Initial taste is very strong and mellows very quickly after the 2nd mouthful.
Chocolate.
Dry spice.
Perfect sweetness.
Aftertaste gets darker.
Didn’t notice the citron at first, a subtle, dry but sharp fruit aspect.
Nothing to fault.
Genuinely rich.
Smooth Cream.
Brandy.
Lots of flavours.
Still tastes like an ale even though there’s all the tastes going on.
A Belgian thing going on later in the glass, a bit Orval even.
Looks great; red grey dark opaque.
Flavour/strength becomes ‘soaring’ again.
Big but very moreish.
Hardknott Code Black IPA official page
nice one, dissapointed your beer middle man didn’t get a mention though ;op
I did this. You should be able to tell because the photo’s too good for Dave.
Not tried this yet – but from what you’ve said, Dave’s brewed another one of his big, big beers!