East End Bigger Hop

Brewed by East End Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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1 L bottle, shared by BA Deuane. Pours a slightly hazy copper body with a frothy beige head. The nose is a bit soapy with light leafy and floral hops. Very light toasty malt. Moderate bitterness with some sticky resiny hops on the finish. That soapy note on the nose comes out in the flavor as well on the finish. Medium bodied, a little sticky and cloying with moderate fizzy carbonation. Overall this was OK, but it really doesn’t seem to cross over into DIPA territory. Needs some more brightness to the hops.

Wow a very nice complex IMP IPA from my home state of Pennsylvania. Very complex, but well balanced and delicious. Bold earthy, floral and caramel aromas. Tastey hop, carmel citrus and fruit flavors. A nice warming alcohol, dry finish. All blended to perfection.

1 liter, flip top. Pours a hazy deep golden, almost orange with a slightly off-white head. Good hops aroma with a lot of citrus to it. Tastes of pine & citrus hops & finishes nice & bitter. A good all around IPA.

Probably showing some signs of age, it was a good beer, aroma wasn’t anything great. There were some good hop flavors but nothing crazy, mellow bitterness which gives it a pleasing palate. Hops and malt balance well.

4/10/2011 1Qt. 1.8Fl. Oz. bottle @ Nate’s place (2011-521) Thanks to Nate for sharing the bottle!

Cloudy light amber beer, off-white creamy head, pretty stable, adhesive with nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: very fruity, pineapple, piny, resin. MF: good carbon, medium body. Taste: citric fruits, lots of grapefruit, bit of passion fruit, bitter hops. Aftertaste: bitter and passion fruits, very dry finish.

A dark yellow, white cover. Aroma is mostly just woody hops, some light toasted malts. Taste is a strong hoppiness, herbal, woody, light toasted malts again, nice bittering finish, but a bit brash with noticeable alcohol.

(draught) cloudy as hell, light yellow, creamy white head. Nose of candi sugar, pineapple, agave, papaya. Taste of pineapple, mango, delicious citrus, just the lightest bit earthy, light bitter but so well balanced. Prickly carbonation, earthy. A very unique IPA.

Swingtop Bottle from the brewery; Pour is murky light golden with a modest white head that does retain fairly well. On the nose; tropical fruits, sweetbreads, and caramel malt; while the hops, barely present. A slight medicinal note is present , as well. Grapefruit, mango, caramel, grass, with piney hop bitterness lingering on the finish. Ultimately, we have a very drinkable Double IPA , for better or for worse.

Pours an orange / peach hue with a fluffy off-white head. Nice lacing. Aroma has a slight hop, but mostly sweet caramel and apricot. The flavor is a deep complex bitter. A little metallic and some hints of pineapple. Nice malt backbone. Body is rich. Good beer.

One litre swing top bottle courtesy of Nate. POurs copper with uyellow hues, foamy white head. Notes of caramel, mild hops. Nice caramel notes, bread anda good hop flavor, flor and pine with a moderate bitter. Dry and solid.

From bottle. Nice hoppy nose - grassy with some pine notes. Light roasted malt and toasted grains. A bit of soap. Aromatic and pleasant. Hazy golden dark amber with thin foamy lacing off-white head. Medium body with medium-high carbonation. Starts with decent bitterness, roasted grain, and grassy-piney hops. Some orange. Light bitter finish with bitter after. Nice IIPA, not too extreme.