4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20Dark brown, nearly black with a mocha head. Smells of roasted malt and caramel. The taste starts off mild with some earthy hops, turns to sweet caramel and roasted malt. The finishes with mild chocolate and coffee bitterness. Overall very nice. Can see mysrlf buying it again.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours very dark with creamy head. Aroma of chocolate and roasted malts. Tastes with subtle hops and dark chocolate.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
12oz bottle poured into a tumbler glass.
Super dark brown with a small dark beige head.
Pleasant aromas of dark chocolate, fresh coffee, wood and piney hops.
Cocoa flavors, with espresso, med-hi bitterness and rich roasted malts.
Med-full bodied, softly carbonated, creamy and well balanced, relatively to the style. Nice.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours black like a stout with some tan head that dissipated quickly leaving decent lacing. Aroma is roasted malt with "some" hops. The hop aroma is very mild compared to your normal IPA. Taste definitely follows the nose. Medium bodied and creamy.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Mostly malty aroma... hazy dark appearance. .. kalty taste with some pine notes...pretty good beer!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap at Beer Authority, NYC, 18/05/13.
Black with a thin light tan head.
Nose carries hops, pine resin, light cocoa, mineral notes.
Taste comprises hops, pine, bitter grapefruit, light mineral notes.
Medium bodied with fine carbonation, bitter hop notes in the finish,
Decent enough CDA.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle: pours blackish dish water, fine khaki head. Mild nose of roasts malts, coffee, pine, toffee. More resin, earthy tones and coffee bitterness on the palate. Kind of bitter but yet a ton on the finish. Nothing wrong here just nothing to rave about either.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled.
Black pour with ruby highlights. Off white head with good lacing.
Caramel malt, maybe a little chocolate, though perhaps that's just the color influencing the flavor. A nice hop flavor to this one. Pineapple, spice, mango.
Medium body.
Quite a nice IPA, regardless of the color.
---Rated via Beer Buddy from my iPad.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from the brewery. Smooth feel. Tastes like coffee and bitter hops. Smells like floral and bready hops. Medium body and medium carbonation.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
I like that this black IPA seems to be an IPA first and a dark beer second. Many black IPAs really just seem to be porters or stouts with extra hops, whereas this seems to be an IPA brewed with some dark or roasted malts. Much better than the Sam Adams take on this style. A more authentic example of what you’d expect from the adjective "black" being applied to the style IPA. If the style was "hoppy porter", I’d go with other brewer’s interpretations, but its not, so Heavy Seas I think gets this right. Having said that, the label itself correctly notes that the style is an oxymoron BLACK India PALE ale, and I’m not sure I’m sold on the style in general yet.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft at the beer authority NYC. Wow. Deep black color with a huge thick head and it looks heavy like oil. Taste is smooth, not overly hoppy or heavy. Very nice drinkable beer
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