Strong black IPA by Poppels in collaboration with Signature Brew, an English brewery renowned for its collaborations. Draught at 'Cause Beer Loves Food. Creamy, regularly shaped, pale greyish beige, papery lacing, slowly dissolving head over a lightly hazy very dark bronze beer, close to black but still translucent under bright light with mahogany hue. Aroma of fresh pink grapefruit, fermenting black tea, hard caramel, mango cubes, damp forest floor, fresh liquorish, cooked egg, orange juice, pine resin, stewed onion. Sweet onset, mango and orange notes, fig, light gravy-ish umami accent, soft carbonation, full and viscous mouthfeel. Thick toffeeish malt sweetishness with nutty edges, quickly drenched in aromatic, tropical hoppiness again reminiscent of mango and exotic citrus with liquorish- and pine-like side notes, long but relatively softly bitter, still sufficiently drying though, accentuated by some warming, gin-like alcohol. Nicely aromatic, distinctive, bittersweet BIPA with clear NEIPA influences, different but with some mild off-flavours in the background. Very interesting.

Rerate Draught at Haket 2019-02-02 Göteborg as part of Welcome to the dark side AR: roasted malt, alcholoic AP: transparent dark brown, brown head F: roasted malt, wee caramel old rating 3,4 new 3,7 Draught at All In Beer Fest 2018 cons 2018-11-02 Göteborg AR: roasted malt, coffee, citrus AP: dark brown, wee brown lid F: roasted malt, tropical fruity, coffee