3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, and draft. Black pour with some light tan head. Light roasted notes accompany a grassy and pine like hop flavor. Nice dark ipa, not so thick that you would think its a hopped up stout.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz bottle. Pours brown with a thick, creamy, long lasting head and much lacing. Aroma is of citrusy hops with some hints of milk chocolate. Medium, tangy body. Citrus fruit and peppery hops dominate the palate with chocolate, roasted malt and hints of vanilla and cocoa provide some balance. Not a bad brew at all.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle in Ptown. Aroma of toast, citrus, and pine. Super smooth and creamy palate. Flavors of vanilla, coffee, wood, citrusy hops. Has that minty, medicinal Guinness quality. Gently hopped, feels more like a porter or dry stout than a BIPA.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft pour. Roasted malt and hop aroma. Dark black body. Taste is mostly hop, roasted malts towards the end. Hints of coffee and dark chocolate on the body.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Great aroma of hops and dark roasted malts. Tastes pretty close to how it smells with a nice finish. Overall a pretty good Black IPA
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Deep black pour. Nose is quite piny and hoppy. Fresh nose of cocoa over a rich hoppy backnote. The palate is nicely dry with very little roasty bitterness. Fresh and piny. Really this is quite a lovely surprise. Lean bodied, fresh and hoppy. A little bit of herbal hoppiness on the finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
June 2, 2011; 12 oz. bottle, part of Otter Creek sampler 12-pack. The black pour is rather novel (in my experience) for an IPA, and gets an extra tick as a result. Big piney/floral aroma; very impressive. A bit sticky -- while the balance is pretty good, the malt falls away relatively quickly, and the hops carry the day. This Vermont IPA reminds me of some similar stuff being brewed up in Portland, ME.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Commercial Taphouse on 01/19/2011. Dark black body with a medium creamy light brown head. Sweet roast, chocolate and floral hop aroma. Big roast, floral hop flavor with light chocolate. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz bottle-thanks dmac for sharing-pours a tan head and black color. Aroma is dark roasty malt, resin. Taste is dark roasty malt-chocolate/caramel, resin/pine hops.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Poured a pitch black color with a off-white head. Aroma was sweet malts, fruity hops. Woah, this one was a solid Black IPA/IBA. Crisp citrus, grapefruits, pine hops, sweet malt balance. I’ll be looking for this one again.
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