Ninkasi Tricerahops Double IPA

Brewed by Ninkasi Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Eugene, Oregon USA

Pours a hazy copper color with a white head. Aroma is caramel, toast, and juicy citrus hops. Flavor is malty, toasty, caramel, bitter citrus hop, and a slightly alcoholic finish.

Pours a light orange color with a below average head, average lacing and average carbonation. The dominate smell is heavy citrusy floral hops and mild malts. First taste is light, sweet, and a very crisp hoppy note. Light in body and taste. The 9% ABV is very well hidden. Not bad.

22oz bottle. Copper color, thin white head. Aroma of spicy hops and some pale malt. Flavors of caramel. Dominate flavor is the hop bitterness. Very hoppy flavor. Lots of pine.

A pretty hoppy and strong double IPA, I liked it and had it courtesy of Jamie from the Ninkasi brewery.

Pours a cloudy orange brown with a thin head. Aroma of pale malts, caramel malts, and floral and piney hops. The flavor has these notes as well with a moderate malty body, lots of malts, but not a lot of sweetness to be specific, and a piney floral finish. Not big bitterness, but more toward the moderate side. Pretty drinkable, alcohol was almost unnoticeable. It was just not what I really look for in an IIPA, but well done nonetheless.

I have no recollection of this beer, but have a readable written rating of it so I know it’s legit. Piney hops that are fairy subtle. Hazy dark gold witout much head. Very solid. Their hops tend to be a notch below style: IIPA is more like an IPA; IPA is more like a Pale. Full bodied.

(22oz bottle) Pours a cloudy orange body with a small white head. Aroma of pine, citrus, caramel, and florals. Flavor of hops (pine, grapefruit) and caramel malt with a dry, bitter finish.

CelticBrew brought this bomber over to share the other day (4/28/08) - thanks Jim. Clear orange pour with a sturdy white head that lasted a good while - nice looking beer. Pretty hop dominated aroma of pine and grapefruit rind, yet there is a substantial malt base of caramel based aromas as well. Medium to full body, medium carbonation, and a thick, but not sticky mouthfeel. Flavor has significant sweetness, but the balance is there with a healthy dose of the aforementioned grapefruit bitterness. I’ve some of these DIPA’s to be overly sweet, but this was not in spite of all the malt used. Very tasty.