I've been looking forward to this one for quite sometime. Deschutes calls it a Cascadian Dark Ale, but essentially its a black IPA. Interesting label with the moon and a sign that makes you think your in the middle of nowhere but leading you to somewhere you wont forget. Pours a very dark almost black color with a thick bubbly tan head. Very dark and inviting. The nose lends itself to dark malts with hints of chocolate, and grapefruit hop notes from the Cascade hops. Just a really great taste. Rich malt base with coffee/dark chocolate flavors that doesn't over power like you would think from such a dark beer but accents the floral and grapefruit notes that rounds into a nice bittering finish. A nice upper medium body with a moderate carbonation really makes the beer shine.
For me Deschutes is becoming one of those brands that just can't seem to make a bad beer. This beer may perhaps be the pinnacle of all their beers I've tried. For purely greedy reasons, I hope they can exceed that expectation.
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