Arcadia Hop Rocket 11th Anniversary Ale

Tasted at GABF 2008. Orange pour with big head. Nose of hops, grass, orange and mango. Flavor is a sweet and hoppy with good carbonation.

Bottle 12fl.oz.
Clear medium orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, orange, mandarin. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [280908]

solid IPA. Nice and hoppy. Taste is a little off but it’s a good brew. I’d have again but it’s nothing specila

bottle I am guessing is a year old from the ratings here poured a orange amber color with a thin off white head. aroma has caramel sweetness, dank hops, and faint dying citrus. mouth feel is a nice medium and the carbonation just enough. flavor leans to the malted side but there is still a stiff resinous hops punch.

Pours turbid dull orange with 2-finger off-white white head and sticky lacing. Nose is resiny hops, caramel malt, pineapple, canteloupe, tangerine, black pepper. Tastes bready caramel malty, with resiny hops, very piney, tangerine, pineapple, white pepper (nose is black, taste is white)....Very Ruination-like in flavor. Rich, complex palate, but needs a bit more malt to match this gargantuan hop load. Still, a beer I would gladly drink any day of the week, and twice on Sunday. If it was another Steeler Super Bowl Sunday, I’d gladly drink 12 bottles of this. Get ya some, and do it now, and let’s all give these guys more respect, because they certainly deserve it! Out of whack my ass.

Sweet and perfume smelling, OK looking with a nice hazy amber color and a small, bubbly head. Taste starts out nice and sticky with typical caramell character but ends on a rather harsh unpleasant perfumey hop note alongside some alcohol taste. OK but that’s it.

Golden color with a very sweet aroma of citrus and floral hops. Flavor starts with some light hops and turns sugar bomb. Whoa - out of whack for a DIPA for sure!

Bottle, shared w. Tim & Jacob. Thanks Tim! Clear rich gold, white head. Nose is super piney, minty w. candied sugar. Slightly vegetal, some orange peel. Flavor is resin, rich orange fruitiness. Long orange sweet finish. Could be drier, but nice.