3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the hopleaf. Pours a medium bodied black with a tan creamy head that laces down. Lots of belgian yeast in the nose some roasted malts, floral hops and citrus. Bitter roasty flavors some chocolate but mostly roasted malts and a touch of citrus. As this warms up the roastiness becomes more toned down while the citrus, belgian yeast and floral hops shine more. Decent bitterness, and good flavor. The Belgian yeast characteristic is a little odd for this beer, but it works. I could see how people might love that or hate it in a black ipa. I am somewhere down the middle.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Backlog dec 2010
Bottle at Dr. Jekyll
Full body & high complexity
Some coffee notes
Very enjoyable
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. almost black colour with small creamy light brown mostly lasting head. Nice aroma of coffee and chocolate. Sweet flavor. Creamy palate.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tap at Whole Foods. Appearance: black w. tan head. Aroma: dark fruits, prunes, caramel, chocolate. Taste: some bitter hop up front, with dark fruitiness and roasted maltiness in middle, touch of chocolate and coffee finish. Mouthfeel: oily, slick, med. carbonation. Overall: take all your thoughts of a Belgian and a black IPA and that's exactly what it is. Granted this is a 3-year-old ('09) keg just tapped and probably lost some things (like hops) but it really does all come together into a very enjoyable, complex beer.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle shared at Mikkeller Bar. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma was sickly - perhaps a bad bottle or didn’t age well. Flavour is better with roasted malt, caramel and light chocolate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Craig’s, Thanks!
Rich barley and kola on the nose. Sweet with chocolate orange flavour and dry finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
In bottle. Pours a very dark brown colour with a fair light tan head. Aroma of pine, roasty malt, dark chocolate and caramel. Similar flavours with mild carbonation and an oily mouth-feel. Very nice with mild bitterness and lingering chocolate.
4.9 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
12oz bottle. Chocolate and hop aroma. Belgian yeast flavors are very tame and let the hops shine through. Hop finish lingers on for some time making this a beer well worth the $.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours deep black...with redish hue if you hold it up to the light. Smells like its going to be a fantastic black IPA....then alas, no hops to be found! Instead overpowered by molasses and roasted barley...with a hint of grape...very distinct and good...just not what I was expecting.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
An appetising high-alpha ale. Braw-looking: stout-black body with a thick cappuccino head. The aroma is an intriguing fusion of stout and APA - cocoa powder, lychee, passionfruit, cherries, grapefruit. Odd but not awful. Slick mouthfeel that suits the style. Biting, piney hops - high alphas but not overpowering. Minty and warming. Pity about the undergraduate ramblings on the label. The beer speaks for itself. (Batch 352, BB 12/11/10)
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Forgotten bottle, from 2010. Not as hoppy as when I first tried it, but pours a nice thick black with a caramel foamy head. Very roasty with a nice bitter finish.
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