Stoudts Double IPA

Golden color, not much head to speak of. Deep nose of both citrus and herbal hops primarily. In the mouth, a combination of sweet, heavy stickiness (from alcohol more than from malt) with a powerful but not overpowering hop presence. Interesting marriage of barleywine-ish alcohol with a big and attractive hop profile. But not smooth enough to warrant coming back to.

Bottle. Pours a hazy deep golden color with a nice white head on top. Aroma is hops, with grapefruit, pineapple, orange, and citrus coming through. Hints of sweet malts come into the background. Flavor is quite hoppy with grapefruit and pineapple taking first taste. The hoppy flavor is accompanied by sweet cake malts to balance out. Alcohol is very well hidden for sitting at 10.6%. An enjoyable IIPA.

I was really looking forward to this beer, but I came away a bit dissapointed. I am a sucker for IPAs and hops, but I thought this beer was way too unbalanced to be enjoyable. Maybe I was on an off night or something, but this didnt work with me.

Stoudt’s Double IPA 12 oz bottle Medium pour in a mug Recent brewing, ingested 12/06 Poured a hazy orange amber with a rocky off white fully lasting head with excellent lacing that left layered ring of lacing upon every sip, like reading the rings of on a tree and tracing it’s age. Smelt of strong sweet grapefruit and orange, tropical pineapple banana bubble gum or starbust mystery flavor, parsnip, with light barnyard and earthy yeasty flavors. Taste was upfront strong bittersweet sweet pineapple and citrus cake followed by a harsh and bitter conifer taste with moderate sweet sweet bread on a long hops finish. Palate was medium to full bodied, creamy with a dry finish, also lightly syrupy, softly carbonated, a nice slight alcoholic warmth and moderate to heavy hops astringency. Overall, a great DIPA that balances a malt sweetness backbone and strong hops nicely.

Poured a golden copper, with hints of orange and red. Head was fluffy offwhite. Aroma of citrus and malts; very little pine or malt aroma. Flavor was complex, but mellow. Very drinkable beer for me. Main flavors of hops and malt, but also of fruit, citrus, and grapefruit. Not my favorite DIPA, but very enjoyable.

[12oz Bottle Thanks The Beer God] A deep golden copper color wth a nice head. This was a truly awesome Double IPA. Easy to drink nothing like a NW hopped ale that will rip your heart out. This was drinkable and was awesome. Loved the flavors and the finish was dry and perfect. Great beer.

Pours with a big white foamy head, slightly hazy orange color, big hop aroma, hops forward in taste follow by warm alcohol, good balance, great flavor,

Let the bitterness shine! Yessss! A beautiful golden color with a white-ish head that must get overcome by the goodness inside. Hops are the boss here, and the malts. water and other ingredients are the peons. Nice strong bitterness that hangs around well after the beer is gone. Even the aroma yells "Hops!"