Dry Dock Seven Seas Double IPA

Brewed by Dry Dock Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Aurora, Colorado USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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GABF 2010. Pours a med orange with thin lasting white sticky head. Aroma is sappy piney dank hops, citrus, resin, orange juice, some grapefruit. Flavor is citrus, light crackery doughy malts, moslty crisp clean citrus hops, orange, pine needle, grapefruit and some sticky resinous bitterness in the end. Pretty good.

Draft (many) @ Rackhouse. Nose is just sticky, spicy, floral hops. Awesome nose. Flavor is surprisingly a little subdued compared to the nose, an upfront blast of florals and then a slight fruitiness before a total bash of bitterness. Little sweet/malt to back this up, so it’s generally just hop juice (albeit very, very tasty hop juice). If you’re in a hop-jones mood, this is great, if you’re looking for a complex, balanced IIPA, look elsewhere. That being said, it’s still delicious.

Tap @ brewery. Light copper pour. Thin head. Light lacing. Mild aroma of earthy hops. Light with earthy hops, moderate sweetness and light bitterness

Growler shared with Gabe. Pours a thin lasting white head, with attractive lacing, over a hazy gold (SRM 6) body....nose is pine and grapefruit dominated, with some light honey, floral tones, and a bit of toffee/honey....taste is light sweet malts with toffee/caramel, leading to light floral and honey, and pineapple, finishing with a grapefruit, pine lingering bitterness....mouth feel is medium and sticky, carbonation high, creating a creamy mouth feel. This is a fairly typical IIPA. It has all the hop complexity necessary, but is a bit light on the malt back bone. BJCP 8/3/14/4/7

UPDATED: AUG 13, 2011 On tap @ the brewery’s taproom. Hazyish orange with a foamy white head. Long lasting head with tons of lacing. Aroma packs a hoppy punch. Floral and grassy hops dominate the nose behind some slight funk aroma. Taste was awesome! Generously hopped yet balanced with a pretty sweet malt body. Very full bodied array of hop profiles, but refrains from being resinous or too bitter. Very nice! A strong reccomendation.

Growler shared thanks to Jarrett. Orange body. Grapefruit and tropical fruit. Fantastic nose. Taste is not intense and lacks that sometimes alcohol aroma or nose. This was super fresh and excellent.

UPDATED: AUG 30, 2010 Growler courtesy of a traveling beer club member. The beer is a hazy orange-amber color with a medium off-white head that dissipates steadily. Thin rings of lacing. Citrusy hops aroma with some pine and malt notes. Medium body with flavors of grapefruity hops, caramel, earthy malt, and pine. The finish is hoppy with a lingering citrus aftertaste. Pretty good overall.

Cask at the brewery - now listed at 8.5% abv - hazy orange - lasting, soapy head - still on the sweet end of the spectrum, but with plenty of earthy hop flavor and bitterness to keep it from being overly so - copious citrus and pineapple flavors make the sweetness more welcome as well - bitterness is strong without being astringent - fairly well crafted and surprisingly non-abrasive for the style.

(Draught) Pours a hazy golden body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of pine, earth, grass, and citrus. Flavor of pine, earth, grass, grapefruit, florals, and caramel malt with a dry, bitter finish.

Draught. Boulder Strong Fest. Yellow thin white head. Aroma is citrus sticky (orange and grapefruit) with some lighter grass and resin/pine, with sticky caramel aspect. Flavor is very resin pine, and caramel. Great name for great brew!