5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at Black Fleet, pours a deep dark red-tinged brown with a small off-white head. Aroma brings a rather jagged hop profile — somewhat piney, somewhat sweaty, rather harsh — with a toasted malt base. Flavour is not all that well balanced, with toasted caramel malt, earthy hops, a little pine, and some cracked black pepper. Nice to see a black IPA on tap, but this is not all that well calibrated. It's alright but a little lacklustre in balance and structure.