Alchemist Heady Topper

Brewed by Alchemist Pub and Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Waterbury, Vermont USA

on tap-pours a retaining big foamy/creamy light tan head and hazy amber color. Aroma is cascade hops-citrus. Taste is cascade hops-citrus, uber dry, bitter, raw. An I2PA less the slick mouth feel. OK carbonation.

Draft at the Blind Tiger. Nice orange pour, with a thin white film on top. Aroma is pine hops, lemon rind, and citrusy hop oils. The flavor is the same, oily and resiny mouthfeel and good bitterness. There is a lot of citrus in the end, and good malt throughout.

En fût. Verre dégusté à la brasserie. Arôme: Odeur d’agrumes et de pin. Apparence: La couleur est blonde voilée. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût d’agrumes et de pin. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. (Rating #979)

Aroma:big big hopy nose..... Appearance:Gold with a good white head... Flavor:God grapefruit hops,light sugar malt...

on tap at the blind tiger grand opening night. dark golden amber color. off white head. aroma is resiny pine, cat piss, wet eucalyptus trees, and a little hemp. flavor is dry and sweet hop, bitter. a little pithy like grapefruit, but there still was a thin caramel malt backbone to tug the other side of the scale. finsih is bitter and warm/faintly hot.

On draught at Alchemist. Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells of citrus ad perfume. Taste is hoppy with more hops on the finish. An unexpected hop bomb.

Partly cloudy dark yellow body topped by small white head. Conventionally malted body with a malt sweetness residing somewhere between honey and caramel. The beer balance is towards the hops. Generous amount of many types of hops with a resulting hop flavour being 75% citrus-fruits and 25% resinous coniferous. Very nice. Bitterness of medium intensity and finish of medium length. Very good although side-by-side I preferred their regular IPA (Holy Cow). But besides the Holy Cow, few beer can Topper.

Sampled at vt brewfest 07. Pours a dark golden amber with a off white head.Aroma of citrus, simcoe hops, grapefruit and pine. Flavor is hoppy with biscuity malt, spicy pine and grapefruit with a strong lasting bitter finish.