Michigan Brewing Hop Head Switch Double IPA

On tap at the brewery. Hazy medium orange body, medium buff head. Sharp citrusy, piney aroma with potent boozy alcohol. Over-the-top, sharp, syrupy-sweet body with slick, resiny grapefruity and piney hops backed by thick, caramely, sugary malt. Prominent alcohol. Long bitter finish with lingering residual sugars. I found this hard to drink. Definitely one of the most potent, brash Double IPAs.

Tap @ The Oak Cafe 11-30-06. Dark copper, 1 finger white head, great lacing. Tons of tropical, citrus fruits up front, pine, malt backbone could be a little bigger. Pine dominates the flavor up front, tropical fruit through the middle, caramel comes through a little bit more in the finish. Nicely balanced iipa, complex but almost sessionable.

Received a growler of this in October and never got around to finding people to share it with until the end of December. I was told it wouldn’t last, but it was great! It poured thick and dark copper. The hops wafted up quite strongly. The hops were definitely apparent in the taste. Although strong, the bite didn’t bring the drinkability down at all. Overall, I enjoyed it and will be looking to pick up another growler when it’s offered.

Poured a slightly hazed orange-copper color with a medium sized off-white head. Citrus and catty aroma with caramel and candy like malt. The flavor had a citrus start with citrus rind flavor and bitterness at the end. Mild bitterness and medium bodied. Some warmth in the chest.

sample at MBGWF.....poured a dark orange brown with a thin tan head...aromas of malt and sweeter tropical hops....flavors dominated by malt and sweet sugar. not as much hops in the flavor as one would have liked though.