and nutty finish.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
This is a really nice Cascadian Dark Ale. Or Black IPA. Or American Style India Black Ale as was the category that this beer took gold in at the 2010 GABF. Aroma is resinous and citrus with that great balance of caramel, roast and perhaps a touch of cocoa. Dark brown in color with just a hint of ruby around the edges. Fairly clear with a nice dark tan frothy head that is pretty persistent. Awesome flavors spring up out of this beer. Medium+ resiny and citrus hop bitterness with a medium malt sweetness that tastes of caramel, roast, cocoa and maybe even the slightest suggestion of mint. Medium body with a nice sticky texture. Medium carbonation. A good long finish that focuses on the hops. Well done.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: DEC 31, 2010 Tap @ Belmont Station during their Cascadian Dark Ale Festival... A great pour - deep, dark brown -- almost black -- with a big, frothy, brown head. Floral. resinous, high alpha hoppy nose. A well rounded, apparent roasted character to the brew contributed to the enhancement of the contrasting citrus, piney, bittering hops that were there all the way to the finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at belmont station. on cask & served with an above the top head light brown head. I’m smelling all hops. opaque dark brown. Hops a bit much, imbalanced. bitter finish. warming
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