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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Bottle 22fl.oz.

Clear medium to dark yellow - amber orange colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, orange - citrus, pine - peach, hop oil notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dry, hop oil, citrus, wood - tobacco notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110907]

Bottled. An amber beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of hops, straw, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw, malt, hops, and peaches, leading to a quite bitter finish.

From tap. Pours cloudy orange with adense white head. Aroma is peachy and citrusy. Dry initial impression. Dry grapefruity with a solid bitternote. Slight spiced touch and dry into the finish. Straight forward.

Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of wavers1. Pours golden with a slight haze and an off-white head. Fresh, hoppy, citrusy aroma. Solid body, solid malt bill, sweet fruitiness and then a heavy citrusy hoppiness. Dry and herbal bitterness. Very well made. 170611

Bottled@Cask Pub & Kitchen, London. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, earth, some mild herbal notes along with sweet malts. Flavour is caramel malts, fruity and floral hoppyness along with wood and mild toasted notes. Crisp maltyness in the finish.

Bottled at Cask Pub & Kitchen, London Cloudy pale amber, small head. Sticky caramel aroma. Sweet and sticky with cardboardy caramel building a fat body. Buttery caramel dominates, hops are tired. Really sticky in an awkward way, like it never really leaves your throat. What a mess.

Bottle. Pours a clear golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity piney grapefruit aroma. Sweetish malty hoppy bitter piney flavor with hints of grapefruit. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter piney finish.

Bottle @ Vinens Verden, Odense. Pours cloudy orangr with a small white head and lacing.Nose is orange, grapefruit and pine. Freshly hopped. Extotic and bitter hoppy flavor. Grapefruit and pine. Smooth. How I want my 2IPA to taste. The sweet malts are non - existent.

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich hops, flowers, caramel, pine and malt. Yummy.

(22oz bottle) Pours a clear orange body with a moderate off-white head. Aroma of grapefruit, dill, grass, weed, caramel, pine, and herbs. Flavor of grass, herbs, pine, mango, and citrus.