Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
473ml can [thanks David!]. Jet black colour with small to average, thick, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, tan head. Slightly chocolately, roasty dark malty and citrusy hoppy aroma, notes of coffee and dark chocolate, orange, mandarine, grapefruit, hints of scallions - Black IPA character overall. Taste is bitter, roasty dark malty and hoppy, notes of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, coffee, hints of grapefruit, a touch of tangerine and orange peel, subtle residual sweetness, notes of scallions; oily to viscous texture, creamy palate, lingering bitter finish. Imperial CDA in a way, extremely oily texture.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
473ml can [thanks David for this one!]. Hazy purple colour with average, thick, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, pink head. Fruity aroma, slightly earthy and leafy notes of red and blue berries. Taste is tart, fruity, minimally sugary background, notes of red and blue berries. Quite juicy, not that much yeast action going on here...
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can courtesy of JStax, thanks! Mostly clear purple color fluffy pink head. Aroma of dragonfruit up front, berries in the background. Taste is mainly dragonfruit too, with soft sourness. Could use a bit more sourness but I'm very happy it's not acetic. Tasty stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Refrigerated 16 oz. aluminum can poured into a a cup. Red with off-white head. Aroma is cherry, medium body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is cherry.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Refrigerated 16 oz. aluminum can poured into a cup. Red with small off-white head. Aroma is raspberry, medium body, medium/lower carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is raspberry, passion fruit, and a little salt.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
Sampled on draft this beer poured a black color with a medium sized foamy brown head that left minimal lacing. The aroma was dry, roasty and bitter with strong floral hops and coffee. The flavor was very bitter with tobacco, strong floral hops, dry, coffee, very roasty and somewhat smokey. Long roasty, smokey and floral finish. Moderately full bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Sampled on draft at the brewery this beer poured a murky yellow color with a large foamy white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was sweet pine, grapefruit and a bit of pineapple. The flavor was bitter and dry with chalk, grapefruit and pine notes. Very long finish. Moderately full bodied. Ok
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled on draft at the brewery this beer poured a black color with a medium sized foamy brown head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was dry and roasty with a coffee presence. The flavor was toasty and roasty and dry with smoke, coffee, cocoa and a hint of cherry cola. Long finish. Medium bodied and fairly smooth. Decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle thanks to Dan. Pours a pitch black color with a small brown head. A lovely sweet nose, licorice, cocoa, roast, coffee. Big barrel, vanilla, some heat, sweet spices, cinnamon is big. Lovely palate. Great beer. Damn good.
