Dark Horse Smells Like Weed IPA

Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Marshall, Michigan USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Firkin at soup spoon 5/11/12 from notes. Did not smell like weed...super juicy citrus aroma and big hoppy citrus taste. Medium body and silky smooth. Amazing stuff.

On tap at Beer Temple. Slightly hazy orange/amber colour, white head. Aroma of toffee, fruity hops, light tea, some pine. Flavour is medium sweet, malty, toffee, fruity, green tea, pine, light weed, firm fruity hoppy bitter finish. Medium-bodied. Nice, but sticky.

Draught at Beer Tempel, Amsterdam
Hazy amber color with creamy head. Fruity hop aroma with some caramel, a bit cheesy. Smooth mouthfeel; nice malt and toffee flavor, green tea, light bergamot, citrusy, dryish, later earthy and showing a moderate sweetness.
Good balance and freshness.

On tap @ Beer Temple. Amber color, a bit hazy. Off white head, good retention & lacing. Aroma’s: malty sweet, grain (veevoer?), sweet fruits, with caramel and resin retronasal. Flavor is medium sweet and medium bitter. Rather bitter finish.

Draft at Beer Temple. Pours hazy orange with a thick off white head. Aroma of caramel malt, pine, citrus and other fruit. It didn’t really smell like weed to me. Flavour is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter. Medium but a little thin body with soft carbonation.

Draught at Beer Temple. Hazy orange color, full sized creamy white head. Shell malts, hops, citrus, resin. Taste malts, hops, bitter, pine, resin, fruityness. Medium carbonation, medium body.

Draught@SBWF2012. Golden colour, small head. Aroma is grass, herbs, toffee and some mild earthy and grainy notes. Flavour is herbal, fruity, mild yeastyness as well as some sweet malts and quite big bitterness in the finish. Yet quite thin and a bit uninspiring.

Draught at SBWF. Cloudy amber, small head. Generous grapefruit and mango aroma. Mid sweet with soft mouthfeel and medium-full body. Caramelly and lightly earthy. Mid bitter finish. freshly hoppy and very aromatic.

Tap (SBWF2012)
Typical super-sweet sticky US IPA aroma. Biscuity malts, but no weed detected, sorry. Smooth palate, gentle carbonation. Good biscuity malts in the taste too, typical for a strong US IPA, but done well. Drinkability quite high, wasn’t saying 9%. All the acohol was covered by the residial sugars, and pleasantly the sugars themselves weren’t as annoying as they sometimes are. All-in-all, a strong US-style IPA done right - I like this brewery!

Stockholm Beer & Whiskey 2012: Ganska diskret något söt doft. Mycket humle samt söta toner i smaken, kunde varit lite mer fruktig.