Buckeye Aquarius

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Tap at Beer Engine. Deep golden pour. The nose is intensely hoppy. Bright mango and tropical hoppiness. Fresh and incredibly hoppy. Light pale malt sweetness balanced by a soft peppery character. Bitterness is restrained, but the hoppiness certainly isn’t. Fruity and chewy. An absolute hop assault, but it is really damn tasty.

Bomber from brewery. Passable DIPA, but somewhat overated. Orange coloured body with low amount of head. Neutral aroma. Alcohol was hidde by the hops and malt, and got some orange flavour from the amarillo and summit, but not all that much. Finish was more malty and ordinary.

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.

[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 Buckeye on our way to RBSG. Pours a clear orange with a thin white head. Big pine and sticky citrus. Medium bodied, juicy hop flavors, nice and earthy. Long bittern grapefruit finish with some malt tones.

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.

Fresh, juicy, grapefruity hops. Nice nose. Lots of peachy and nectarine notes. A iipa that non-beer drinkers would like. Very jammy. Big body with low bitterness. Not in your face. A bit of lactic acid puts off the finish.

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.

Piney notes of pineapple and mango. Medium sweet, medium plus hoppiness, well balanced, and quite drinkable for the high hop levels.

Big thanks to Tyler for this bottle. First beer I’ve had from this brewery. Pours a crystal clear, deep amber with some bubbles streaming to the top and feeding a small creamy beige head that leaves some decent lacing on the sides. The aroma is heavy on the citrus hops with grapefruit and pineapples jumping out. Light bready malts and some caramel sweetness in the background but the hops are the star of the show in the nose and have a slightly astringent character to them. Taste has an initial blast of oranges and grapefruit, bitter and astringent on the palate, with a sugary sweet caramel backbone following on. The finish has a mixture of the bitter grapefruit and resinous pine hops. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with a little bit lower carbonation than I was expecting. This is certainly an impressive introduction to a new brewery for me - an aggressively hopped DIPA that still remains very easy to drink. Really good beer.