Deep dark brown coloured body with a single centimetre tall tan head - about 80% opaque. Aroma of roasted malt, alcohol, nuts, earth, vanilla, caramel and some decently strong pine and hop notes. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong rich hop character with pine and resin the strongest, all with a large malt backbone with raisins, molasses and a touch of chocolate running through the mix. Aftertaste shows a nice rounded and relatively mellow characteristic with some figs, earth, vanilla, pine, resin and of course - hop note all noticeable. Overall, a nicely done and well layered Black IPA with a rich hop quality along with a good sweet finish - great to sample and definitely worth trying if you can find it. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Total Wine in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on 30-December-2013 for US$2,79 sampled at home in Washington on 10-February-2015 while getting ready for a trip to the South again in two weeks. Total Wine Date on Bottle: 11-October-2013 // Purchased: 30-December-2013 // Sampled: 10-February-2015

Bottle. Poured a mostly opaque brown color with a small, but lasting wispy white head. Aroma was chocolate malts, roast notes, earthy spice. Flavor was some dried fruits, chocolate, dark malts.

My 100th rate from the State of Georgia. Black color, brown head. Aroma of dark chocolate. Taste is dark roasted cocoa, bitter cocoa finish.

12 ounce bottle. Pours a jet black color with a medium beige head. A really nice aroma of rye and spicy hops. Reminds me of Dubhe a bit. The flavor is great: charred wood, smoke, rye, tropical fruit, light bitterness. Big milky chocolates. Very smooth and tasty.

On tap at the Beer Growler in Alpharetta. Pours black, with a medium, bubbly, beige head. Cocoa powder and caramel malts up front, with some pretty strong resinous hop in the middle through the finish. Hint of malty sweetness up front, with a flat, unpleasant bitterness following. Light to medium body, grainy, and a little acidic. Overall, this is a surprisingly bad Black IPA.