Bottled 28Apr17. Nice and mellow, but plenty hopped. Bitter, roasty. Good stuff.

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

330ml bottle. Pours black with a thick beige head, decent retention. Aroma: citrus, fruity, roast malt. Taste: hoppy, citrus fruits, herbal, roast malt, pine, hint of chocolate, nicely balanced, nice bitterness. Medium body, smooth oily texture, moderate carbonation. What a great black IPA!

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

Refrigerated 330 ml brown bottle, bottled April 25, 2017, poured into a glass from Leighton. Translucent black with small off-white head. Aroma is nice herbal hops, medium body, some carbonation, and pretty good small-bubble lacing. Taste is nice herbal hops, fruity dark malt, citrus hops, and a little evergreen hops. Not too heavy for me, really one of the best black IPAs I have had. Thanks Leighton!

Perfect black ipa. Just crazy juice.

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

Bottle from Hanging Bat. Appearance - opaque black with a lovely fawn head. Nose - wafts of canned oranges and apples on opening. A general expansion into fruit salad by the time the pour has finished. On closer inspection add some resin and molasses. Taste - more fruit salad intermingled with molasses, dark chocolate and toffee. Marmalade. Lime taper on the finish. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - great stuff. A very narrow style to get right but this was nailed. First 4 of 2017.

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

dark brown colour, moderate sized beige-ish head; aroma of cocoa powder, overripe tropical fruits, grapefruit, pine resins and grape seed; taste of dark chocolate, overripe tropical fruity sweetness, grapefruit, grassy and resiny notes and grape seed bitterness; great black IPA!

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

It was a good, but a quite yeasty stout and I didn’t think much of it. Then I realised that it was well past its drink by date, which explains a lot. No taste of hops, some good dark malts, a bit of alcohol, but too much yeast.

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

Olmost black with a light brownb head - Malt and fruity hop aroma - Malt body to support a good hoppy flavour that is fruity with good bitterness - the hops with bitterness goes into the finish - This was good

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

Clear dark ruby brown colour, good frothy tan head, fairly lasting, good lacing. Fruity nose, aroma dark malts, oranges, cherries, black berries, after a while also cocoa, light licorice. Taste medium sweet and bitter, roasted malts, dark chocolate, dried dark fruits. Lingering roasty sweetbitter aftertaste, chocolate, fruity, medium body, oily to creamy texture, soft carbonation, excellent.