6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Abeervinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours black with limited brownish foam, very fine. Aroma is bitter licorice, toasted, a small balsamic note. Body is medium to light, with modrate carbonation. Taste is intensely bitter. Finish not particularly interesting.

7.8

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

Bottle 330ml (BB 10.10.2026). Completely black with big, beige head, nice lacing. Aroma is combination of roasty notes characteristic for stout and citrus, hoppy notes characteristic for IPA. There is also hint of chocolate. Roasty, a little bit chocolate, dry in taste with delicate resin bitterness, intense but short with subtle sweetness in aftertaste. Beer is smooth, medium carbonated, medium body but quite light in feeling with completely hidden alcohol. Very tasty black IPA but for me the bitterness could be much higher.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

It’s a pretty good beer, but except for the bitterness the Hops don’t really come through. Aroma is rosty, coffee, dark malt, black patent. Flavor’s like nose, fairly dry, with a bit of sweet in the finish.

9

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

So much weirdness going on in this beer. Is it an IPA? A black IPA? A coffee stout? An unholy bastardization of all three? I’m saying yes to all, since the various notes hitting your tongue with each sip makes every style seem reasonable. Massive coffee stout nose, chocolate and java, yet with an unexpectedly strong citric-pine undercurrent. Pour is amazing, deep rich black with a massive brown head and endless lacing. Taste starts in stout territory, mocha backed by a firm bitterness, yet the IPA notes crank up almost immediately, bathing everything in a bright citrus hop oiliness. Keeps with the espresso notes, yet a deep caramel sweetness tinged with anise adds padding, while the hops stay both bright and green and assertive. Finishes with a lengthy pinecone-in-my-coffee fade. Holy hell is this beer delicious. Perfect texture, silky smooth with just the right amount of carbonation to keep it floating between IPA and stout. I could drink this pint for years.

7

Not a big fan of black ipas but this be aight, nice coffee'y maltiness.

8.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

330ml bottle @ Chez Sophie. Pours dark, large tan head. Aroma is rich coffee, liquorice, some pine. Taste continues with a robust coffee presence underpinning a solid pine hop presence. Good interplay between the rich roast and sticky resin. Very nice.

7.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Coffee comes through quite intensely both in aroma and flavour, balancing quite on the edge between being pleasant and overwhelming for me. The hops provide high bitterness, but the flavour character is hidden beneath the intense roast and can be described at most as resiny and grassy. Overall it is a good beer though. More in line with american stout IMO, but a good one. Long lasting roasty finish.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

330 ml bottle from Mikkeller Webshop, bottled 10/10/16.
Black body, with a big, dense, lacing, coffee-colored head.
Aroma of espresso, cocoa powder, liquorice, chocolate, wild berries
Tastes quite similar, with some piney notes and slight citrus from the background.
Medium, a bit oily mouthfeel, with an average carbonation.
Finishes roasty, medium bitter, a bit wooden, with coffee, cocoa, pine, subtle citrus.

Very tasty! The smooth coffee notes are quite dominant, but there are lovely wild berry notes in the background that add even more depth. Not much citric notes fortunately, as I don’t consider them too fitting in many BIPAs. Overall an outstanding, characterful style example, that drinks incredibly smooth.

7.5

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle (from boxbeers). Pours dark brown-black with brown head. The head stays. Aroma is intense roast, coffee, malt. Flavor is sweet and bitter, roast, coffee, malt, hops. No sign of alcohol. Overall: very good.