ReaperAle Sleighor Double IPA

Brewed by Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hubsch
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Davis, California USA

Pours a deep redish hue with a sharp, crisp hoppy nose. Good solid off white head with nice retention. The taste is very hoppy with a somewhat subdued malt presence. Through the middle of my pint I could taste a little more of the malts but all and all this is a true iipa, with a pretty high abv which is masked pretty well by the hops. I would not serve this one overly cold, the flavor came through a little more after it warmed a little. A pretty intense iipa~

Pours a reddish brown with a small soapy white head. Aroma of grapefruit and hops. Flavor of pine, lots of hop bitterness, and not much sweetness to balance it out. Wow the hops are bitter in this one. If you love hop bitterness this beer is for you, but if you expect it to be balanced out by malty sweetness forget it.

This one gave me a pleasant "bitter-beer face". It truly is one of the more pungeant brews I’ve tried. Unfortunately, it lacks anything other than resinous pine and grapefruit on the tongue. Is it possible to drink a liquid and develop immediate cotton-mouth??? This beer sucked the moisture right out of me. Had to follow it up with a Thirst Buster!!!

On tap at Beachwood BBQ. Big DIPA taste. Enough hops to make you thirsty while drinking the beer. Another winner from the green flash brewing co.

Great beer, dark red body with a nice off-white head. Some nice hops on the aroma, with a good malt backing. Taste is thicker than normally would be expected, yet very nice, filling out with some caramel and dark fruits. Ending is hoppy, though not sharp.

22 oz bottle. Clear deep amber with a white haze. Nose is grassy caramel and faint cider. Medium body with a mild carb tang. Taste begins like a barleywine and slowly develops a raw bitterness. Peppery finish. As expected hops have faded and muddled but still and interesting brew.

July 2006 - Beer poured cider brown, smallish head, some lace. Aroma was pine. Flavor was really hoppy with caramel malt sweetness underneath. Some other bitterness there, not pine, with nondescript flavor. Nice thick mouthfeel. This is one of the more bitter DIPA’s I’ve had.

22oz bottle. Pours darker than you would expect from an Imperial IPA but this beer is getting old on the shelves now. Deep dark honey yellow. Thinnish white head. Subdued deep dark hops scent. Almost tastes of... Basel. That’s it basel. This brew is different and pretty good right about now. Green and spicy. Thick but good palate, with good carbonation. Not a bad brew. If you see it on the shefl somewhere, grab it. It’s usually cheap too! ... 22oz bottle of the new Sudwerks version. Pours dark orange color with a crisp, white head that fades quick and leaves no lace. Subdued but potent nose. Distant smells of dark and bitter hops. The flavors seem delayed I take a sip, bitterness, but no flavor. The hop flavors don’t catch up until it hits the back of your tongue. Bitter and dark and biting and a hint of sweetness as well. Full bodied, vibrant carbonation. Still good, let it warm up just a bit.