Moylans Moylander Double IPA

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Pours a brilliantly clear ruby-copper color. It is topped by a creamy tan colored head that is quite thick and lucious and leaves layers of Belgian lace as I take each sip. An immediate fresh aroma of American hops wafts from my glass, I get notes of grapefruit, lychee, tangerine, and fresh pine needles. My first sip encounters a medium bodied beer that coats my mouth. The flavor is quite hoppy with an aggresive hop bit in the finish. This beer is raw with fresh hop flavor, there is a bit of astringency from the hopping levels, though it is not so much that it really detracts. The flavor is sweet up front with lots of fruity hop notes of citrus, grapefruit, and lychee that sit on top of a layer of maltiness that has notes of caramel, and a bit of toasted malt.

This beer is quite enjoyable. It seems to be missing a certain something that would take it over the top, but that is an elusive thing to put your hand on. I guess the main complaint is that, while it starts out big and aggresive, it seems to fade a bit with time. Though I must add that it remains quite tasty, and I will certainly enjoy having the rest of this bottle.

Nice crisp ipa color..not necessarily what I would expect to see from a double. More on the bitter side of the hop as opposed to the floral...but still smooth. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle. Pours slightly hazy golden amber with a medium off-white head that dissipates fairly slowly. Aroma of pine with some citrus and alcohol notes. Taste is high on hops and alcohol, which was not well disguised in my sample. A good, not great, DIPA in my opinion.

On tap 4 oz. sample at Moylan's Brewery and Restaurant. Clear amber with small head and fair lacing. Aroma of citrus and pine with some mild biscuity tinges. Taste is fairly bitter citric and pine hops balanced by sweet fruity and toffee flavors. The citrus is a mix of orange and grapefruit. Full body with above average carbonation. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle. Amber, hazy, small to average and fully diminishing head. Moderate, malty and sweetish aroma, some caramel and light tropical fruitiness, grapefruit - piney hoppyness. Body is medium, malty and sweetish flavor, some caramel and light fruitiness, piney hoppyness. Finish is average, malty and sweetish, some caramel, sharp piney hoppyness. In the finish hoppyness gets bit sharp/soapy.

Bottle. Hazy amber with a big off-white head. Decent lacing. Aroma of citrus, melon, grass, and nuances of pale malt. The taste is basically high bitterness with some light sweet fruity flavor. Medium bodied and dry. Not a bad beer, but it’s a bit one dimensional.

Pretty average. Malty ipa. No aroma. Dehydrating was expecting more 22 from bev warehouse ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

UPDATED: APR 12, 2012 Bottle from total wine Sac. Beer is slight orange and amber. Aroma is hoppy. The beer has a slight sweet taste with a malty finish.

Clear golden pour orange tint thin off white head and lots of sticky lacing .... aroma of citrusy hops, grapefruit rinds, little lemony and piney .... taste is of bitter citrusy hops, ibu’s way up there rindy grapefruit, piney hops, sugary and a little lemony with a bit of malt in the backbone .... dry bitter lingering hop bite in the finish .... mouthfeel is oily and slick .... abv is hidden pretty well with just a slight hint in the finish ... very well done

Pours an amber/ruby color with a medium tan head. Aroma is very fruity with some earthy notes. Flavor is bitter and earthy with some fruitiness and spicy hop notes. Mouthfeel is medium and the finish is bitter/earthy and dry.

Fresh dry hop aroma. Poured golden in color. Hoppy bitter, though light mouthfeel. Notes: GABF ’09