Great flavor, very balanced. Interesting combination of coffee and hop flavors

pours jet black with a good frothy white head and solid retention, though negligible lacing. It smells of pine up front with a trace of floral esters. It is quite piney/earthy bitter and borders on astringency in flavour - which is certainly style appropriate - but it is a bit much for me and lingers a bit too long, though hop-heads are sure to love it! It is full bodied with slightly low carbonation levels and doesn't tingle the tongue as it dries its way down! Good, very stylistically quintessential, yet perhaps a bit too bold in that regard at the same time! Grade: B