Copper coloured body with a light orange glow, but fairly dark for the style. No head either - fades very very fast. Aroma of honey, toffee, light hops, alcohol, apricots and pitted fruits, a touch of coriander seed and some malt. Medium-bodied; Assertive malty and caramel flavours with some light spice, mild alcohol and a touch of nuts at the tail end. Aftertaste shows some light bitterness, good sweetness and a balanced malt and hop profile. Overall, not a horrible beer, but not showing too well, especially for the style - subpar at best. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Vienna, Virginia on 16-April-2010, sampled at home in Washington on 29-April-2010.

Bottle thanks to blutt59. Pours with minimal head over a golden-amber body. Aroma is honey and grassy. Taste is honey, grassy, grainy, bitter, tea. Light bubbles. Not a lot of soul in this beer, kind of basic.

22 ounce bottle from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a copper color with a medium head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of strange, almost tar-like malts with some herbal hops. Definitely not fruity as the commercial description. The taste is citrus, dark fruits, some earthy and nutty notes. Medium bodied. This is decent, but that aroma is a little weird.

Bottle opened on the bus ride from Orlando to Tampa Bay Brewing Co. Pours dark brown with light tan head. Very caramelly aroma with some pine hops. Bitter pine hop flavor with some toasted maltiness. Medium body with average carbonation. Thanks to KP for sharing this one.

bottle thanks to KP pours dark brown to black with medium off white head. Aroma is chocolate with mellow floral hop notes. Very roasty malt flavor with evergreen and spruce hop flavors finishing dry.

12oz bottle. Hazy orange-amber color, nice frothy head. Big cinnamon-clove aroma. Pretty interesting in that it blends the think spiciness with a lighter, sessionable malt body. Not at all unlike a pumpkin beer, this is unapologetic in it’s overboard spicing. I can appreciate a unique winter beer, and this is certainly unique. Captures an almost creamy Belgian Golden Ale combined with the spicy characteristics of an American Pumpkin Ale. OK.

22 ounce bottle from Vintage Cellar in Blacksburg, VA. Pours a dark orange brown color with small floating particles. Thin head with fair head retention and decent lacing. Aroma of floral and citrus hops, chocolate, caramel and faint roastiness. Taste is bitter resinous hops with nutty roasty notes and a bit of caramel. Smooth, medium bodied and pretty good.

Location: 22 oz bottle from Norm's, 1/28/10

Aroma: Nose of chocolate, roasted malts, toast, caramel, pine, citrus, and nuts
Appearance: Dark brown beer with a minimal tan head and spotty lace
Flavor: Taste is roasted malts and bittersweet chocolate mostly, some bitterness
Palate: Medium-full bodied beer with soft carbonation and a bit astringent, booze are well-hidden
Overall Impression: This one only has a few ratings thus far, looks like a relatively new offering. I wouldn't describe this as a DIPA/IIPA at all. It kind of has the feel of a porter, it isn't what I would call a hoppy beer. I think I would like this beer more if they hadn't tried to sell it to me as an IPA, so I'm taking off a bit from the overall for that. It doesn't fit the style at all, but it is pretty good.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown with a very thin head and aromas of brown sugar, peat, a little bit of resin. Flavor has quite a bit of dark malt sweetness-- chocolate, brown sugar, peat-like smokiness, a bit of resiny hops and a nice chocolate aftertaste. This is one of the more interesting black IPA style beers I’ve had.