Laughing Dog Dogzilla Black IPA

Brewed by Laughing Dog Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Ponderay, Idaho USA

Bottle. This was more like half stout and half IPA. Black pour with generous tan head. Hoppy aroma with slight dark malt notes. Flavor is slight roasted and smoky malt, and hoppy finish. Different not you run of the mill IPA

22oz. Bottle: Aroma of hops, pine, caramel malts, light chocolate, resin, light citrus, and a hint of roasting. Poured brown with a hint of amber in color and a medium-sized, dense, rocky, light brown head that lasted throughout. Slightly cloudy. Lightly sparkling. Excellent lacing. Full of tiny particles throughout. Flavor is lightly sweet and medium bitter. Tastes of hops, pine, resin, light roasted malt, slight chocolate, and hints of tar and caramel. Medium body. Tingly, dry texture. Average carbonation. Hop, resin, tar, and roasted malt finish is medium bitter and dry.

thanks to jayg for sharing this! Raisins, dried dark fruits, prunes on the nose. Dark brown with no head. Big hoppy flavor, citrusy, chocolatey, bitter coffee, roasty and smooth. Pretty good!

650 ml bottle courtesy of ditmier. Thanks Eric. Pours a dark brown color with amber highlights when held to a light. The head is beige and huge with great retention and crazy lacing. The nose is piney with resins, citrus, thyme and yeast. The flavor is biter hops forward with a moderately biter piney hops, some earthy dust, walnuts and sweet roasted malts. The mouthfeel was a bit uneven, with great carbonation. The finish is long with lingering earthy hops. Overall: A very solid IPA, but just a bit harsh.

Extra large beige head over the aptly named black body, along with very good lacing. Sniff this while the head is stilll intact and there are citrus and herbal hops. Beneath the head the earthy aroma is engulfed by the roasted caramel malts. Taste seems to flip flop a bit as well. The initial hoppy bitterness gives way to flavors of caramel, coffee and rye bread, before the hops reappear in the aftertaste and linger for awhile. Interesting; a step above ordinary and a step below complex.

Reddish tinted but mostly black. Very large pillowy tan head. Sweet roasted malts and pine. I quite like the flavor. Nice mix of big resinous hops and roasted malts. For as large as the head is it is not at all over carbonated.

22 ox bomber. Pours a hazy ruby amber in color with a larger than average tan head. It has a slightly roasted hoppy aroma with slight notes of spice. Tasting, it shows a little more of the hops, toasted nut, spicey pepper, honey, pine, and citrus notes detected. Interesting brew.

Poured a hazy brown-red color with a small off-white head. Roasty aroma with notes of glue and dough. Mildly sweet. Dry roasted malt flavor. Long and moderately bitter finish. Light-medium bodied.