Juniper Black Ale (JBA) - Beer Camp #16
Pours black as night, wlth a pretty substantial 2 finger, creamy tan head. Retention is out of this world...heads not going away any time soon. Boy, this is a hoppy aroma! Big notes of pine and floral hops (my favorite!). There's underlying chocolate and sweet malts in there as well. It's bittersweet with the malts and hoppiness. Absolutely great. I don't know much about juniper berries, but I have to imagine that they are playing some part inbetween the rich maltiness and bitter bops. Somethings there and I can't quite place it. Juniper I'll call it. Either way, It's nicely rich, with nice sweet malts, chocolate, bitter, piny hops, and some citrus. It's got a creamy feel, solid medium, with a bit elevated carbonation level, but nothing too bad. I love Black IPAs, and this shared a lot of qualities with them, so it wasn't hard to win me over. It's a great beer regardless though.