Moylans IPA

Brewed by Moylans Brewery & Restaurant
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Novato, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

Thanks for sharing this Mike! Deep hazed copper/gold with a frothy sticky lace cap. Intense nose of toffee, burnt sugars, citrus, aluminum, some pine. Tastes quite sweet, with a marked bitterness that doesn’t seem to be enough for this malt bomb. Very fruity with citric pith.A huge mother of an IPA. Thick, viscous, drinks like a double.Long finish. Good!

Clear golden body with a fizzy, off-white head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is mostly hops with notes of resin and grapefruit. A slight hint of toasted grain. The flavor is lightly to moderately bitter and lightly to moderately sweet. It finishes lightly sweet and moderately to heavily bitter with the bitterness lingering well into the aftertaste. Medium body, water texture turning sticky in the finish, lively carbonation. This is pretty much the definition of a West Coast IPA — heavily hopped, so much so that it overpowers the malts.

(22oz bomber thanks to mar) Fruity hoppiness with some cat pee additions in the aroma. Burnt orange color. Super bitter- like kinda kicking my ass bitter. I don’t think I can take this much bitterness though.

The beer pours a golden yellow color with a white head. The aroma is a great mix of hops and malt. I get some pine and orange citrus notes, but this is balanced with a lot of caramel malt. The flavor is more of the same, with a lot of orange citrus hop notes as well as some bready and caramel malt. Definitely maltier than I was expecting. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

Cask at the brewery. Light golden pour, well-laced white head. Not much nose. Taste is thin and bitter. No comparison to the N. Cal ipa or Hopsickle.

Aroma: citrusy but not in an acidic sort of way, more juicy, and, of course, hops; Appearance: medium to thin white head upon pour, hazy yellow, more pale than honey yellow; Taste: upon first swig, I was confronted with a bitter that sucker punched me in my taste buds, my first impression was, "man, this is the most bitter hopped beer I’ve ever had," and, honestly, I think this is a true statement, the only thing I can think of that rivals it is Sierra Nevada’sTorpedo IPA, after my taste buds settled down from the bitter assult, they were able to pull out the distinct tast of apricot, specifically, dried apricot, it was so pronounced to me, that I could picture eating those dried apricot slices, this was followed by a "wood"ish taste, but not burnt/smoked wood, nor cedar/juniper, just kind of reminded me of how lumber, in general, smells; Palate: the bitter stays for a long time, which is fine by me since I turn to IPAs for the hops, overall, very pleasing, lingering mouthfeel because of the great amount of carbonation; Overall: I really liked this beer even though I was in no way expecting such a punch, not as complex as other IPAs I’ve had, but, if you want to tell someone you’ve had a bitter (but awesome) beer, then this is the one to try, I would recommend it for the experience

Bottled@Pikkulintu, Helsinki. Amber colour with mediumsized creamy off-white head. Aroma is fruity and floral hops along with some slight wooden and spicy notes. Also some mild biscuits and bready malts. Flavour is bready and caramel malts along with some fruity and floral hops and mild notes of toffee.

Interesting combination of hops on this one, at least on paper. Fuggles, I normally associate w/ English beers and Chinook I think of as being exclusively a bittering hop. It pours a decent orange color w/ a small head of fine white bubbles. The nose is mostly dominated by pine and earthy notes w/ a floral tinge in the background. Taste is hop forward but definitely malty as well, a floral note from the hops giving it a honey-like character. Moderately carbonated and medium bodied, the mouthfeel on this seems a little boring but in now way detracts from anything else; it just doesn’t add anything. Lingering earthy hop notes in the finish are a bit too strong but overall this is nice and drinkable. Despite the hop choice, this is fairly standard for the style.