 jason (1620), Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 19, 2007 Draught at Which Brew. Deep amber body with nice head. Hoppy aroma, soapy. Taste is sweet, nice hoppiness to it, nice bite, spicey. A little rough at first but decently smooth. Enjoyable. 10% undetected.
dchmela (1406), Orlando, Florida, USA
Jun 19, 2007 Pours out a nice copper color with a decent head. Hoppy, citrusy aroma. Nicely balanced taste. While it is very hoppy, there is also lots of malt to help smooth things out. This is a very drinkable DIPA.
mkobes (2103), paramus, New Jersey, USA
Jun 16, 2007 Bottle. Deep orange in color with a nice fluffy white head. Citrusy hoppy aroma. Orange and grapefruit notes. Hoppy malty flavor. Grainy citrusy notes. Finish is bitter. Crisp and refreshing. Sweet. Full bodied. Very nice. Enjoyable.
k4df4l (154), DTown, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 15, 2007 Bottle - pours a light orange coppery with a white foamy head. Aroma of citrus fruits with apricots as a stand out and a spicy & malty/bready quality as the beer warms. Initial flavor is caramel and toasted malt with herbal/citrus hop flavors dominating to a light spicy resinous hop finish.
FlacoAlto (2473), Tucson, Arizona, USA
Jun 13, 2007 Sampled May 2007
Pours with an almost brilliantly clear, amber hued, bright copper color that sits underneath a frothy, pale tan colored head that when poured vigorously produces a four-finger thick head. The aroma is nice and fruit with notes of apricot, orange peel, lychee, perhaps a touch of pineapple. Underneath the up front hop aromatics is a nice malt character, though you have to dig for it; dry, biscuit-like malt notes and notes of crushed soda crackers join a distinctively clean bread-like maltiness.
Despite its strength, the beer maintains a nice quaffable quality to it. It is a bit chewier than your average IPA, but has the requisite (at least in my mind) drinkability that is necessary for something with IPA on its lable. The beer has a light malt sweetness to it that perfectly accentuates the dominant, fruit driven hop character. Notes of apricot, candied orange peel, lychee and spectacularly ripened tangelos round out the fruit hop flavors. There is also a touch of herbal pine character here, that becomes more noticeable towards the finish and in fact melds with a sharp, slightly astringent bitterness. Even some malt flavors are noticeable; a light caramelized malt sugar note and a toasted-malty-biscuit flavor are definitely noticeable, especially in the finish.
This is perhaps not as hugely hoppy as some, but I really like how drinkable this Double IPA is. The malt lends a nice background of flavors, but ultimately supports the dominant hop character. In the end though, this could definitely use a bit more hop character, at least to satisfy the diehard hop heads out there.
shp555 (1677), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Jun 12, 2007 Pours a light orange color with a white head. Aroma is malty with grassy, earthy hops. Flavor is caramel with a light earthy hop finish.
beerBB (132), Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 12, 2007 amber with big white head. mostly citrus aroma with some floral. flavor is mostly malt with a decent hoppiness. little yeasty. surprising taht the alcohol is so high. expected more hoppiness in a IIPA.
biggcb (458), Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 11, 2007 Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy amber with a sizable, thick white head. Fair bit of citrus (grapefruit) in the aroma, some caramel and a trace bit of floral notes. Flavor is good bit of caramel malts, with a very nice hop content, some yeast and a dose of piney hops. Dry and bitter. Alcohol is pretty well hidden.
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