Lovely tasty bipa
Pleasant and easy drinkable
Well balanced
Dark malt, chocolate, citric, fruity and some pine
[On tap at Bierhouse in Galway, Ireland]

keg at the hanging bat ...dark black ..thin tan lacing ..soft dry chocolate Roast malts ..Light pine roast . ..big chocolate Roast ..dry pine harsh fizz after 6 cracking cask

Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is fruity hops with pine resin, roasted malt, citrus, orange, tropical fruits, grapefruit, tangerine, some chocolate. Touch of weedy Mosaic. Flavour is fairly bitter with a moderate to medium sweetness. Body is medium. Nicely fruity, wouldn't say this has minimal roast character, but certainly hop-forward. Very nice.

Black IPA by this new generation craft brewer in Belfast, can from Bier Bazaar. Irregular and uneven-bubbled, cobweb-lacing, 'dirty' greyish beige, dissipating and eventually dissolving head, misty dark chocolate brown robe, close to black, but still with a mahogany hue under bright light. Dank aroma of stewed onions, stale armpit sweat, marmite, moldy grapefruit, burnt currants, black toast, porcini 'juice' or even mushroom 'bouillon', salmiak, Brazil nuts, fermenting shoyu, patchouli, wet leather. Dryish onset, some dried fig and burnt raisins, spritzy and very minerally carbonation, hint of sweetish blueberry but very feebly so, sourish undertone; smooth toasty malt bitterness, toasted nuts and burnt bread, but indeed refraining from becoming very old school stout-like roasty as announced, instead shifting to a dank, powerful hoppiness, though leathery, marmite- and salmiak-like aspects continue to work as well as some 'blood'-like iron. The bitterness is strong and rooty yet accessible without overly sharp edges, oniony and peppery with a piney side note and even something orangey retronasally. Something ethereal (clove, liquorice) lurks in the finish but I can't quite put my finger on it. Cascadian dark ale in the more 'classic', old-fashioned way, well-hopped and recommendable if you are into this genre (like myself), though perhaps tilted a bit too much to the umami side.

Can. Dark brown muddy pour. Aroma of peach, orange, chocolate, pineapple and mango. Taste has creamy orange, chocolate, caramel, peach, citrus, somewhat salty pineapple and mango. Creamy fruit is nice, the caramel flavor is a bit too sticky. Solid bipa, still want more of this style.

Can at home from Cloudwater online. A hazy dark brown sludgy coloured pour with a lasting tidy beige head. Aroma is big woody liquorice, burnt pine needles, bark, roast. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, layered malts, toast, roast, liquorice, pine sap, spicy hop notes, resinous hop. Palate is semi sweet, sticky hop, resin, moderate carbonation, Good stuff.

Can at home, 03/08/20. Coca-Cola lookie with a decent light tan head. Nose is cocoa powder, blackcurrant, charr, roast malts, toffee, light pine, brown sugar dusting. Taste comprises roast malts, pine needle, dried berry fruits, charr, burnt toffee, bitter sweet edge. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close spiked with earthy hop bitterness. Solid CDA.