UPDATED: APR 26, 2020 Dégustée à l'été 2016 (De mes notes). .

Really a lot going on in this glass - rich and dark, subtle sweetness, but also a lovely earthy and spicy addition of hops on top of everything. I really liked it - and would drink it more often if I lived near somewhere that sold Beau’s!

Bottle. Dark ruby-brown with a tan head. Aroma is as promised - cherry, dark malt, herbal hops - with subtle notes of cocoa, coffee and smoke. Flavour follows the lead of the aroma, with a nice balance of the cherry, roasted malt, mocha and hops - the latter being not quite as bright as in a fresher bottle I had a few months ago, but still bringing a nice dry citrus peel bitterness to the finish. Quite nice.

600 ml bottle. Pours an orangeish black with a resilient beige head. Aroma is cherry, ash, hoppy. Flavor is chocolate, coffee, ash. Finish is coffee, ash, citrus, cherry. Lingering fruit, mint, citrus. Medium body, average carbonation.

[8125-20160401] 600mL bottle. Toasted grainy bread aroma. Slightly hazy, dark brown mahogany body has a medium-lasting creamy off-white head and some lacing. Coffee-infused bitter hoppy grains flavour. Medium-full body. Tasty. (8/4/8/4/16) 4.0+
(c/o GregClow, w/ him, blankboy, jercraigs)

600 ml bottle at Les Marchants de la Bière in Sainte-Thérèse (Quebec) on April 5, 2016. Very dark burgundy, big head. Sweet cherry malt aroma, very juicy. Far more hoppier cherry taste, light dry maltiness, mix bitterness. Good black IPA with a nice cherry kick!

Pours dark red amber with a small quick disappearing white head. Has a dark malts and fruity hops aroma. Rich cherry flavor balanced nicely with hops and chocolate. Very good beer.

Very interesting take, can’t say that it works all that well. Pours black with off white medium head. Aroma is of pine, faint citrus, cocoa, and cherries. Tastes of cocoa, cherry, burnt coffee, and herbal hops. Has a low bitterness with a medium slick body. Props for experimenting with this difficult type of brew.

2016-04-01. Dark brown body with a modest beige head. 3++Aroma is roasty and green hops. Moderate fruit. Flavour is moderately bitter, roasty and musky green hop character. Tangy fruit cherry undertones are pretty subtle but grow a bit as it goes on. Whisper of cocoa. Average bodied palate, soft carbonation. Okay, not really to my own taste. 7/3-4/7/3/14-15 Bottle shared by GregClow.

[Bottle (600ml) shared with GregClow, jercraigs & mabel -- c/o GregClow] Pours a deep orange-amber with an average size lasting frothy beige head. Aroma is slightly odd, with coffee, roasted malt, light hops and light vegetal notes. Flavour is malty, a bit roasty, lightly hoppy and has a moderate bitter finish. Average bodied. pretty good, not great.