Pours black, of course. Small light tan head. Slight fruity aroma. Tastes of hoppy bitterness followed by a malty sensation in my mouth. This is just what I like. For me, I like malt. Added with hops it creates a great beer. Well done James. Have we met?

Hi James. I managed to pick up some bug that made me feel nauseous just in time for GKBF :-( which ruined that and made me slow to get to the case swap also

appearance lovely dark beer with ruby highlights, nice tan head, hangs around

aroma - too late to catch the hops :-(. I get some malty sweetness, touch of fruit

taste - charcoal on sweet malt, bitterness at end. not particularly picking up the alcohol but maybe a wee fruity ester?

mouthfeel - nice body, smooth beer, carbonation seems spot on

overall - so I am drinking it much to late to appraise it as a fresh IPA. I think though it does sit between styles a bit because there is a lot of malt going on. I reckon if you have any spare you should hold a bottle back for three months and have it a bit warm in winter and see where the malt build gets to - I think you might enjoy it as a junior stout...I am enjoying it now, I just wouldn't want anyone to ask me which style to put it in.  cheers

Bl on the cap.

Appearance: black with a white/tan head, solid fluffy with some bigger bubbles.

Aroma: coffee, little plastic as it warms up, not a lot of hop aroma. 

Flavour: classic black ipa malt character, little bit of roast up front which fades to hop flavour and bitterness. Not a lot of hop in the nose, beer is still cold. Nice dry finish. Bit of lingering ashy bitterness which is slightly astringent, pretty minor though. Hops are coming through a bit more as it warms up, nice and citrusy.

Body: spot on, carbonation is bang on too.

Overall: Great beer, well brewed, really enjoyed this one. Only improvement for me would be to try get the hops to jump out a bit more and maybe cut back the roast barley a tad unless you want to go in the pkb direction in which case you're pretty close. 

What yeast + mash temp did you go with on this one? (I'm struggling to get my beers to attenuate properly atm).