Iron Hill Double Red

Brewed by Iron Hill Wilmington
Style: American Strong Ale
Wilmington, Delaware USA

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

Draft @ brewpub. Pours deep amber color with thin white head. Aroma is floral hops and light toasted malt. Taste is sweet with floral hop and caramel flavors. Medium body and light carbonation with a dry, malty finish,

Tap - Wilmington. Pours clear tawny with a small, fizzy white head, short retention with light lacing. Aroma is fruity esters, caramel and bread malt, floral hops, Belgian yeast and sugar. Flavor is malty with medium hops and bitterness, fruity esters, spices, and a dry finish. Medium body, warmth, and carbonation.

Tap at Iron Hill Phoenixville as the Hopopotomus. Pours out a cloudy darker copper color with a small white head. Aroma is of light citrus hops and some caramel. Taste is some sweet malts, caramel, light fruity notes, and grapefruit hops. Dry finish. Would have liked this one much hoppier for the name of it. None the less, rather solid.

On draft at Iron Hill, Phoenixville. Served as ’Hoppopotomous.’ Poured deep ruby red with off-white head. Solid sheets of lacing. Sweet caramel and malts dominated this one. Some surprisingly subtle piney, grapefruit bitterness. Medium bodied. Wondering where the hops were with this one. Not the hop bomb I was expecting.

On tap @ Iron Hill Wilmington. Deep clear amber with an off white head that leaves a good amount of lacing. Citrus, pine and resin hop aroma with lots of sweet caramel. This one starts sweet and finishes long and bitter. Medium body with a sticky syrupy mouth feel. Pretty good just a bit sweet for my tastes.

Cask at IH Wilmington. "Hopkowski"... Poured into a pint glass, nice big cascading head. Redish orange color. Nice aroma of fresh hops. Piney. Taste is a hop and malt bomb... Super smooth texture, slight alchohol in the taste... Taste is on the hoppier side. Overall a nice enjoyable beer.

This beer was listed on their Features menu as ’Red Cindy’, but seemed to match the description of this beer. So instead of added a new beer, I’ll just go ahead and submit my rating under this name. It seems to have many aliases anyway. But by whatever name you call it, this was one fantastic beer! It pours a beautiful amber color with a copper hue. The head was little off-white and left a ton of lacing around the glass. The nose was full of pine, grapefruit, grass, lemon and a hint of caramel. The flavors were inticing and delicious, with dry and bitter notes of piney and flowery hops, a touch of caramel, grass, earth and wood. The balance was superb and the drinkability was outstanding. This is one of those IPA’s that you can drink one right after the other all day long. The finish was remarkably hoppy and dry. Unfortantely I forgot my growler on this trip, but I will certainly make a special trip back just to get more of this!

[Phoenixville, PA] Poured a reddish copper color with a small, light tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of floral hops, citrus fruits, nuts, roasted malts, and caramel. Taste of roast, nuts, caramel, tobacco, pine, citrus fruits, and a bitter, grapefruit finish.