Moylans Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale

Brewed by Moylans Brewery & Restaurant
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Novato, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Thanks to Dr. Bill for introducing this beer to myself as well as everyone else at Logans at GABF 05. I loved this beer so much I had to trade for it. Big thanks to Davecooks for sending me 4 bottles of this stuff. My favorite DIPA by far. Pour is surprisingly clear medium amber with a real nice lasting head and a kickass lace. Aroma is what does if for me with this beer. Dr. Bill himself said to me that this would be the best smelling DIPA I had ever smelled. He was right. Great fucking aroma. Pure pine and mint aroma to the extreme. Flavor is dominated by a shitload of tomahawk hops I guess because it is a hop quality that is seldom seen in other IPA’s. Just a lot of pine and mint all the way through, but a decent amount of clean light caramel malt. Perfect smooth palate, balanced with malt and hops but obviously more on the hops side, which is great. The bitter finish isnt as harsh as I would have expected, as there is plenty of real clean crystal malt. The best DIPA in the world.

Wow, this beer is not for babies....Very extreme. Very hoppy, but very boozy. Too much alcohol presence for my taste. Not one of my favorites. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Big, big, big hop aroma!! This was smack you in the face hops, awesome. A big full flavoured beer that only the very daring should attempt to drink.

Bottle. Pours a nice golden orange color with a white head. Aroma is of sweet citrus fruits like orange and tangerine, grapefruit, slight tropical notes of pineapple and mango along with some caramel and sweet malt. Flavor is much more malty, lots of caramel and sweet malt, with bitter grapefruit, orange and tangerine with slight mango notes. The body is medium with a dry mouth feel. Overall a pretty solid DIPA, but I don’t think this was the freshest bottle.

Bottle. Pours a hazy amber with a white head. Smells of pine, caramel, floral hops. Tastes of a piney large bitterness, a medium-heavy resiny sweetness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, oily texture. A very super hopped beer with an interesting set of flavors. Its a bit excessive in the American way.

Bottle. Light amber, hazy, average and mostly diminishing head. Moderate to full, malty and sweetish aroma, tropical fruitiness and some caramel, lots of piney and some grapefruit hoppyness. Body is medium to full, malty and sweetish flavor, some tropical fruitiness and some caramel, lots of piney and some grapefruit hoppyness, faint alcohol. Finish is average to long, malty and lightly sweetish, light caramel, light tropical fruitiness and lots of piney hoppyness, some alcohol. Really nice and well hopped IIPA - not too sweet/not too much caramel. Ace.

Bottle. Nice amber color with pretty head, decent retention, and decent lacing. Smells sweet- almost like vanilla cereal- plus perfume, grapefruit, and lemon notes. Quick sweet flavor, followed immediately by a sour and bitter note that lasts. Nice long hop finish. Doesn’t taste as sweet as it smells.

WOW! From the bottle poured an amber brew with a fine white head. Mostly malt aromas. Vicious hop flavors assault your mouth, over powering the malt. Medium bodied. The hop flavor is so strrong I may have to scrape it off my tounge.

Clear amber with a soapy cream colored head and solid lacing. Aroma of citrus, caramel, bread, herbs, and grapes. Taste is really well balanced; substantial bitterness and heavy malt flavors. Pretty full bodied.

If you like hops, this is your beer. Very resiny IPA, bitter finish. Good palate -- again, loaded with hops. Well done. Would definitely seek out another bomber of this.

Bottle from Oxford wine store. Crazy hop smell and super bitter. Good aftertaste and mouthfeel. 9.2% and it let's you know. Not for slamming. It Puts hair on your grandmas chest. Ever more than she already has. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone