3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20Bottle: Very dark brown with a thick tan head. Nose is ripe with hops; citrus and florals. Light chocolate and some roast. Very nice. The flavor is hop forward with mostly florals competing with a roasty background. Citrus and cocoa are again lightly present. Very nice.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. The look is brownish in color, has an off white head, and is clearish. The smell is hops, malts, roasty, and ok. The taste is hops, roast, light toastiness, and nice.
4.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
pour the dark with a two inch thick head. wonderful strong hop aroma. a tasty dark malt and just enough bittering to make an ipa but not a hop bomb. this is my new favorite dark beer in the states. it is like dunkelweizen is to hefeweizen takes a good beer and makes it better.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Damn good black IPA and from what I understand one of the first. This was over a year old and kept its character well. Malty roastiness was present in the aroma with a hint of hops. Very dark color with a tan head. The carbonation held up well and the weight was medium with a dryness on the finish. Well balanced toast, woody with a tinge of sweet followed by a good amount of bitterness. This may have gotten a little better with age. Worth the trip.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
22oz bomber. Pours deep black color with a finger of dark tan head. Aroma is piney, citrus, and floral hops, and dark roasted malts. Taste is pine, citrus, hints of chocolate, coffee and some roasted barley.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours an opaque, very dark brown with a root beer head. Aromas of malted milk balls and cascade hops. The mouthfeel is soft and wet, but less viscous than the eyes would lead one to expect. A delightful mild carbonation scrub on the finish. Flavors are characterized by chocolate and tart citrus. Some floral essence as the olfactory becomes more involved in the taste. Lastly, a little smokiness that the hop bitterness tends to perpetuate. I’ve never been remarkably impressed with this beer. Don’t get me wrong, it’s better than average, but by Deschuttes standards, it is nothing about which to get too excited. Especially for the price.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ Christers. Pours black with a creamy light brown head. Aroma of lightly roasted malt, caramel, fruity hops, peach. Flavor is malts, caramel, coffee, chocolate, licorice, bitter fruity hops. Medium to full body, lively carbonation, bitter finish. Maybe more stoutlike than a Black IPA. 170113
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Almost black with a big and lasting light brown head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, roasted malt and moderate hoppy - grapefruit. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 170113
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, 6.9%. Almost black with medium light brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, hops, little citrus and a little coffee. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, liquorice, hops, citrus, little grapefruit, pine, little sweet and quite bitter.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Nice beige head with excellent duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, hops, coffee, pine, chocolate and citrus. Nice dry and long bitter finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours dark dark brown with a tan head. Aromas of pine and citrus, roasted malt, and caramel. Taste of roasted malt (coffee, chocolate, caramel), grapefruit, orange, earthy, bitterness. Great CDA. Roasty malts over juicy hoppy IPA, but not in a discordant way.
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