Wow, I'm glad this is a dark IPA, I find them just a little more tolerable than a straight up IPA of various styles. Pour is a beauty, like stout or porter. Nice tannish head that fades rapidly. Nose is mild IPA but with a mild dark hint on the olfactory. First taste is certainly IPA, but it has this dark attitude about it. Yes the IPA bitterness is not in yer face and much of the bitter aspect seems to come from the roasted darkness. But hey, it may be just my dark beer mind playing tricks on me, hehehh. Yea really, bitter yes, but not rude ass IPA bastardly bitter LoL. I've actually tasted some other dark beer styles that were significantly more bitter than this, fer sher. It even has a good level of co2 that helps me forget this is IPA based. Not as good as Beaver Brewing I.Porter.A, Upland Komodo Dragonfly Black IPA or even Full Pint Deuce India Brown Ale; but its pretty considerably good by my standards for an IPA!

2$ bottle. Nice black pour, very little head, immediately fades to nil. Nose is a giveaway to sweet milk stout. Medium strong initial roasted oatmeal stout taste. Bitter semi-sweet baking chocolate and maybe some mild coffee. A little strong and boozy, yet retains the stout experience without getting too much of that imperial aspect in it. Finishes with some molasses and dried whisky soaked fruit. Somewhat mouth coating feel in the end.

Can from Eric/Sonia: pours clear gold with a white head. Aroma is citrus and mango and light pine. Taste is sweetish, somewhat bitter. Generally fine and drinkanle.

Pour is a black with a bone white head. Aroma is a slight roasted malt with moderate hops. Flavor is likewise. A slight roast with some average hops and a sweet but bitter finish. This was decent. I've had better black IPA's as this one had everything but a bit muted.

Copper pour. Thick foamy head. Sweet flavor of malt with fruit notes. Light bodied and light carbonation

Mild bread nose. Clear copper, firm medium head, nice lace. Sweet caramel, bread, subtle triple sec on the back end. Full body easy carbonation. I have to he in the mood for this type of beer. Fortunately, I am.

Taster flight at Potomac Ridge. Pale, clear golden pour, small tightly beaded ring of foam. Lime aroma, citrusy. Taste opens with a hint of lime, a touch of the salt too, and then just some nice bready malts behind. Really abrupt finish. Good summer quencher.

A dark IPA, likely identification, it is not black. A basic 12 oz can purchased from Half Time where all my Troegs beers have come from. Into a globe glass it goes, I see darkness finished by a sticky khaki tan foam. I lift the glass and take a sniff. It is surprisingly hoppy along with grain and earth. The drink is okay, I was hoping for something fuller. Toast but not char, hops for sure, grain bread, a hint of chocolate and touch of caramel. One of my top styles, this beer fills in okay.