@PilsnerPeters-22oz bottle-pours an off white head and brown color. Aroma is dark malt-chocolate, earthy. Taste is dark malt-chocolate, earthy, some hops bite.

Almost as dark as a porter with plenty of red highlights. A small tan head. This is an IIPA? I tasted lots of dark fruit with roasted notes. An undertone was some spicy hops but they never asserted themselves. The alcohol remained hidden throughout. I liked it, whatever it was.

20100515 Sampled at PilsnerPeter’s 2nd Annual Spring Gathering. Bomber from Honeygo. Surprisingly and probably unnecessarily big beer if they’re going to call it an IPA, but whatever it was plenty decent, nice and roasty, pretty sweet throughout but finishing hot and alcohol dry. Some lingering resinous bitterness.

Malty with a slight citrus bitterness to it. Enough hops to grab my attention but it strikes me as more of a barley wine than a DIPA. Still, it was a good beer from start to finish. Wouldn’t mind going another round with it.

Once again, this Black IPA style does little for me. It doesn’t taste like an IPA. Malty and dark. More of a malt bomb. I pass.

Pours a nice amber brown color with almost no head. Aroma is roast, chocolate, caramel, floral, and some spice. Flavor is caramel, some roast, chocolate, and a bitter spicy finish.

Bottle, RBWG 2010. Pours a clear dark brown body with a minimal large bubbled brown head. Chocolaty and roasty nose with bright citrusy hops. The flavor balances the citrusy hops with the slight coffee, roast, and burnt caramel notes really well. Medium bodied with a nice sticky hop finish. Pretty nice, I dig these black IPAs. A nice breakfast beer to open up my RBWG.

Bottle at Pilsner Pete’s RBSG. Pours mostly clear dark brown. Nose and taste of roasted malts, citrus, bitter hops and coffee grounds.

Near solid black, foamy light tan head. Aroma is floral, citrus, roasty. Taste is bitter up front with lots of malt and some bitter coffee flavor. Texture is creamy, finishes bitter. Medium body.

Bomber poured a clear dark brown with a lingering ring of tan foam. Aromas of roasted malt, bakers cocoa, carmel, coffee, grapefruit, pine and earthiness. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of roasted malt, bakers cocoa, carmel, pine, grapefruit and earthiness with a smooth dry lingering bitter finish.