UPDATED: APR 18, 2021 (Bottle) Dark brown colour, almost black, with frothy beige head. Malty, roasted, hoppy nose with liquorice, dark chocolate, orange peel, grapefruit, resin, pine needles and treacle. Roasted, hoppy taste with notes of strong black coffee, dark chocolate, black rye bread, liquorice, orange peel, dried fruit, grapefruit, passion-fruit, resin and a generous citric, resiny bitterness in the finish. Almost full body, sweet. Tasty and well made with a solid citric, resiny bitterness. On the sweet and sticky side. Very nice.

UPDATED: MAR 9, 2020 Bottled, 330ml aged 5yrs from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Black with tan head. Darkly roasted malts to the fore, burnt oak notes, bittering, liquorice, dark bitter fruit notes. The hops are well amalgamated into the beer so part of the flavour rather than fighting against it. Big alcohol notes, almonds, apricots. Fiery throughout. Very good.

UPDATED: DEC 3, 2019 Another story than the bad brewer. I have purchased this beer, at the sterk, at Amsterdam, during my first trip there. Tasting and enjoying this beverage, at Bonfol, during august 2018, hot and dry. Even the hot climate, this black ipa was wonderful, black and opaque, average carbination, white and brown foam. The taste is powerful, roasted malt, vanilla, plum, coffee, warm alcool, subtle and complex, finish of hop, a pleasure for the soul.

330ml bottle share in 2016. Really dark brown with a thin dense beige head. Aroma of Resin, cocoa and dark malt. Rich, with a nice body. Flavours of alcohol soaked fruit, raisins and a little citrus. Finish was Earthy, with burnt malt and molasses.

Robe noire avec une mousse beige bien tenace. Arômes torréfié café chocolat résineux vineux terreux et boisé. Goût résineux torréfié café réglisse. Seconde bouche portée par l'amertume, vineux boisé vanille. Bon équilibre. Texture sirupeuse. Carbonatation fine plutôt peu abondante. Très très bon.

(hop-physa, orange confite, ~liquo-grasse, déploie fructose, puis glotte-palais-amérise, pas hyper black, s’aquifie)

Bottle. Dark brown color, yellowish foam. Aroma: sweet, honey, honeycomb, fruity. Taste: sweetish bitter, slightly roasted and caramel, pine, grapefruit, warming.

Une BIPA d'exception, robe très dark. Au nez on est bien sur une BIPA mais en bouche on découvre des saveurs résineuses, de fruits confits, d'alcool, le tout sur une texture liquoreuse et huileuse.

UPDATED: JUL 8, 2018 33cl Bottle @ Saveur-Biere, Lille, France. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, hops, citrus, pine. Taste is roasted malt, sweet, chocolate, hops, citrus, resin, grass. Medium body, average carbonation.

Keg, Salt Horse. Deep black/brown, thin head. Nose is toast and roast malt. Initial taste seems to be a straightforward dry roasted malt dark lager/IPA, but then it opens up into something barley wine like. The abv us dangerously hidden. Good stuff.