3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Draught) Pours a dark brown body with a medium beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, toasted bread, pine, and grass. Flavor of roasted malt, citrus, pine, grain, and caramel with a dry finish.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22oz bottle. Rocky large beige head atop cola-black body. Aroma is moderately sweet, orange/grapefruit, some caramel, roast, light bittersweet chocolate. Taste is moderately sweet, grapefruit/orange, some caramel, roast, light milk chocolate, alcohol. Medium body, some resin, stickiness.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours dark brown with a creamy tan head, but strong light comes through with a deep garnet color. Aroma is firmly pine. Med plus body. Flavor is lots of pine with some bready dark malt. Finish is pine. This is nicely executed. A new thing in the world.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
22 oz bottle. Deep black pour with a tight tan head. The aroma is quite roasty with a lot of resiny/spicy hoppiness. A nice roast and dark malt character. It’s got a little bit of dank resinous hoppiness over a fairly roasty base. Sweet and a little bit earthy with a touch of light licorice and some fairly herbal hoppiness. Warming brings up some aromatic citrus hoppiness and the roasted malt character. A damn tasty Black IPA. Lean and hoppy with the dark malt integrating nicely.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bomber poured a clear dark brown with a lasting tan head. Aromas of grapefruit, roastiness, light charcoal, orange zest, light pine and light cocoa. Palate was medium bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of roastiness, grapefruit, charcoal, light pine and light cocoa with a crisp dry bitter lingering roasty grapefruit finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap. Pours with a clear, near black body with a tan head. Aromas are roasty, with a ton of citrus. A bit spicy, maybe some rye? Flavors are fruity, grainy, citrusy (tangerine among others), roasty, dry, with a bit of mango. Somewhat strong esters. Medium bitterness that lasts, good carbonation. Pretty nice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
22oz bottle: Pours a barely transparent dark mahogany with a spotty-lacing light tan head. Has a fresh piney hoppy nose with some sweet toasty dark malts underneath. Starts with good fullness and lightly chewy dark caramel sweetness with a nice balance of resiny hops and a hint of chocolate before a bittersweet finish that hides the alcohol fairly well. Pretty true to style, but could use a slightly more citrusy hop profile for my tastes.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at The Cannery. Its the way they make the style, a very good aroma of hops and roast Black with a big head and lots of lace. The taste does not deliver, its muted, but it is a smooth mouthfeel.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Nearly black in color with a tan head. Herbal and piney hops with a bit of roast and maybe licorice. A little bit of grapefruit peel and pineapple. Slightly sweet, only a moderate hop flavor. Some herbal and pine notes, not super hoppy, though.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber from Wine & Beer Westpark. Pours a dark brown color with a very large frothy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of chocolate, roast and earthy, floral hops. The taste is chocolate malts, nutty notes, roast and an herbal hop finish. Medium bodied. Nice beer.
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