Charlevoix Amarillo Double IPA

Sampled on tap at Vices et Versa. Pours a cloudy orange color with a medium white head. Superb flavor of fruity, resinous and spicy hops with toasted malt. The flavor is amazing, very fruity (oranges) with a spicy character, it feels like my mouth is full of the Amarillo hops flavor, also, there’s a solid malt presence that provides balance. This Amarillo joy ride finishes with bitterness. The body has a medium thickness with a liquorous texture and gentle carbonation. Superb.

On tap at Vices & Versa. The color is orange with an off white head. It has a good bitter taste to it, with some fruitiness and spiciness also added.It is a good I.P.A. but not their best.

Tap at Saint-Bock. Clear golden copper body with a small off-white head. Somewhat oily body. Alcohol is very much present in this one. You can feel it in the mouth but even more so in the after-taste. Long warming/burning sensation in the throat. Loses a few points because of that. The malt profile has this single-malt kind of character to it. Added to the strong alcohol presence, it feels like a hard-liquor was added to the beer. Fruity and caramel flavours take the backseat here. The saving grace are the hops. Large amount of resinous foresty hops with a flavour of pine-tree and tree bark. Assertive bitterness, that thing is as bitter as bitter as an assembly of former Enron employees. Good but I much prefer Charlevoix’s previous IIPA (Simcoe Double IPA).

Bu à Vices et Versa, en fut (12 oz). Selon le propriétaire, c’est une nouvelle versoin. Couleur thé foncée, petit collet peu blanc avec une bonne dentelle. Légé arome d’houblon caramelisé au beurre, légé amèreturme. Très bon goût d’houblon riche avec des d’épices sucrées.