Bomber from the brewery. Aroma is caramel malt, grain, a bit worty. Pours slightly hazy new penny copper with a one finger bone white head with good retention, leaving some lace. Taste is moderately bitter backed by a strong caramel malt sweetness. Has faint citrusy and piney hop edges, but this IPA is all about the malt. Very much a backward thinking brew, harking back to the 90s and early 2000s when double IPAs were still a brand new thing and only a handful of west coast breweries were putting them out. Admittedly, the malt bill is quite tasty, but I prefer what IPAs evolved into after that interesting time in craft beer history, when it became all about the hops and malt would become more of a background nuance, not the star of the show.

Bomber from the brewery. Aroma is mango, grain. Pours hazy golden with a thin collar of big-bubbly foam. Taste is lightly sweet and lightly tart with flavors of mango, grain; finishes fairly dry. Hides its ABV well. Tastes like it could be around 5%. Not bad.

Growler fill from the brewery. Aroma has notes of coffee, dark bread, dark fruit, spices (cinnamon?), tobacco/leather. Pours a dark muddy brown with a thin collar of big-bubbly foam. Taste is lightly acidic, very lightly bitter, a very faint sense of sweet malt in the background, a touch herbal, light basement character, with other flavors matching the aroma. Carbonation is low, but it might be a growler issue. Very interesting stuff. Other than Hair of the Dog Adam, probably the only example I've tried of this rare style. Not bad. Can't wait to try the full strength Business.

Bomber from the release party. Aroma notes consist of coffee, chocolate, licorice, earth, fleeting faint green pepper that disappears almost as soon as it's noticed, dark bread crust. Pours motor oil black with no head; has a nearly nonexistent thin beige collar of foam. Taste is mildly sweet, finishing with a mid-level bitterness. Flavors include coffee, chocolate, maple syrup, licorice. Lightly carbonated with an oily mouthfeel. Like their barleywine, it seems undercarbonated. While not exactly common, and disregarding nitrogenated beers, there are a few lightly carbonated beers like this out in the trade. Maybe that's what they're going for. I personally prefer more carbonation in my beer. Likewise, when a beer has a nice long sustaining head that laces the glass, I tend to have higher hopes for that beer. With more carbonation and a better appearance, this beer would have gotten a really high score, because the aroma and flavors are really nice. Others who don't give a shit about carbonation or appearance will definitely want to seek this out.

Bomber from the brewery. Aroma is caramel, grain, cola. Pours murky brown-orange with no head; looks completely flat. Taste is sweet with a mild bitterness in the finish. Flavors of caramel, toast, herbal hops, licorice, alcohol. I could use a bit more carbonation. Nice flavors here, though. If it looked better and had more carbonation, this would be awesome. Not bad, though.

On tap. Pours murky orange with a one finger cream colored head with good retention; laces a bit. Taste is dry with a bitter edge and a hint of tartness, much like the plum version. Flavors of orange, mild yeast influence. Aroma is orange, grain. Perfect mouthfeel. Not bad.

On tap. Pours murky brick red with some off white foam. Taste is dry with a bitter edge and a hint of tartness. Aroma is a little mild, but the plum comes through. Goes down easy. Not bad.

On tap at the Great Northern BBQ and Beer Fest. Pours hazy yellow orange with some off white foam. Aroma is coriander, wheat, orange. Taste is dry, wheatey, lightly tart. Thin, low carbonation. Not bad.

On tap at the Great Northern BBQ Fest. Pours extremely hazy orange brown with an off-white head with decent retention and some lace. Aroma is grainy, citrus peel, tropical fruit, seedy berries. Taste is mildly bitter and dry, lots of juicy tropical fruit. Relatively low carbonation. Good take on the NE style. 7,3,7,3,16=3.6

Three years later: 16 oz can from the brewery. Aroma is cantaloupe, dark berries. Pours murky yellow-orange with a one finger bone-white head that collapses into a ring pretty quickly. Taste has a light to moderate pithy bitterness and just enough juicy sweetness; has a nice peppery quality. Perfect creamy mouthfeel. These guys have gotten better with their craft. This seems so much better than the version I had three years ago. 7,4,7,5,17=4.0