Draft at Southern Grist 3rd Anniversary. Pours a deep brown to black with a small brown head that lingers. Big peanut butter forward nose with maple syrup and coffee alongside cacao nib. Kitkat wafer prickliness on the palate with more maple and a slab of peanut butter that cuts the sweetness. Super balanced for all the adjuncts involved. This is such a great base beer to play with. Another one to Mikerphone.

Bottle shared at Alex's Birthday. Pours a deep brown to black with a finger of foam that dissipates. Huge maple and vanilla aromas with milk chocolate in the background. KitKat wafer notes on the palate with tons of maple and a kiss of vanilla to round it out. Sweet, but not overly so. Vanilla integrates well with the base. Lingering maple and kitkat on the palate.

Triple berry juice, mmm refreshing and tart

Expected more but guess since it's coffee Bean mostly it is what it is + vanilla. I like espresso but not usual coffee roast stuffs

750 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 9/2018. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger fairly dense and rocky tan head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted dark/brown bread, light smoke/char, herbal, floral, grass, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/roast/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted dark/brown bread, light smoke/char, herbal, floral, grass, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, grassy, peppery hops; and roast/char bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted dark/brown bread, light smoke/char, herbal, floral, grass, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/roast/bready malt flavors; with an awesome roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, sticky/resinous/rindy, and fairly chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 8%. Overall this is an awesome imperial black IPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/roast/bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the ABV, with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Not aggressively bitter, or overly charred on malts. Amazing Citra, Simcoe, Centennial profile. Very juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hop complexity; great clean midnight wheat, and oat/malt balance. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example. One of the better black IPAs I've had in a while, wish more breweries still made them.

Bottle shared by Pierluigi @Luppolo Station (thank you!). Nera, densa, impenetrabile, schiuma beige medio-leggera. Al naso note di caffè, cioccolato fondente, liquirizia, vaniglia. In bocca tantissimo bourbon e caffè, equilibrata, rotonda, splendida. Corpo pieno, carbonazione media. Boom!