Ottos Double D IPA

Brewed by Ottos Pub & Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
State College, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Bomber, with thanks to kramer17801! Pours a clear amber with a large creamy tan head that persists, good lacing. Aroma is floral, with supporting citrus, some orange peel and light caramel; very nice on the nose. Flavor also works very well together, with a fleeting bitter hops bite, and the floral, citrus and balancing malts right in there. Well balanced, unique and very enjoyable. Alcohol is undetectable. It’s been quite a while since a DIPA stood out from the crowd, and this one accomplishes that in spades!

Big piney hops in the aroma.Pours a medium copper with a medium white head.Lots of malt with a good mix of piney hops in the flavor.Medium to full mouthfeel with a piney hop/malt finish.

Double D pours a delicious looking amber bronze with a big fluffy white head with thick, blanketing lacing. Fruity hop aroma chock full of citrus and pine with a strong caramel and biscuit malt scent to back up the hops. Very adventurous for a strong hoppy beer as the malts are incredibly thick and help carry the heavy hops. Full bodied, bitter and soapy this one drinks real well. Sweet malts with lots of bread and caramel flavor along with a solid nuttiness. Wonderful fresh citrus hops and some mild mixed berry flavor as well.

22 oz. bottle, sent from Glouglouburp (thanks Dany), pours golden orange with a white head. Aroma of tropical fruits (peach, mango, orange), caramel, and citrus. Flavour of spicy hops, tropical fruits (as above), caramel and citrus. Most excellent.

Pours a beautiful golden orange color. Nose is full of peaches and citrus and quite pleasant. Taste is all citrus with tropical fruits and peaches. Finish is sweet with a mouthful of citrus. Great DIPA . Quaff Score 8 / 10

My 100th IPA Rating!!! (including DIPAs) Big thanks to adrian910ss for this growler. Nice hazy-amber color with a medium head. Thick hop aroma with lots of pine, strong citrus, and other sweet hop essence. Flavor was a pleasant hop-blast that really delivers with tons of hop bitterness and citric sweetness. I’m getting lots of grapefruit and some resiny pine plus a nice, yet subtle malt backing that is sweet yet allows the hops to do their thing. I really have to make it up there one of these days. Nice DIPA!

22oz bottle from kramer17801 yesterday, March 25th, 2008. With a strong pour a small white microbubble head forms, but quickly fades. Nice mild hoppy aroma and a bit of melanoidin malt aroma. Very nice, I can’t wait to drink it. Sweet, mild bitterness. Crazy easy to drink. Like a toned down very of other great IIPAs. Yum. Could drink regularly.

Tulip glass from bottle. Pours an amber red color with a fluffy white head. Floral and citrus in the nose, with ruby grapefruit, tangerine, and navel orange on the tongue. Red honey, sweet and tasty in the finish.

Thanks to thirdeye11 for sharing this bottle. Pours slightly cloudy orange/yellow with a minimal white head. The aroma is very hoppy, with lots of citrus and orange notes as well as some piney resin. The flavor is lots of pine, but not too much bitterness. Very drinkable, medium mouthfeel.

Serving: 12 oz. bottle from Gabe. Cheers Gabe! It pours a nice amber color with a medium, frothy off white head. The nose is a mix of pineapple and tropical fruit. All hops, all the time. The flavor is a combination of those tropical fruit notes from the hops and a nice sweetness from the malt side. It leans towards the bitter side, as it should. It reminds me of a strong Two Hearted with a little more pine and lingering bitterness. Good brew for sure.