Boulder Beer Mojo Risin

Brewed by Boulder Beer Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Boulder, Colorado USA

Appearance: Pours a clear, orange-hued body layered with a full inch of off-white foam. Decent amount of lacing on the way down. Smell: Aromatic citrus-scented hop bouquet, a veritable platter of fruit, with lesser though substantial malt notes underneath. Taste: Pale malts along with sweetish tastes of honey and light caramel dogged by the zesty taste of citrusy hops providing plenty of citric tangerine and ruby red grapefruit and a moderate amount of hop bitterness. Tiny hint of pine. Little boost of alcohol arrives prior to the finish. Finishes dry and bitter with a long (though never tedious) aftertaste. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Just a touch of stickiness to the mouthfeel. Drinkability: I’ll come clean -- sometimes the use of Amarillo does it for me and sometimes is doesn’t at all. Thankfully, this was a case of the former. A good Double IPA that drinks fairly easily considering the ABV percentage.

12oz bottle from grape and gourmet. pours a clear, light amber/gold with a quickly fading, bubbly white head, with thin lacing. aroma is the highlight of this brew. very fresh hops with big scents of grapefruit, orange peel, spruce, peach, and a touch of sweetness. flavor was a bit of a let down after the solid aroma. very bitter throughout with big citrus and pine just barely balanced by sweet, almost biscuity malts. finish has a soapy, astringent nature to it that detracted from the overall flavor. mouthfeel is crisp with good carbonation but slightly thin for a DIPA. overall, a decent brew that just seems to be missing that final touch of class.

12oz. pours deep golden with small head. aroma is all grapefruit with a touch of pine. mouthful is big grapefruit and a touch of alcohol. finish is long and bitter. this is for the big bitter hop heads... i like.

On tap at the Parkway in Tacoma. The keg blew as my beer was poured, so factor that in. Orange, slightly hazy color. Lots of pine and citrus aroma and flavor. Sweetness is almost overdone, as a bubblegum tang hits about mid-tongue. The alcohol was very well hidden. Plenty of hops here, but it’s not in the hop-monster class. The Amarillos have never impressed me much.

clear orange under a big creamy orange head. sweet apricot and peach aroma. crisp, refreshing palate with a medium body. flavors of peachy hops that taste very fresh and juicy. alcohol is hidden. a good one.

Bottle from the thebeergeek.com, thanks Chris. Reddish gold appearance, semi transparent, creamy top. Smells like a double, lemon and lychees. Tastes of strong pineapple, grapefruit, bitter mid point to super bitter finish. Complex and impressive. Great for the summer.

22oz bomber fron Binny’s Glen Ellen. Golder orange, stickey white pour. Aroma of grapefruit, chlorine, something else off. Flavor is, as my girlfriend put it, like someone peed in a grapefruit. There’s also an off\-putting cloyingness and harsh astringent alcohol burn. Thin mouthfeel. This beer is fresh, so there is something definitely off here.

Bottle. This stuff is pretty terrible. I remember drinking it when it first came out a few years ago and thinking it was okay but nothing like this undrinkable mess. Immensely cloying and just a sugary astringent catastrophe.