Firestone Walker – Wookey Jack Black Rye IPA: If you search this beer on the internet, you will notice that ratebeer has it on the top 10 Black IPA’s of the world which is always exciting to find a beer that higly regarded, however sometimes can cause you to over anticipate the beverage and therefore feel a bit dissapointed. I didn’t realize how high this was rated until after trying it, so fortunately that wasn’t going to happen to me, and honestly after trying it I don’t think it would have either way because this stuff was awesome! It is brewed at a strength of 8.3% abv with 80 IBUs and can be found in some Haggen grocery stores in Bellingham.
Aroma and Appearance: It pours a dark brown with a hint of red, there are two fingers of tan foam and no visible bubbles. The aroma was a bit mind blowing, with some fruity tangerine, mango, sweet malt, rye grains and a bit of smoke. You could smell this forever, it is so intriguing.
Flavour: This craft beer starts with an orange and tangerine citrus flavour that moves into a deep smokey sweet rye malt that is hard to put into words, eventually finishing with a grapefruit juice bitterness that caps of a tongue tantalizing experience.
Overall Impression: If it isn’t obvious already, I love this one.
Rating: I give it an awesome rating of 9/10, I will buy this every time I see it on the selves and will happily drink it again and again.
Food Pairing: Had it with some grilled chicken and apple sausages, was a nice combo.
I tend to buy any Rye IPA I see now, the unique malts seems to work really well with the hops in this style.
West Coast Beer Geek 
Try to marinate your steak with this!!
Will have to try that, it sounds very good!