Bottle @ benzai. Dark brown to black colour with a medium sized beige head. Smells hops, malts, roasty. Tastes hops, fresh.. Not very ’black’. Lovely fresh and hoppy though. Medium body, soft carbo.

Black color with a light beige head with medium duration. Aroma has roasted notes, light coffee beans and some hoppyness. Flavor is roasty, licorice and moderate bittery. Very carbonated, roasty final.

Deep rich dark brown coloured body with hints of lighter brown coming in at the bottom with a ridiculously thick and rich but very large light brown head, about seven centimetres tall. Aroma of slightly astringent and nutty hops, some deep roasted malt, alcohol and quite a bit of bitter hop notes still. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong hop notes at first with even more roasted malt, some subtle vanilla and oak flavours and a nice sweet finish of cherries and a touch of milk. Aftertaste shows a good deal of hop bitterness coupled nicely with the roasted malt - but a slight astringency shows through. Overall, a nice black IPA that’s on the darker and chewier side, but a good beer to try and very happy I brought this back from Spain! I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from Beers & Beers in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain on 14-April-2014 for €2,40 sampled almost exactly a year later on 10-April-2015 on the day the Red Wings clinched a 24th straight playoff birth, sampled at home on the other side of the pond (and nowhere close to Hockeytown) in Washington.

Bottle sample @ Fiera della Birra, Cesena ’14. Brune foncée, col léger moka. Arôme st houblonné légèrement agrumes avec un bon bouquet de café en rétro. Palais est malté grillé sur une pointe de chocolaté en fin de bouche. Ce dernier conserve une petite note amer qui est accompagnée par un houblonné qui reste cependant un peu en retrait pour cette Black IPA. Retrouve néanmoins un fruité agrumes plaisant. Un niveau alcool plus bas aurait été peut-être plus judicieux pour offrir plus de place aux houblons.