Long Trail Brewmaster Series Double IPA

Brewed by Long Trail Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Bridgewater Corners, Vermont USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Poured this beer from a large bottle into a trumpet glass to drink. The beer was a cloudy, light amber-citrus color with a small bubbly white head that had little retention and slight cling. The aroma features strong hop scents of citrus and grain, along with a bit of caramel malt. Its taste was subtly sweet with citrus, but quickly gave way to a quite bitter grainy hops taste. It had a strong, dry mouthfeel, with light carbonation but good fizz and was fairly thin.

Picked this up. Bottle shows 1/26/12 on the neck. No idea if that’s a brew date or best by. Paid about $6 for the bottle. Poured into a Duvel Tulip

A - Nice off-white to tan head of about 4 fingers. Tight and creamy bubbles. The beer is tan in color and no clouds or haze at all.

S - Mild hops, peaches, mangoes and mild pine smells. It’s not the scent of an IPA that I’m used to.

T - There’s no way this is a Double IPA. No hope characteristics at all, some syrupy malts, some cream soda or orange soda aspects.

M - Lots of bubbles, medium bodied

O - This is gonna be a drain pour for me but ONLY because I believe this Double IPA is from last year and I’m just now picking it up. It’s rated so high here, I’d guess that I’m in the minority to say this beer is terrible. This leads me to think that I am drinking an old beer.

Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Cloudy yellow - white head. Lovely bretty, ok bitterness, light to medium body, crispy, ligh malty, prachy, citrus, lovely high bretty ----- ORVAL.

bottle at papsø 20120202 cloudy yellow, arge smooth offwhite head. mild aroma, very faint fruity. flavor is flowery, slightly hoppy.

Bottle at Papsø. Hazy amber coloured with a huge white head. Fruity aroma of peaches, brett, hops and grass. Fruity flavour of brett, hops, peaches and grass. Hoppy and bretty finish.

Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of Skyview. Pours a cloudy golden with a dense and lively white head leaving quite some lacework. Dry, Bretty nose topping the hops. Medium body, some sweet fruit, heavy dry Brett - we’re talking Orval territory here! Dry, and bitter finish. It’s not a bad infection, but it kinda spoils the original style. 020212

Bottled. Amber colorued. Unclear. Dense beige head. Aroma of yeast, sweetness, flowers, wax, orange, caramel. flavour of sweetness, herbs, caramel, light grape, pine. Medium to full bodied. Ends on a dry and grapy bitterness.

22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is peachy and with a distinct note of brett. Dry and brett to smooth peachy flavoured. Bitter, brett leathery and peachy into the finish.

Bottled. An unclear golden beer with a huge yellowish head. The aroma has notes of lemons, straw, and brettanomyces. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw, brettanomyces, and malt, leading to a dry fruity finish.

Bottle at Papsoes. Hazy light golden beer with a huge mostly lasting white head. Aroma is fruitty, yeasty with notes of brett, orange zest, lime. Taste is light sweet, citrussy, medium bitter, tart. Very light body for an IIPA, more like an american style farmhouse ale. But very good at that.