Stoudts Double IPA

Brewed by Stoudts Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Adamstown, Pennsylvania USA

Slightly cloudy, golden orange/amber, w/ lasting, big bubbled off-white head. Excellent aroma; soft flowery hops blended evenly w/ sugary malt sweetness(maple syrupy). Superb flavor is a delicious blend of dry, bitter, floral hops and fresh grain/malt with a hint of alcohol. Feel is thick but crisp with soft foam in mouth. Finishes bitter and long.

Poured into a short glass (~ half pint?) and poured a medium bodied, clear golden with just a hint of head that quickly dissapated. It smelled hoppy and a quite winey. It tasted more of the same with the alcohol in dominance over the hops and hints of fruit. It felt medium to thin in my mouth and was semi drinkable. I’ve enjoyed other imperials much more than this one, but this brew wasn’t too shabby.

bottle courtesy of daknole via mar, golden amber pour with minimal head. Aroma of fruit, honey and syrup. Not too much hops if any in the aroma, suprising for a double IPA. Flavor is honey with spicy finish, undercurrent of hops. Hops becomes much more prominent at the end of the beer (or perhaps when it warms up).

bottle courtesy of daknole. light amber pour with no real had. a very small hop scent that is dominate by honey and syrup. the hops are definitely not the stars here until the beer warms up. when it’s cold the malts really shine thru as honey with a bitter finish.

Nice big resiny sweaty hops, some citric grapefruit, and some tropicality too, like mango or pineapple, or maybe apricot. Deep bready malts (dark rye-like breads) behind the hops. Amber color, smallish head. Surprisingly huge on the sweet bready caramel malts up front, but not so surprising after I read the 10.6% ABV figure! Hops show up as a resiny sweaty lightly fruity complement on the sides of the tongue, and balance out the finish, which is long and rich, almost a fruitcake like presence. Atypical of DIPAs, but nevertheless a fantastic rich barleywine-esque beer with deep malt and hop flavors. My first new rating from Stoudts in years, and I’m happy to see they’re still rocking.

Sweet with a malty presence throughout. The hops come out in the finish but they never quite override the malt. This is dangerously smooth for a big beer. A great DIPA, and a nice departure from some of the hop bombs out there (yes I do like hops bombs as well).

Thanks to Dim for this one My bottle poured into a tulip glass produced a lasting finger worth of head that turned slowly to a thick lace across the glass .The body of the brew was a clear golden copper color The hops aroma was very pronounced you could smell it in the room. Some malt sweet notes as well as other citrus smells Wow very sweet for a DIPA not overtly so but more than I expected, a little alcohol warmth present too you get the pine flavors of the hops as a finish Good body as well as carbonation I’d drink this again. I would love to try it on tap to see if there is any difference to the hop profile. Another solid brew from Stoudts

Bottle, courtesy daknole. Pours a little hazy but clears to a bright copper with a thick and lacy off-white head. Sweet smell of grapefruit, hay, mango, a little pine, and a smidgen of alcohol. Sweet, sugary, almost oily full body and moderate carbonation. Moderately bitter finish, because the hops are fighting an uphill battle against a tide of malty toffee. The alcohol also shows up in the finish, but not enough to make the finish particularly hot; although I’d rather see this beer somewhere in the 8’s.

So, to summarize: needs more hops, less booze, and probably a bit lower level of non-fermentable sugars to bring it into balance. Otherwise, pretty darn tasty!