4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pine hops strong on the nose. Taste is very smooth with medium-high bitterness and includes plenty of hops but with a strong dark chocolate flavor.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Bottle) Beautiful looking beer - opaque almost black with large dense tan head. Lovely hoppy aroma with grapefruit, pine and some floral hints. Palate is lighter than you might expect for such a dark beer, having medium body nice fine carbonation. The flavour is also lighter than appearance leads you to expect, but is in no way lacking. This is a hoppy beer, but not over the top in bitterness. The flavour starts with a balance of roasty and tangy notes before the hoppy bitterness rapidly develops for a reasonable bitter finish. An unusual and very nice beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
500ml bottle. Black as a moonless night with a good helping of light brown foam. Piney hop aromas burst forth and fill the nose. Quite light in the mouth with that familiar IPA flavour.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Very dark brown, almost black, with a creamy tan head. Aroma has powdery chocolate, musk, pine and assorted flowers. Light body with soft, tingly carbonation and a lengthy bitter finish. Flavour has grapefruit, lime, apricot, pine and coffee. Low on roastiness, the hops are all over this beer, and it works very well. Very nice and quite sessionable.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, 10C. Almost black with a light tan head that fades to a coat then sticks around. Aroma of grapefruit, orange blossoms, pine, licorice, a hint of cocoa (or my eyes are deceiving my nose). Silky mouthfeel, low carbonation. Taste has slight sweetness with a little mocha, plenty of bright citrus fruit, pine, lingering bitterness. Very clean palate which for me makes it lack a little charm - but the flavours ring out so clearly it’s more than a fair swap. Very good.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tried a sample at the brewery last month. Black in body with tan head. Grapefruit in the aroma, also in the taste, pleasant bitterness and then some cocoa notes. Very drinkable.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at Bruce’s during the first stop of Jack’s Farewell Tour in London. This one I got in a trade from Josh. Pours dark brown with a tight, creamy beige head. Nose has toasty pine, burnt toast, hints of grapefruit, some roast. Medium sweet flavor, more burnt toast, baking cocoa, moderate bitter earth, dry chocolate, burnt pine. Medium bodied with average, massaging carbonation. Finishes with sweet burnt toast, pine, dry dirt, light grapefruit, some bitter burnt wood. Nice beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Interesting beer. Hop flavour, roasted malt bitterness, yet really sessionable. Will have again
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tan head good block size very dark pour soft medium carbonation aromas pine citrus toffee chocolare dark and rich like mild coffee the flavours dark chocolate roasted taste dry cocoa medium bitter grapefruit taste strong lemon toffee coffee bean some bright malt and hop inthis ale the finish fruity citrus pine roasted and sweet malts lasting bitter dry note very good dark ipa so good on the palate
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a very dark brown with dense light tan coloured head. Plenty of lacing as it falls away to all except the thinnest film. Aromas show lots of sweet caramel and plenty of suggary sweetness. Hops show through as sour oranges. A little roasted grain brings it all together. Nice. Taste is dominated by resiny hop bitterness with only the some feint sweetness upfront. Finish is dominated by hop resins which hang around for ages. Medium mouthfeel. Nive beer.
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