Arcadia Batch 999 Imperial IPA

Formerly brewed at Arcadia Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Battle Creek, Michigan USA

Opaque dark red color with a small beige head. Aroma of reisonous hops. Flavor of caramel, some fruit and HOPS. Well balanced, thick and chewy. Great!

close to an IIPA but ends up on the edgy side of an IPA. deep murky amber color, lasting light head that sticks onto the glass. superb hops aroma, probably dry-hopped with centennial. tons of everything, especially hops (lots of english-style hops, which is an interesting twist). phenomenal beer--i love how it’s not over-the-top bitter and incorporates the malt profile into the IPA style.

Densely clouded amber hue, thick head formation. Piney grapefruit aroma, mild seasonal spice (not sure if this is a winter seasonal, but very fitting),.sweet candy sugar and mild caramel. Complex palate, grapefruit harsh bitterness jumps out immediately, but it’s very well balanced with candy cane sweetness and mild cookie dough. Biting citrus in the finish but again very well tempered by a long lingering candy aftertaste. Excellent brew. Special thanks to mikemcallister.

Nice aroma of lemon and tangerines. Pours a thick, cloudy brown amber with thick head and oozing lace. Rich, malty mouthfeel zapping with lots of citric hops. Quick finish. A real nice IPA. Thanks Brad!

Bottle: Real nice fruity and citrus aroma with some nice hop balance. Pours a very dark hazy amber, almost brown, with a some sediment. Nice off-white head with decent retention. Great lacing. Malty up front with fruit, caramel, and raison and a nice balanced hoppy finish. Verry impressive.

Lightly cloudy dark amber color with a small dense cream colored head with heavy chunks of lace. Caramel coated hops aromas. Lightly citric and pine hops in the nose. Smooth light feel which thickens as it warms and still is very smooth. Initial caramel malt initializes the flavor which is take back by the hops. Mild pine and grapefruit flavors swim through the middle of this one, and then give way to some nice malt flavors again the the finish. Linger has hops resin all over the place which distracts slightly but the flavors of the malt in the next swig help assuage this minor fault. Nice balance and flavor throughout. Thanks John.

Pours a lightly hazy mahogany copper with a thick, thin-lacing cream-colored head. Aroma is busting with fresh grapefruity hop resin and a touch of crystal malt. Body has a good dry caramel maltiness to it that balances the fresh bittering hops very well. I guess this falls into the English IPA category due to the malt billing despite the aggresive and appealing hoppiness. A very unique and flavorful beer nonetheless. Many thanks to wohlfs and Silphium for this brew!

Totally cloudy amber brown/yellow color with biggish white head. Aroma is full of citrusy hops, crisp and clear. Flavor is hoppy and bitter, but has a good amount of malt background. A very well balabnced IPA but very big overall. I really enjoyed this brew, and this was a bit of a surprise.