3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
This one was well done, I’m so proud that decent beer is being made in my home state. Malty front, citra in the back rounding out a nice hop profile. The most impressive thing about this brew to me is that it has alledgely shown consistency. Well done Marshall, congrats on brewing the highest rated OK beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours dark brown with a light brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, citrus, peach and chocolate. Flavour is roasted malt, citrus, grapefruit, peach, chocolate and coffee.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
A - Pours black with chestnut edges. 2 fingers of tan head slowly dissipates into a frothy top. Spotted lacing throughout.
S - Bright mandarin/grapefruit citrus, green pine needles, caramel malt, salty wood, baked dark bread.
T - Candied pine needles, a generous amount of sharp grapefruit citrus, tropical fruits, salty pine wood, toasty caramel malt, pumpernickel and rye bread, brown sugar, hints of dark cocoa, roasted maple.
M - Medium to moderate carbonation, full bodied, super creamy.
The hops are bursting with flavors of citrus, pine, and seem to be infused with tropical fruit sweetness. The malts are mysteriously amazing. If you closed your eyes you would probably think you were drinking a perfectly balanced roasted double IPA. This is the best in class for this style so far for me, even after a blind taste test. This beer is simply amazing!
Serving type: bottle
01-21-2011
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber compliments of soonerchamps. Pitch black pour into a tulip. Dark roasted malt aroma, sweet caramel and piney hops. Nice amount of sweetness upfront. Hefty malt backbone mellows into a nice balanced hoppy bitterness. Great specimen of a black IPA.
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3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours black with foamy head. Aroma is pine and bitter hops, Flavor has chocolate and coffee. Very good.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bomber from beerhandy. Nose is pine, citrus, floral, and a little roast. Black with a medium, heavy lacing, tan head. Flavor is moderately bitter with some light caramel sweetness and a little peppery note.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at a bottle share. Pours a very dark near-black color. Nose is slightly floral, which was a great element. Feels light, with a slightly bitter taste from the hoppiness. Good solid easy drink.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
This was well done. Malty sweetness and hops that leave you guessing about what is to come. Very dark, in fact, I couldn’t see through it with a quickly dissipating head. A big mix of flavor with sticky sweetness and burnt malts, some caramel essence and big hops throughout. Syrupy palate. Nicely done.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured from a 22 ounce bomber, thanks to Bob. Pours dark black. There is a firm cocoa and coffee presence. The hops a pine, spicy, citrusy, resin. There is a big American hop character to this beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Trade. Bottle @ Odense tasting. Dark brown body with a small brown head. Aroma is hops, coffee, grapefruit, malt. Flavor is hops, coffee, grapefruit. Rather delicious.
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