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

Draught from whole foods. Pours dark. White ish head. Roasted malts and fresh pine needles.

Best after “homemade” carnival chocolate melting cake.

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

Can. Pours almost black with a dark beige head. Roasted malt, dark chocolate, citrus, pine. not bad.

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

Draught @ Yard House, Washington, DC. Smooth and slightly roasty black IPA, some pine and citrusy notes and grassy hops. Okay.

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

3-27-21 grand liquor

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Pine and charred oak nose. Black, medium tan head, nice lace. Pine.Medium body, easy carbonation. True to style.

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

Deep dark brown coloured body with a relatively thin, single to perhaps two centimetre tall light brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, light coffee, a touch of chocolate and a deeper nutty and earthy bite towards the end. Light to Medium-bodied; Medium-bodied; Strong grainy and super roasted malt flavours dominate with some light nutty and peanut buttery type flavours at first that slow to a more subdued chocolate and earthiness along with a touch of caramelised sugar towards the end with little else. Aftertaste shows a pungent bitterness from the malts with a lot of burnt and caramelised sugar finishes without too much hops or bitterness. Overall, a decent enough Black IPA, but not great - it shows the character fairly well, but a bit too single dimensional in terms of profiles for this to be considered good or great. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Harris Teeter in Arlington (Pentagon Ciy), Virginia on 08-January-2019, sampled at home in Washington on 11-January-2019, just three days later.

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

Draught @ Draught 55. Inky black with small foamy tan head, faint caramel aroma, medium carbonation, bitter roasted malt taste with alcohol undertones, thin body, long bitter brnt finish. A bit too heavily roasted.

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

Pours very dark brown / black . Smell is bit sweet . Taste is bitter , some coffee / caramel notes . Some hoppy fruityness as well . Finish is coffee with a hoppy sidenote .