7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured into a becher pint glass, the appearance was a soft black color with a finger’s worth of white to off white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace. Sly messy lace.
The aroma had a sharp bitter citrus to resinous hoppiness up front bursting through some gentle roast and coffee bean.
The flavor makes a good effort to blend the hops to the coffee bean, but for the most part, stays separated. Crisp roasted to semi-sweet and bitter aftertaste spiking the finish with a big bitterness.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionable trait to it. As big and bold as the citrus and resinous hops come out, their bitterness level seems to be somewhat tame here, and I’m okay with that. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, an all around well balanced black IPA, though not an official palate wrecker like most I have encountered, this one could would be a nice early Spring time beer.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2017
at 12:17