Tap at the Lentebier Festival, Grote Markt, Den Haag, 2016. Poured a murky dark brown with a thin light tan head. The aroma is dry smoky malt, light hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a grass, floral hop, malt, light yeast palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.

On tap at the lentebeir festival. Thin off white head. Clear deep amber pour. Nice bitterness. Earlier Rating: 12/22/2015 Total Score: 3.233cl bottle from ABCBeers shared with Kermis. Thin creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. A decent black IPA.

Tap at Lentebierfestival. Deep roasted malts, coffee, dark chocolate. Medium sweet, light bitter. Over medium body, soft creamy feel. Minerallike finish. Quite nice!Earlier Rating: 3/1/2016 Total Score: 3.6Bottle at home (from ABC Beers). Dark brown with light tan head. Roasted chocolate malts, brown sugar, licorice. Medium sweet, medium bitter. Medium body, bit fatty/oily texture, sharp carbonation. Dry bitter burnt finish. Roasted flavor and sugary sweetness are stronger represented than the hoppiness, which makes this a heavy drink. Makes for a pretty good hoppy stout with spikey carbo, but a difficult black IPA. //// 20 minutes later finishing the last quarter of the bottle, its warmed up a little and way oatmealier and even more stoutlike. Very nice, don’t drink too cold!

Tap at Grote Markt festival. Dark reddish brown with lasting beige head. Dark chocolate, sweet coffee, light grassy, chalk, a bit of mango. Medium sweet and under medium bitter. Over medium bodied with creamy feel. Good stout, but not really a black IPA.

sample from tap at #bfgm16, Bierfestival Groningen ’16, shared with @Zlotta. black with a read hue and a fine tan head. aroma of coffee, chocolate and roasted malts. Taste is quite sweet, weak bitterness, a bit this, coffee, malty character, however is this a black ipa ???? where are the hops, and where is the laurel... more like a weak roasted coffee stout with a dry aftertaste.

Sampled from tap at Bierfestival Groningen 2016. Clear, very dark red to black with a tan head. Sweetish, just slightly fruity-resiny aroma of dark chocolate, some coffee, dark ripe fruits and hints of pine. Sweetish-malty, slightly fruity-resiny taste of dark chocolate, some coffee, blackberries, raisins and caramel, followed by a short, moderately bitter, slightly resiny finish. Medium body, slightly creamy mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Okay, not really a Black IPA though.

Bottle @ home. Clear dark mahogany red to red-brown color, medium to full sized beige head. Smell and taste malts, lightly roast, some leaves, quite some malt bitter. Decent to medium body and carbonation. Malts and bitterness are there, but I miss the hops to make this a Black IPA. Decent beer, but to me it’s more like a bitter stout or something like that.

33cl Bottle, thanks Harmen! Almost black colour, beige head. Aroma of roasted brown malts, resin, some coffee, bit of dung. Flavour is medium sweet, light malty, some coffee, some roasted malts, light hoppy, cigarette. Light bodied. Lacks in all departments imho.