UPDATED: MAR 29, 2024 From backlog. Taster On tap at The Brew Dock, Dublin. Black with beige head. Malts, hops, yeast, Fruity, Piney, Piney bitterness.

UPDATED: FEB 3, 2024 A bold Double IPA brewed with 6 different malts. Massive pine and roasted grain on the nose, coffe-ish, herbaceous, notes of orange peel. Black, large off-white head, high retenion and laces. Bitter, piney and resinous, herbaceus, orange peel, roasted dark malts. No sweetness. Smooth on the palate, medium carbonation. alcohol that comes up sip after sip. An excellent example of this style, bold, bitter, rich.

UPDATED: JAN 18, 2024 Keg @ The Brew Dock, Dublin before catching my ferry back to blighty. Pours dark, large off-white head. Piney hop and roast greets on the nose. Continues to taste, big pine presence alongside a solid roast backdrop. Nicely flavoursome. Solid DIPA,

UPDATED: NOV 21, 2023 Keg (Against The Grain, Dublin). Pitch black color. Roast, hops, alcohol, pine needles, booze, coffee, lovely in aroma/taste.

UPDATED: DEC 3, 2019 Birra scura, nera con schiuma avorio fine e persistente. Aroma dolce e alcolico. Latte e tostatura, caffè, cioccolato amaro.

UPDATED: MAY 27, 2019 Rami Rami is drinking a Solemn Black 2019 by Galway Bay Brewery at Drugie Dno - Multitap Bar W aromacie zboze i szpilki, niewiele ciala, alko schowane, w sumie chyba niezle do chlani, ale za malomciala jakos. Do chlania niezle sie nadaje. 3.4?

UPDATED: MAY 26, 2019 Całkiem poprawna black IPA. Przeważają nuty kakao, chmiel umiarkowany. W smaku półsłodkie, finisz głównej kakakowy.

UPDATED: MAR 24, 2019 440 ml can shared with my gf. Pours thick and black with a fine head - looks like an imperial stout. Aroma is spot on black IPA. Chocolate malt and light roasty notes are net by herbal hoppiness. Some chocolate, some blueberries, some pine and especially pine needles. Lovely. Medium big body. Thickish mouthfeel. Flavour is malty sweet, surprisingly sweet actually, with an intense bitterness. The sweetness balances this out nicely though. Really hoppy, but really more on the pine and forest side, with herbal notes, blueberries and again pine needles. No longer finish, but what is there is bittersweet and dryish. A lovely black IPA. I'm biased as this is one of my favourite styles, but this is really just spot on - a lovely rendition of the style.

UPDATED: MAR 16, 2019 Can 440ml. Black with a creamy tanned head. Nice aroma, menthol, liquorice, pine and fresh hops. Taste is following the aroma. What a nice beer.

UPDATED: MAR 16, 2019 Yessss pours black indeed. Aroma is roasted malt, piney hops, chocolate, resin, fruity notes, grapefruit, and a touch of coffee. Nice palate! Flavor is moderate sweet with a long bitter finish, malty, coffee. Full bodied. Roasty and quite bitter with piney hops and chocolate,