Buckeye Aquarius

Brewed by Buckeye Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Lakewood, Ohio USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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UPDATED: JUL 24, 2010 Sample at Jackie O’s as part of Ohio Brew Week. The beer is a hazy orange color with a medium thin bone white head that recedes steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Citrusy hops aroma with some earthy notes. Medium body with flavors of toasted malt, citrus, hops and more earth. The finish is citrusy with a short hoppy aftertaste. Less hoppy than a lot of IIPAs, but above average overall.

orange golden with large white head. herbal and citrus hop nose. firm bitterness then a lot of hop flavor as above mentioned. some crystal malt, flaw is it is too sweet and not dry enough. decent double ipa

Enjoyed on tap at the Beer Engine, in a whiskey snifter. The beer pours a medium golden/amber color, with a small white head. Strong notes of west coast hops to the nose, along with a fairly heavy aroma of medium to medium-high English crystal malts. The palate is fairly bitter up front, but somewhat less than one would expect from a beer labeled as a "HOP MONSTER." The reason why seems to evidence itself in the mid-palate and finish, as the beer carries a lot of residual sweetness and carmel malt character; mitigating what would be more perceptible bitterness in a drier finish. The actual finish carries some resiny hop notes, along with some sweetness. Overall, not an excellent example of the style, but quite good, and supremely (read dangerously) drinkable.

Draft at the Engine. Big Citrus. Deep orangish amber, slight head. Big citrus aroma. Flavor begins caramel malty sweet, the the sticky hoppiness takes over. Very well done, extremely enjoyable.

Pours medium amber with no head. Smells like piney hops and sticky cush. Juicy floral hop flavor. Slightly dry mid palate but still juicy finish with alcohol aftertaste.

Growler courtesy of a couple of drunken idiots that brought it back for me, they know who they are: Pours a clear copper with an off white head. Aroma, strong citrus hops with some earthy notes, sweetness and a good bit of booze to it. Flavor, sweet caramels, and doughy notes, big citrus hops, floral notes, but a distinct boozy kick to it. It’s solid, with a really nice hop flavor to it, just too boozy to really be great.

On tap at Buckeye Beer Engine. Copper/amber pour with a medium off-white head. Citrus hop aroma with a sweet malt balance. Citrus and pine hop flavor with some sweet malt on the back end. A tad more sweetness than your normal IIPA. Similar to 90 min.

[Cask @ Beer Engine] Poured a lightly hazy amber color with a small, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of pine, sticky caramel malts, floral hops, ripe citrus fruits, and toasted malt. Taste of resiny pine, citrus fruits, grapefruit, marijuana, and lightly alcoholic finish.

on tap at the buckeye- a treat for certain- the best beer I had sampled at buckeye- huge, huge piney aroma, and the accompanying hop flavor was on full display- the sweetness supported the hops big time, and cut down on any bitterness- this finished quite nicely.