Sprague Farm IBUD59

Brewed by Sprague Farm & Brew Works
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Venango, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

On tap at brewery: The man at the tap told me that this was still a young beer so this batch may be different from the one others rated. Poured a golden amber with adequate head, a rather barnyard hop aroma was distinctly not a DIPA characteristic I was used to, flavor was the same, no citrus or flowery profile discernable, some malt flavor saved this beer from being bad.

UPDATED: JUN 25, 2011 On draft. At the Bocktown, nice place! Sprague IBUDDIPA S5L4F1T3O6: Really nifty pour. Foamy bubbling boiling fine bubbles everywhere. Has a slight fruity hop aroma. Pours like a nitro stout, but it is lighter in color, very attractive. Settles to an orangey brown clear lookin beverage with a tan head. Fairly flat on the palate. Definitive hop bitter experience with a long medicinal beer bitter linger. On style except for the flatness and the slight watery appeal. Too much for this lager lover. Over the top in personality.

On tap at Bocktown. Blah! This was awful. Aroma was stale light malt with some citrus hops. Pour was a nice light gold with no bubbles or head. Taste was very soapy and weak. Tasted like household cleaner with a light alcohol burn and lemony aftertaste. Not very good.