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Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree IPA

Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree IPA

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An Imperial/Double IPA brewed by
Dark Horse Brewing Company

Marshall, Michigan USA

bottled
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3293.86/5.03.86/5.0Special13.6%82.4Snifter, Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Have you read the description for the regular Crooked Tree yet? Well this beer is almost the same just double. We actually took the Crooked Tree recipe and doubled all of the ingredients except the water, just the way a DOUBLE should be made. Big hops balanced with tons of malt give this beer a huge body. Although this beer is as cool as "the Fonz" when first purchased, it gets really mellow and smooth with some age. After a year or two stored in a cool dark place you'll notice the heavy caramel and malt flavors are trying to sneak past the hops, they’re just not fast enough. This beer is hugely delicious so it will need your undivided attention (the chores can wait....trust us). 98 IBU's

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 Ungstrup (11353), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/104/515/20
Nov 11, 2007  
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of hops and caramel as well as light notes of alcohol. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel, hops, and peaches as well as a light dusty note from the hops. The body is like thick hop juice and the alcohol burns slihghtly in the throat.


 Papsoe (10267), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/103/516/20
Jun 28, 2007  
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of sk8viking. Pours a very hazy amber - almost murky - with floating impurities and a beige head. Fat aroma of hops and caramel. Very full in body with a very smooth mouthfeel. Lots of sweet caramel - almost Barleywineish - almost drowning the 98 IBUs. The finish is rich and full of warming alcohol. 270607


 joergen (6529), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Jul 2, 2007  
Bottle. Hazy orange red coloured with a small off white head. Sweet aroma of caramel, dried fruits, hops and pine needles. Sweet flavour of hops, dried fruits and pine needles. Dry hoppy finish.


 oh6gdx (6331), Vaasa, Finland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 18, 2007  
Bottled (thanks heemer77!). Ruby red colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is really fruity hops along with some alcohol. Flavour is hops, fruit some slight soap as well as caramel malts. A big, but wellbalanced brew.


 argo0 (6229), Washington DC, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 18, 2006  
(12oz bottle) Small off-white head that doesn’t linger, atop a yeasty filled opaque nut brown body. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel, grapefruit, peach/apricot, light alcohol. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, grapefruit, light apricot, some alcohol warming and light burn. Full, resiny body, some stickiness. Given the ABV, the alcohol characteristics are held reasonbly in check. Has some barleywine characteristics.




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