Bottle. Pour is a dark brown cola color. A good tan head disappates to a thin head with spotty lacing. Aroma is hop forward with dark roast and anise notes. Taste, although being nearly black, is a clean medium roast. Earthy hops, mild bitterness, and a bit of sweetness round out the profile. Not usually my kind of thing, but essentially a Black IPA.

This was poured into a pint glass. I had to have two bottles to get a good feel for the beer.
The appearance was a black color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute leaving a sticky speckled lacing that was super light.
The smell had a sharp pine to citrus bitter hops allowing a nice roasted dark coffee bean to come out.
The taste was mainly the roasted coffee bean as the citrus and pine starts to dull out a bit.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a pretty good sessionability about it. The carbonation seemed to be a tad lower the most CDA’s but I’m okay with that.
Overall, it’s mainly an average CDA but the best thing about it is it’s smell.

Bottle from the Woodland Nugget Market. Pours very dark/brn/blk with a temporary tan head. Nose starts with strong hop, moves to dark malt. Mixed floral aroma. Malt is very low key. Med body. Flavor is floral/earthy. Maybe touch of citrus. The malt is clean, only a mild roastiness. There’s a light mellow sweetness to go with the hop. This is very different stuff, so I looked for the ingredients: Midnight Wheat. Not supposed to be very flavorful. So this may well be like a black IPA. Without the chocolate malt, etc.