Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 18

The nose features some dank hops, fresh pink grapefruit and a hint of chocolate. A near black body with an ample, thick, off-white head. Grapefruit, rindy and grassy hops are there from the outset, really well integrated with slightly roasted malt, caramel, a touch of chocolate and some creaminess. There is a rumour of mint and other spices underneath the lead tastes. Strong effervescence, a solid body and a clean finish show the craft of this pretty understated Stone product.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

bottled as 2/14/16 on 2/13, right at the buzzer. - Poured black, really fresh hops as promised, roasted malts and some mpiney hops. Really good - woud drink again

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Highland 2-14-15

From backlog. On tap at Stone Company Store Oceanside, Ca. 11.27.15 Edition. Dark brown with light brown head. Roasted malts, hops, pine and bitterness.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Deep dark brown coloured body with a thick tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, alcohol, deep hops, earth, caramel and a hint of molasses. Medium to Full-bodied; Deep robust earthy malt with a lot of caramelised sugars, some pungent earthy and floral hops and a big bite of alcohol. Aftertaste shows the decently balanced malt and hops with a bit too much bitterness, some assertive alcohol and roasted malt and a touch of grain and lactose on the finish. Overall, a decent Imperial Black IPA, with nothing making this great nor a ’must sample’. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Fair Lakes (Fairfax), Virginia on 04-February-2016 for US$9,99 sampled at home in Upstate New York (New Paltz) on 22-July-2016. Brewed on: 09-Jan-2016 // ’Enjoy By 24-Feb-2016’ // Purchased on 04-Feb-2016 // Sampled: 22-July-2016

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Olmost black with an off white head - Hop aroma with some malt in the back - Malt body to support a good hop profile that has some hints of pine and a good bitterness - The pine and bitterness goes into the finish - This was good

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On tap at belmont station. Pours a clear black color with a medium white head. A big fruity fresh ashy citrus nose. The flavor is chocolate, ash, citrus, oranges, light bitterness. Quite good.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Best before 2.14.16 drank nearly 3 weeks after. Oh well. Bottle from SD at home in HK. Dark cola brown-black pour with thick slightly tan (off white) head. Aroma is big pine resin hops with a little bit of roasted coffee grounds, but much more hop-forward. Still really enticing. Taste is big resiny bitterness with a lot of alcohol too. The roasted flavors of a black IPA only come at the end, with a bit more coffee and then lasting bitter resin and booze. Had lowered my expectations based on other reviews but this is delicious, even if less roasted than expected for a black IPA.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Split a 22 of the 2/14/2016 bottling, had 12 days "after the date" - ah well. Poured a dark brown color, with a tan head. Aroma was lots of earthy, roasted, resin notes. Flavor was resin, lots of roast, chewy hops, chewy malts. Okay ,but missing something. I know I had it "late" but 12 days shouldn’t make or break a beer. Not as good as I remember their 11th Anniversary.

I am enjoying it late. I roll like that.