Ninkasi Tricerahops Double IPA

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

Bottle. Pours a clear copper with a one finger off white head that leaves good lacing. Aroma of citrus and floral hops followed by a sweet malt backbone. Taste is the same as aroma. Medium mouth feel with a moderate to strong amount of bitterness and well hidden alcohol. Very good

22oz Bottle Pours out a nice amber gold topped with a off white cream head. Aroma of floral hops and lots of malt.Tast a ton of malt and light hops. A tasty brew. Not a lot of bitterness at the end.

22oz bottle-Pours a orangish body with a small off white head. Aroma of citrus, hops, and a little malt. Taste of the same with a little bitterness on the back end. Very well balanced without the hops being overbearing. Nice Double.

Bottle (thanks guys) at Sune’s Sommerhus. Cloudy reddish - white head. Nice hoppy, resin, light wine, fruity, bitterness, pineapples, caramel, vineous, high bitterness, peppery, long lasting bitterness, light malty. Nice.

A very good IIPA courtesy of Mr. Stitch. Aroma and taste were very good. All hops with a malty backbone that doesn’t try to be equal. Pour was a medium gold with lots of bubbles and a one finger off white head. Taste was mostly bitter grapefruit hops with some thin earthiness and a dry aftertaste. Decent carbonation and very drinkable for a 9% beer.

Sampled in a big bottle. A pretty good IIPA. Pours light brown with a golden hue. A fair amount of head and sedementation. Big hops on this one and sweet aftertaste. Well worth a try.

Bomber. Pours a dark and lightly hazy burnt-orange amber hue. A small, bubbly, frothy head settles in to a thick edge that leads up to a dense, three dimensional coat of layered, cobweb like lacing. The nose is quite hoppy, showing notes of pine resin and citrus, yet well balanced by a sweet toffee and grain malt profile, along with a touch of honey. Flavors largely follow suit, bitter from the sticky pine and sharp, pithy orange and grapefruit hops. Notes of toffee and toasted bread malt are there, but don’t quite match the sweetness that they impart in the nose, which is a good thing. Still, it’s mainly a balanced IIPA. The palate is big, moderately carbonated, initially smooth and then finishing of the dry, bitter side. Overall, this is a fine example of the style that’s void of many flaws, though it fails to excite.

Bottle, courtesy fishingnet. Copper pour, hazy, some particles, frothy white head, some lacing. Some citrus in the nose, some funky flowers, pine. Dry spicy grainy flavors, citrus, some flowers and acidity. Medium-bodied, balanced and drinkable.