750 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 9/2018. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger fairly dense and rocky tan head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted dark/brown bread, light smoke/char, herbal, floral, grass, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/roast/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted dark/brown bread, light smoke/char, herbal, floral, grass, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, grassy, peppery hops; and roast/char bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted dark/brown bread, light smoke/char, herbal, floral, grass, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/roast/bready malt flavors; with an awesome roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, sticky/resinous/rindy, and fairly chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 8%. Overall this is an awesome imperial black IPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/roast/bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the ABV, with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Not aggressively bitter, or overly charred on malts. Amazing Citra, Simcoe, Centennial profile. Very juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hop complexity; great clean midnight wheat, and oat/malt balance. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example. One of the better black IPAs I've had in a while, wish more breweries still made them.