Manzanita Chaotic Double IPA

Brewed by Manzanita Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Santee, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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22oz bomber pours clear copper with a light tan head of foam. The aroma is thick with resiny hops coming from pine to grapefruit to a certain level of grassiness. As it warmed I started to pick up some floral hop notes. The taste is resiny hop richness nuanced by a modest malt sweetness. I get grapefruit, lime peel, grassy wet bitter hop leaves, a bit of dank earthy hoppiness and then it seems to get more resiny with robust levels of pine sap midway and into the finish. This is big bold rich and bitter with slivers of hop flavor here and there to keep it interesting. Dandy IIPA.

22 oz bottle after a couple of Latitude 48s. Hazy bright amber with strong light head. Lotsa lace and dirty glass. Nose is bright high citrus hoppy goodness. Bit of bread. Taste is big and bright. Lotsa sweet hoppiness. Nice bite. Good sweet bright lingering afters. Bit of tropicalness. Really drinkable brew. Cheers.

Strong green grass and grapefruit aromas. Clear medium yellow body with a foamy white head. A bracing grapefruit and pine bitterness greets you first followed by a solid alcohol bite. Then a caramel sweetness and an almost buttery smoothness follow this as an excellent counterbalance. The resiny hops swirl around in your mouth after this in a most delicious way. Finishes bitter and sticky on the tongue with a sweet aftertaste. Solid DIPA.

In taster at Urge gastropub in RB. Looks thick and golden. Nice off white head. Smells super with citrus and flowers. Tastes pretty light on the malts with lots of light and bright citrus hops that almost taste sour. Nice lacing and nice aftertaste. Overall 8 of 10.

Bomber from Beverages4Less in Santee, CA. Go Fred! Pours hazy light amber with a foamy/creamy white head. Lots of citrus/floral hop over a light malt backbone - for aroma. Med body. Flavor is floral with a touch of some spice. There’s a little malt, the sweetness is detectable, but there’s burny spice, and a lot of hop that’s more floral than anything else. Enough hop to put a burn on the internal tissues of the mouth. It gets a bit gluey texture with time. Or maybe that’s membranes coming off the mouth. It is hard to pin down the hop, suffice it to say there’s a lot of hop, it’s very floral, and it has hot bits. Excellent.

UPDATED: DEC 25, 2011 Bomber from Holiday Wine Cellar: Cloudy pale orange in color with a medium off-white head. Aroma is floral and citrusy. Flavor starts fruity sweet with tangerine, pineapple and mango followed by a sharp orange rind bitterness that lingers into a bry bitter finish, Medium body is sticky with moderate carbonation.

Amber color with a thin white head. Hoppy aroma. Crisp, sharp taste of hops, grass, pepper, and light woodiness. Very nice and less strong than the alcohol content would lead you to believe.

Bottle from Beverages 4 Less in Santee. Pours cloudy orange copper with a massive beige head and a toffee and licorice aroma. There is a syrupy caramel malt flavor with a seriously bitter dry finish that lingers.

Hazy golden color/ lasting white head. Big fresh ganja bud, spicy, floral, tropical fruit hoppy aromas. medium body with average co2. Nice pine, floral, spicy hop flavors on a solid pale malt base brew, nicely bitter finish--very good.

Tap. Poured clear copper color with an average frothy white head that lasted with excellent lacing. Moderate citrus and earthy aroma. Medium to full body with a slick texture and lively carbonation. Moderate to heavy complex bitter flavor with a moderate to heavy complex bitter finish of medium to long duration. This is a solid beer.