Alpine Beer Company Pure Hoppiness

Brewed by Alpine Beer Company (CA)
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Alpine, California USA

In short: A very good grapefruity IPA that is unfortunately a bit too sugary/honey.
How: Bottle 22oz. Consumed fresh a few weeks after receiving it from toncatcher. Thanks a lot Dennis.
The look: Clear golden body topped by small persistent off-white head
In long: Pleasant moderate nose of grapefruity hops with some light floral notes. Taste has a lot of grapefruit and a lot of honey. Some tropical fruits. The beer is a little too sweet for me as the honey sweetness felt a little sugary. Finish is bitter grapefruits and white sugar. Because of the sweetness there is almost no tartness despite the grapefruit character of the beer. For me this type of hopping really shines in a less sweet more refreshing IPA. Very good beer that plays a bit with the same flavour elements as Alesmith IPA (a personal fav) but this one tastes like an Alesmith IPA with added honey and white sugar.
Hopiness: -noun. State of constant bitterness. Can be the result of a persistent high IBU level or a marriage.

Pours from bomber a golden amber, forming decent foamy head. Aroma evident immediately of grapefruit, malts and hops. Flavour was spiked with pine resins, followed by a tropical fruit tone. Malts balance this beer, resulting in a smooth, refined imperial IPA. Dangerously quaffable!

Pours a golden yellow with a small head. Nose is moderate with hops. Taste is very light in sweetness, slight dextrine, good amount of hop bitterness, very bright piney hop flavors.

Poured from 22 oz. Cloudy golden/amber, white head. Nose was hops, taste was biiter, light, floral, citrus and a bit of banana. Very nice.

On tap at Blue Palms. Color is quite light for an IPA, almost pale gold with a white head. Aroma is quite floral and citrusy, very clean with almost no malt notes. Flavor follows suit, a deliciously lemony-citrus profile, like a good quaff of fresh lemonade with hibiscus leaves. Finish is bitingly bitter and clean, leaving the mouth a bit dry and wanting of the next sip. This is my kind of IPA, not for the faint hearted.

This brings the hops as advertised but since I have had so many IPA’s, they really have to stand out from the pack and this one doesn’t for me.

This was extremely delicious. Pours a deep dark orange color and is extremely hazy. has a very clean nose, this is definitely a citrus bomb, along with some candied fruits, orange. pineapple, and tangerines, perhaps even a bit of peach. Very lovely and sweet smelling, but still remaining clean. Very well balanced on the palate, with the hops changing from a citrusy sweet in the nose, to a mixture of pine and resin, mingling nicely with a rich caramel texture. The sweet maltiness cuts through some of the hoppy bitterness. This is a really well done beer, and not over the top at all, well done in moderation. I could learn to drink this one all the time.

Pours murky orange, and the haze almost makes it look like a dark orangey hefe-weizen. Creamy white head isn’t necessarily large, but it retains well, offers a sexy delivery of the ale onto the palate, and laces well on my glass. Nose has a candy orange quality that is very appetizing, maybe with some orange creme popsicle suggestions there too. Some light grapefruit, tangerine, and other such fruits in the background. Good dose of malt, somewhat biscuity, but quickly the focus is back on the orange-grapefruity hops. Again there is a candied quality to the hops. Mouthfeel and body is quite creamy, and among the best for IPAs. Finish is rather long, delightfully tart, and the alcohol is masked well.