Arcadia Hopmouth Double IPA

Brewed by Arcadia Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Battle Creek, Michigan USA

Bottle. Moderate roasted and caramel notes for the malt, moderate to heavy pine and herbs for the hops, light broth for the yeast, and background notes of berry, pepper and dried fruit. Head is huge, frothy, off-white with good lacing and is fully lasting. Color is murky light orange/brown. Flavor starts lightly sweet and moderately acidic, then finishes lightly sweet, acidic and bitter. Palate is medium, oily with a lively carbonation and a lightly astringent finish. The limited bitterness of this beer is unique to the point it separates it from other quality DIPAs.

Bottled. Hazy amber colour with a small off-white head. Strong and sharp aroma of lemon-zest, green apples, caramel and mild resin. Nearly full-bodied with touches of caramel, lemon-zest, mandarin-peels, metal and green apple-skin. Long bitter finish og lemon-zest, green apples and alcohol.

12 oz bottle - pours a cloudy orange with a centimeter of head with minimal lacing - Citrus aroma and taste - bitter on the palate - lighter body than expected for a DIPA - Very good brew!

Pours hazy orange-amber with a thick head. Aroma is sweet apple, pear, honey, grapefruit, lemon and is overall sweet. Taste is sweet fruit along with a mild citrus and some pine resin. Pretty balanced beer but leaning to sweet more than bitter.

Ruby brown body, fluffy white head and thick, spotty lacing. Lemon, orange, and apple fruit aromas followed by a hearty caramel scent. The hop aromas are quite soapy with a good evergreen quality. Heavy and sweet with a somewhat balanced hop to malt feeling for this style of beer. It’s quite the malt bomb with a sweet candy apple and caramel flavor followed by plenty of citrus and piny hops. I detect lots of crystal malt giving a good biscuit and nutty flavor. Great beer, enjoyed a 4-pack although it is misleading by today’s DIPA standards.

Had this on tap at the brewpub and from bottles that I purchased there at the end of June. Having consumed a bottle every month approximately, it has become apparent that it does not age well. The snifter that I am drinking while keying is more like an amber ale than a double IPA. Regardless, it was much better at the brewpub. A finely balanced Double IPA, not too bitter or dry.

Échantillon, Mondial de la bière, 3 juin 2009; oeil : bronze, claire, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse fauve; nez : houblon résineux, pamplemousse, malt, caramel; bouche : houblon résineux, pamplemousse, malt, caramel, fruitée, finale en houblon résineux avec présence de malt et caramel, peu carbonatée, très amère, moyennement sucrée; en résumé : bien aimé ENGLISH Sample, Mondial de la bière, savoured on June 3 2009; eye: bronze, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of tan head; nose: resinous hops, grapefruit, malt, caramel; mouth: resinous hops, grapefruit, malt, caramel, fruity, finale in resinous hops with presence of malt and caramel, not much carbonation, quite bitter, mildly sweet; overall: quite likable

BPW #33 Served on tap at Arcadia Brewing Company. Appearance is golden brown with a thin off-white head. The flavors and aromas follow this nice sweet hop bouquets that is more earthy and piney then anything. Hop intensity is really nice and leads to a nice bitter and full mouth.