Deschutes Hop Henge Imperial IPA

Bottle: Thanks to ramenen, drank at rcasta house watching NCAA F Ball. Strong hop flavor lack a bit of balance, some piney and citrus notes to offset acidity. Food pairing: Hearty cheeses.

Bottle at Chris-Os Pre GBBF tasting 2009 ... Hazy amer ... big sweet american hop nose ... light sweet toffee hop.

Amber with a big and lasting white head. Fruity aroma with American hops and lots of alcohol. Sweet and malty flavour with fruity hops.

Bought somewhere in Vegas...
Poured out a thin off white head that leaves a hell of a lot of sticky lacing, brew is a hazy red amber. Smells pretty good albeit quite malty. The aroma is not the punch in the face that I wanted from this beer. Instead it is interesting just for being a bit different. Candy and citrus, mild biscuit malts that despite the mild taste are a dominating feature of the taste, some caramel, pine. nothing much... pretty subdued but enjoyable none the less. Tasty and easy to chug back and I’ve found biscuit and caramel dominating, some citrus (grapefruit, apricot and lychee, pineapple (maybe)), a bit syrupy, touch herbal but that is probably pine. Goes back smooth, leaves a nice residue in the mouth, ends mildy bitter for an IIPA. I bit disappointing I’ll have to admit.

Had it. Forgot it. Won’t buy it. Try it. Don’t remember anything but disappointment in how weak it was.

This beer was an reddish amber color. The aroma was malty with some hops showing through. It was not as bitter as I had expected but overall not bad.

Yet another beer smuggled back from Las Vegas in the bum of beercronic. Dark burnt orange body with a normal sized crown. The lacing on this is ridiculously sticky it’s just glued to the side of the glass. Nose is filled with chocolate, nuts and bitter hops, more of a malty smell in this compared to others I’ve had recently, I think the chocolate aroma is throwing me off. Piney bitter hops some random citrus and a big malty backbone. Caramel to a smooth roasted malts dominate the taste. More chocolate shows up toward end of glass. Very easy drinking IIPA but not the hop bomb I was hoping for. Yet another brew enjoyed in Gully’s basement."

On tap; I originally rated this under the Experimental IPA like an idiot. Poured a nice rich auburn/amber. Aroma of flowers, caramel, citrus, with some mesquite like wood elements. Very boisterous nose. However, flavor was more balanced than I would have expected. Still the hops were very nice with citrus, flowers and some woody/mesquite like flavors. Very nice beer.