Starr Hill Double Platinum

Brewed by Starr Hill
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Crozet, Virginia USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Double Platinum pours a deep golden amber. The head is short and foamy. The aroma is strong with fresh grapefruit. The taste is very bitter with citrus notes lingering in the back of the mouth. The finish is smooth and tacky. Hoping for more of a crispness there. This Double IPA really stands out from the pack and it really packs a punch at 8.5%.

Cloudy, orangish pour with white head, little lacing. Aromas of grapefruit, oranges, and lemons. Taste is sweet, mild bitterness, but mostly on the back end. Overall, I like this one quite a bit. Well balanced, nice flavor, smooth, and I really like the citrus aromas on every drink.

UPDATED: MAY 21, 2011 On cask at Cap Ale House as Hopopotamus. Medium orange, slight but lasting head, faint haze. Aroma was massively of hops, loads of pine, citrus, and faint cat piss over gummy sweet malts. Flavor was a dead match to the nose. Bitterness intense, but in balance. Very, very enjoyable brew. 5/18/2011, Sampled as Double Platinum in the big bottle. Much like the cask, but less intense overall. Still nice, will stick with the original numbers. Maybe a 3.9 in the bottle.

Bottle… This beer rocks!... Crystal clear, brilliant amber ale with a mid-sized, creamy, white head. Excellent retention. The fruity bouquet furnishes pineapple, mango, peach, apricot, grapefruit spicy, earthy hops. Full-bodied with a velvety mouthfeel and gentle carbonation. Medium to heavily bitter. Not a lot of hop flavor, but plenty of rindy, tannic, lupulin bite. Subtle biscuit and caramel malts. Finishes lengthy, bitter and a bit dry. Very pleasantly surprised by this brew. World class bottle of beer provided by scraff!

Draught at GBBF 2011. Pours a near clear amber with very large khaki head and very sticky lacing. Nose is floral and grapefruity pineapple hop. Flavor is the same hop profile, but with a distinct hop sweetness up front, that transitions to a mild bitterness on the very tail end finish. Palate is chewy and medium full bodied, moderately low carbonation.

6-pack from Growlers on Hilton Head Island. Bright golden pour with a decent white head, bits of lace. Pungent aroma of big citrus, piney as can be, some heat too. Lots of pine and citrusy fruit from top to bottom. Lovely mix of lightly sweetened fruit and bitter hops. Mouthfeel was big and slick, oily, carbonation somewhat tingly. A top notch double from Starr Hill.

Bottle. Clear, amber, and with a prolific head of rocky foam, this beer expels the sickest, piney aroma I’ve enjoyed in a while now. This drinks with a warmth worthy of furniture polish, but has a medium body. (#4241, 9/8/2011)

Bottle and draft in Williamsburg, VA. Pours translucent medium copper with 1-finger frothy white head. Nose is pungent cheesy Simcoe hops, caramel malt, pine, tangerine, black pepper. Tastes Somcoey, with that pungent tangerine and pineapply citrus, caramel malt, black pepper, and a hoppy, bitter finish.

12oz bottle. Hazy golden color with an averaged sized head. Aromas of floral hops, toast, citrus, pine, and spicy hops. Tastes of citrus, pine, fruity, and spicy finish.

On Cask at CAH innsbrook. Pours a near clear amber with very large khaki head and very sticky lacing. Nose is floral and grapefruity pineapple hop. Flavor is the same hop profile, but with a distinct hop sweetness up front, that transitions to a mild bitterness on the very tail end finish. Palate is chewy and medium full bodied, moderately low carbonation. I think I would prefer this on draft, but the cask is pretty damn good. Very drinkable for a DIPA. Extra points for the FotC reference...