Arcadia Hopmouth Double IPA

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

Very malty for the style, I thought, and the hops are of the woodsy, musty variety, rather than the tropical or citrusy.

Nice dark copper color with a frothing white head. Aroma of hops, with some floral hints. Taste is well-balanced between hops anc citrus with a hint of alcohol. Very nice beer!

Bottle - Carmally/copper color. Huge white head with great retention. Excellent lacing. Woodsy aroma. Nice grassy flavor. Dry finish. Love the mouthfeel. Its a big beer and the big bottle was well deserved. Unlike some of the double IPA’s, Arcadia kept the alcohol level under 10% and thus this big brew is not only excellent, but also very drinkable.

Aroma is very hoppy and alcoholic but flavor starts on a rather vanilla coppery note with some grapefruit, vanilla and trees in the mix. Back to the aroma, I put vodka in my ferment lock and this is how some of my beers smell through the vodka. Nice dry finish though but body could have more texture. NEPA case split beer from Kevin.

Deep red-orange, cloudy, with a huge off-white head. Light, sweet nose, with touches of vanilla and walnuts. Flavor is fairly sweet, a bit astringent, quite bitter, with some touches of tobacco, almonds and walnuts.

love it!! The fresh hops are now joke in this beer, I compare drinking this beer to biting into a flower. It’s a very floral hopped beer, love it!! Great Success!!

Bottle: Poured a cloudy orangey color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of bitter and floral hoppy notes with a big malt backbone. Taste is also dominated by some floral and hoppy notes with a huge light caramel malt backbone. Medium body with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. While this beer is very good overall I would have expected more hops for the style.

Pours a cloudy burnt orange with a large, pitted, beige head that leaves behind wispy/patchy lace. The nose is a "dusty", solid grapefruit with a light caramel malt note in support. Also present are lighter supporting notes of spruce and mango. Medium-bodied and soft with a moderate hit of hop bitterness at the woody-dry finish. The flavor is of sweet caramel malt followed by grapefruity citrus and moderately resinous hop notes. The finish is fairly bitter, with a lingering "tongue-squeeze" coming after the swallow. The bittering hops on this brew seem to supersede those used for flavor and aroma. It’s a solid and fairly tasty brew; it’s just not a top tier IIPA.