Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA

Impressive. Pours an amber/brown color with a thick off-white head and by the time I was finished there was lacing all over the glass. Big grapefruit and piney hoppy flavors and a bit of green leaf. Nice crisp hop bitterness. Finishes tart and a little dry. Real solid malt base that thickens this thing up but doesn’t over-do it. Very nice and I can definitely see myself drinking this one often.

Pours a hazed dark amber with a frothy head. The hops in the aroma are just huge. They almost burn the sinuses. There’s a slight creosote lurking under the fruity fresh hop aroma and flavor and the hops cover the malt, although there’s enough there to support the bitterness, just not enough to be easy to pick up over the aggressive hops.

12 oz bottle from my secret santa. pours beautiful orangish brown with a perfect tan head. this beer is perfect in everyway a double ipa could ever be perfect. perfect aroma of huge hops perfectly balance by the malt structure. the flavours are equally perfect and so balanced between the huge hops and malts. there is just so much flavour and every single part is just so enjoyable. the finish is bitter but just the right amount of bitter. a big thanks to whoever sent this to me!

Bomber - Poured a very dark and very orange amber in color with a medium white head. Excellent lacing on the glass. Aroma was heavy of citrus and pine hops. Flavor was... Whoa!... a hop "explosion" in my mouth. Really big with large amounts of grapefruit and piney resinous hops. Not to be faulted for its lack of malt structure though... excellent balance... maltiness is present throughout, but it really shows through in the finish, which is also quite bitter and hoppy. One of my favorite IIPAs of all time... a really great beer!

4pk, 12oz bottle. Copper color. Light tan head. Aroma of a sweet West Coast hop orgasm. Big citrus, pine, and full of resin. Go ahead, take a sip. Kaboom. Powerful hop presence. What a hop character. Full of sticky malt character, hop bitterness is in full attendance. The hop character takes over the entire palate. Rich caramel sweetness on the front of your tongue, then lupulin goodness on the back. Full and sharp. Well balanced and fun to drink. An east coast beer as good as any southern California brew. Now I want a cigar.

Bottle opened at the Harlequin, Sheffield, on RateBeer Valley of Beer Crawl ’08. Thanks to Gazza for this wonder. Gold with a white head. Sweet alcoholic apricot aroma with raspberries and piney hops. Taste is resinous (Thanks, mes, for that adjective), fruity, hoppy and strongly bitter. Excellent.

Incredibly well balanced. Not just an in your face IIPA which makes this very smooth and drinkable. I downed this sucker in no time. Glad I got another bottle to enjoy.

Dark copper color.Tons of hops in the aroma. The flavor is hops up front, hops in the middle and hops in the finish. Very resiny. The bitterness lasts and lasts. Oily beyond belief. Citrus is present, but hidden behind the pine. Balanced by a huge malt backbone. Wow.