Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA

Brewed by Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Easton, Pennsylvania USA

A wonderfful sweet Simcoe flavor in a high powerd IPA. Wish they would sell this in a six pack and stop this 4 pack nonsence. The flavor is smooth throughout and a decent amount of maltyness comes through for a great balance.

Tasty single from the bottle shop down the road. After the pour I was greeted with a big aroma of citrus hops and resinous fresh pine scents coupled with a bready malt nose. Thick 1" beige head sits on top of a mellow copper body. Thick bands of lacing stick to the glass as I emptied it. Creamy with a full body, huge puckering bitterness at first. The taste buds adjusted quickly to the hops creating a nice smooth drink for an IIPA. Alcohol is well hidden. The pleasant abundance of Simcoe hops really creates a great flavor profile that is backed up by some serious malts. Grapefruit and lemon along with oily pine flavors. Biscuit and light caramel malts keep the hops in check. Big and hearty IIPA that is very drinkable.

Very delicious 12oz pour. Orange-gold body, small, uneven off-white head. Tiny bubbles. Starts off sweet, apricotty, but as the beer moves down the hatch you feel a little alcohol dry mixed with a piney, only slightly metallic (like iron in blood). A lovely warmth though. I’m glad I bought two of these.

22oz. I really, really want to try this on draft now. Deep amber, hazy hazy pour with an ever-growing off-white head that lasts most of the glass. Extremely velvety mouthfeel with loads of complex caramel, creamy malt that is well balanced with the simcoe hops and their bold but well-situated presence. Great oily finish that lingers on the bitter receptors. Easily my favorite Weyerbacher brew.

On tap at the Highland Pub in Bellefonte, PA. Aroma is an actually pleasant lemon grass, sweet tea and candied grapefruit rind. Bits of lemon sugar and really no cattiness or urea, as I expected. Pours a reddish amber, with good clarity and a soapy, excellent lacing head. Flavor stands up with a rich, sweet lemon character. Full bodied, but the real flaw is that’s it’s too sweet, for me. Just to much sugar density and not enough nuance, chewiness or character. A fairly straight flying lightly carameled malt body behind a singular hop, but good hop flavor. The bitterness came across as clean and not grating. I would have appreciated a bit more hop utilization on the back end with some sustaining power, but it faded in soft lemony light. Very respectable, though.

bottle from zathrus13. While I was pouring this copper colored beer, I could smell the fresh hop aroma! what a nice invitation for waht is following... There must be quite a lot of finishing hops in this bottle. Even though flavors are directed toward hops, there is a good malt support and some sweetness which make a very good balance. This is a great I2PA! Thanks a lot Jeff!

12 oz. bottle. Copper pour with awesome continuous cascade. Thick lasting foamy head made up of medium sized bubbles. Pine, hops, slight citrus, and a hint of carmel on the nose. Biting bitterness in the flavor, also very apparent alcohol presence. No balance in this, all hops. Medium mouthfeel. Bitter finish with warming finish. I like it.

bottle from ucusty. no BB date. pours a rich copper color with a soft head. sweet caramel aroma with pine, citrus and perfume hops. flavor follows suit. resin/pine bitterness is kept in check with caramel malt sweetness. medium to full bodied and creamy. leaves a bitter resinous aftertaste. super creamy with BUBBLE GUM in the aroma and flavor.