Drakes Hopocalypse DIPA (White Label)

Brewed by Drakes Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
San Leandro, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Good DIPA. Aromas of grapefruit, lemongrass. Huge foamy head on golden orangey unfiltered body. Lots of hop oils, a good melange. Well malted, buffering the 100 IBU from a complete palate shread, but still raw palate many hours later. Tastes of lemon mostly, grapefruit, blood orange. Thanks Ryan.

650 ml bottle. Pours a clear amber with a small white head that leaves close to no lacing. Aroma is pine with some floral and citrus notes. Smells really sweet too. Not very pleasant. The taste is really sweet. Way too sweet with the sugar overpowering everything. Some of the pine comes through as well as the citrus, but an overwhelming sweetness throughout. A decent bitterness on the finish as well as a bit of alcohol heat. Medium body, but really syrupy. Light carbonation. This beer was not enjoyable. I struggled to finish my couple of ounces from the bottle. I’m pretty sure it was not a bad bottle since I’ve had it on draft before and remember having similar opinions.

pours crisp amber with a small white head, moderate lacing. aroma is delicious candy like hops with a slight caramel sweetness in the back. the taste is to match, very nice and boitter upfront, then a caramel surge of malts comes in the middle to carry the rear of the palae with a bittersweet melding of hops and malts. very nice and hoppy, but a bitg, strong crystal/caramel malt bill really keeps it in check. drinks well, nice and balanced for such a big bitter iipa.

Very nice big time IPA. Hops are really strong on this brew. The cascade hops are really noticable. Great brew. Really smooth on the mouth but the hops linger, very sweet. Great brew.

Bomber from City Beer store. Pretty fresh bottle. This one pours a mostly clear, dark golden orange color and topped by a thick head of off white foam that slowly settles to a thin film. Thin, sticky rings of lace cling to the glass. The aroma is really nice showing orange citrus, bitter grapefruit, resinous pine, and some tropical fruit notes as well. The malt base is of toasted bread and caramel, but shows light to let the hops really shine through. The flavor follows with the orange, grapefruit, and tropical fruit notes up front followed by some peppery spice and resinous pine, but balanced nicely by the toasted bread and caramel malt base. The citrus and grassy hops are the main attraction here while the malt adds just a touch of sweetness without being cloying. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation that leads to a citrusy bitter finish. Not quite as a dry as some west coast ipa’s, but well balanced, easy drinking, and very tasty. This is a well done dipa. Good stuff.

Bomber thanks to breaks808. Pours a nice orangish amber with thick white head, nice lacing. Aroma is sweet malts and hops. I get notes of citrus, mango, pine, and grass, but I also pick up on the Munich malts (surprised me until I read the bottle). Palate is thick. Flavor is sweet, bringing out the mangoish aroma, then finishing bitter. Very impressive.

Poured from a bomber bottle into a snifter. Pours a cloudy amber with a medium-sized, off-white head. A very nice, herbal hop aroma (reminds me a bit of the grassy notes I associate with fresh hoppy beers like Pliny the Elder) with hints of alcohol peeking through. Flavors are big hops, with a long, resinous bitter finish and an overriding citrus tartness that, coupling with a tingly carbonation, seems to numb the tongue just a little. Body is fairly full, but quite smooth. This is an excellent IIPA. Can’t wait to taste more Drake’s brews; I already love the Denogginizer too...so far so good. Bravo!

22 oz bottle thanks to Jimmay!! Pours bright deep gold with a small dissipating head. Nose is full of aroma, piney, resiny, sweet. Taste is very similar, with a very full body for an IIPA. Luscious, thick, with both a lingering sweetness and then a tart bitterness well after the finish. This is one of the better IIPA’s I’ve had.

Relatively light golden and copper coloured body with a thick white head. Aroma of fresh potent hops, pineapple, pine and some light sweetness and a touch of malt, but this one is mostly hop flavours. Medium-bodied; Nice pungent hoppiness shows through at first with a good cascade and floral hop bite and a little malt and sweetness finishing up, with a good alcohol flavour and quite the body showing even on the end. Overall, a good and quite pungent hop taste with nice body, a good complexity and a refreshing beer. I sampled this pint on draught at Pete’s Brass Rail in Danville, California on 20-March-2011.

Courtesy of markwise. Pours clear deep gold with off white head. The aroma is spicy hops mixing with yummy citrus hops followed by mild sugary maltiness. The taste is . . . Wow! I get grapefruit, tangelo and a bit of pear growing into full up hop bitterness and a touch of black earthy tea. Yummy goodness with just the right amount of malt sweetness at the base.