 badgerben (3586), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
Oct 26, 2009 Dark ruby/brown/black color with a large head. Slight acrid, espresso aroma. Chalky and ashy flavor. Light body and thin. Some piney hop and it seems like a hint of citrus hops as well.
jbye4334 (652), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Oct 2, 2009 (draft). Black color. Medium tan head. Roasted malt aroma. Roasted coffee flavor. Avg duration. Light bitter finish. Thin texture. Soft carbonation. Good lacing.
matt7215 (942), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Aug 29, 2009 bomber from bhensonb. shared with jessem. sometime you have a beer and you have to put it in the stupid good catagory. this was one of those times. pours black with a mid tan head that lasts and laces. aroma of american hops and roasted malts. the flavour is of a mid bodied stout with a huge hop bill. the dark malts are there but the ample hopping really compliments the malt body in a way that you rarely find in stouts. this is exactly what black ipas should tatse like. this was really a treat in every possible way and i didnt think it was going to be this good. one of the best non-imperial stouts ive ever had. thx bill!
JesseM (660), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Aug 29, 2009 650mL bomber shared by matt7215 at his place, Saturday afternoon tasting. Thanks Matt! This was some awesome stuff. Pours a nice dark brown with a huge tan head. The aroma was just spectacular. Hops! Super crisp awsome west coasty hops surrounding some roasty malts and coffee. Probably one of the best smelling stouts I’ve ever come across. The flavour is more malt driven, nice dry chalky coffee with some chocomalt, but hops begin and end the show, making this otherwise light drinkable stout into something delicious. And amazing. The hoppiest stout I’ve ever had and it was awesome.
DJMonarch (6015), Northwich, Cheshire, England
Aug 21, 2009 From the Bottle at the GABF Colorado Convention Center, Denver 09/10/2008
Roast aroma. Black smooth on the palate and a little thin with a lasting dry burnt roast finish.
hellbilly (1492), scottsdale über alles, Arizona, USA
Jul 4, 2009 man, i thought this was a schwarzbier!...
fairly black ... opaque with a frothy greyish beige head and spotty clingy lacing.
it smells a bit like scorched cream... a bit ashy, smoky, roasty and a little chalky.
the flavor is the same... with a strange tartness and woodiness before an ashy finish. the aftertaste is mildly of coffee.
light bodied with a sharp feeling and drying mouth feel. 5/4/5/3/11/2.8
baraciisch (138), USA
Jun 15, 2009 Aroma of coffee.... Black with light tan head.. Flavor is pure black coffee.... Slight hints of dark chocolate... Finish is pure coffee... Feel like I’m drinking carbonated coffee... Okay at best
GG (1612), NorCal, California, USA
Jun 5, 2009 Always see this at the Sacramento BevMo, and it always seem to be in stock (along with the other Hoppy brews). Picked up all of them on my latest trip to Sacto and drank this one while watching the Lakers beat the Magic in Game 1 of the NBA finals (f’n Lakers).
The beer pours out a dark brown/black color with a thick 3" thick foamy off-white/light tan head. Aroma is really metallic. Either I’m extremely sensitive to whatever causes this aroma (odor is more like it) or this has it in spades. Light lemon zest, heavy dark malts and chocolate but that metal...ugh. Flavor is roasted malts, chocolate, some bitterness which reminded me of bitter chocolate or coffee, with a bit of a smoky finish. Bitterness lingers a awhile after the finish, which I could do without.
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