Appearance: opaque deep brown with a moderate off-white head of decent retention. Aroma: complex, delivering lots malt and fruit nuances. A hint of oak. Taste: light to medium sweet. Toast, caramel, lovely fruit esters, bread, nrandy, oak, some hop. Low to light bitterness. Mouth feel: medium to full body, average carbonation. Summary: pretty delicious but confusingly unlike any black IPA.

Tap. Dark brown, cloudy, creamy foam. Aroma: bourbon, oak, vanilla, toffee, like barrel aged barleywine, plum jam, coconut, sweetness, exotic herbs, lime peel, caramel, very cool. Taste: caramel and toffee, marmalade, vanilla, bourbon, wood, coconut, even a little white chocolate, yeasts and HBC 472 worked so exotic!