Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: dark brown close to black in the glass with a two and a half fingers of khaki foamy head which settled down to leave some messy lace
Aroma: some smoky to dark chocolatey notes, light roasty scents; light ashy notes, toasted nuts, some earthy to semi-citrusy hops
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fine roasty to sweet sort of mentality while finishing semi-roasty and slightly earthy hopped
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards being a sipper; light smoothness and substantial dryness; light hop bitterness
Overall: though not really a Belgian ale to me, and somewhat not really a "black IPA" which was my second thought on this - it ends up leaving me scratching my beard a bit as to what this beer wants to be. I guess the best way to go about this is "dark ale" and leave it at that. I "think" I could come back to this.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 0.5 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 0.5

Can from vintage 2$. Pour is really dark, like root beer with a nice foamy off white head. Civilized malty nose. Oh, first big swig tho, is not civilized. Its a bitter pointed sharpness with some smoky flavors on top of a rude somewhat terebinth extract flavor, whew. Big Pistacia terebinthus! Medicinal fer sher. Pretty nasty there, allagash. I think they made a mistake when brewing some experimental recipe and they had so much, they couldn't ditch it; so they just canned it and made up a name to sell it to the ticker whores. This brew is an accessory and ancillary appurtenant, controlled depending on the incidental counting, to ticking on brewver. There, you have it. I'm totally blown away by the uncultured, uncultivated, benighted and unsophisticated nature of this brew; especially since its classified as a belgian. Its an insult to the the Belgians. Dark american IPA? Maybe. I just wish it had more alky content to help me forget about the negativity of this session.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Review based on the BJCP2021 guidelines (style 21B - Black IPA adapted). Can 35.5 cl - Batch 13:42 9044 (BB: undeclared - Packaged on 08/18/25). AROMA: medium roasted malt notes (dark chocolate, roasty), slight nuttiness and a low minty hop background. APPEARANCE: very dark amber color and clear. medium light brown head, creamy, with good retention. TASTE: medium-high roasted flavor (dark chocolate, roasty) that evolves into full-on roasted, almost burnt/charcoal. medium-high bitterness with a semi-dry to dry finish with burnt notes. MOUTHFEEL: medium body with medium carbonation. OVERALL: a hoppy dark ale with a very pronounced roasted character and where the hop presence is starting to fade due to age.

Beer Republic Advent Calendar. A clear dark reddish brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of roasted dark malt, coffee, nuts. Taste of peanuts, coffee, roasted dark malt.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Malziger, moderat herber und leicht süßer Beginn, etwas trocken und hopfig, Röstnoten, etwas Kaffee. Moderate Herbe, röstig bleibend, mild hefig, rund. Spritzig, mittellanger Abgang, gefällt. 11/10/11/10/8/11

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

355ml. can. @"home", Compostela. 02/12/2025
[#8.768 Global - #1.900 United States of America - #1 Allagash Brewing Company (My Brewery #427 from the States)]
Advent Calendar #1. Pours dark brown with a tan lacing head. Aroma: pine, licorice, dried fruits and grapefruit. Taste: licorice, pine needles and licorice. Medium bodied. Smooth palate. Canned 18/08
Next one, please!

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

Beer Republic Christmas Calendar 2025, Red Edition. Door 1. Almost black beer, a head is medium and beige. Aroma has roastiness of coffee, pine, some liquorice. Taste has coffee, pine, liquorice, medium bitterness. Medium bodied. Very nice beer.