Arcadia Hopmouth Double IPA

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

From bottle. Pours a caramel color, very hazy with some nice lacing left from a tannish head. Smells of caramel, raisins, prunes, with a note of peach woven through. Nice balance of hops and malt. Alcohol is subdued. Flavors begin to open up as I drink. A slight metallic flavor at the tip of the tongue give way to... blueberries. A strange note from an DIPA in my experience. A little sweet on the finish. A good beer, but not at all what I was expecting. Maybe an old bottle... I’ll have to check.

Orangey-red color, slightly lazy with a massive, frothy white head that leaves behind thick curtains of lacing. Aroma is a strong punch of piney hops followed by caramel and spicy hop notes and a touch of alcohol. Aroma overall is much more earthy and musty as opposed to the usual fresh, zingy citric aroma found in a lot of double IPAs. Vanilla cookie-sweet malts evident in the flavor along with resinous hops and toffee. Cleansing, herbal finish. Moderately carbonated, suits this offering well.

Nice grapefruit and pine hop aroma. Pours a reddish-amber with a nice foamy off-white head. Flavor isn’t as hop heavy as I was expecting, just a nice hint of citrus and bitterness, and an underlaying caramel hint from the malts. Nice thick mouthfeel, and a decent bitter finish.

Bottle. Poured a cloudy orange body with big head. Aroma is more centered on malt than hops. Flavor is a syrupy citrus taste with sweet malt, almost metallic taste. Very fizzy mouthfeel.

Dark orange-amber beer with a big head that lasts to the end and leaves substantial lacing all the way down the glass. Aroma is huge citrus hops with hints of the maris otter malt in the background. Flavor is citrus (orange) hops with piney notes, but backed by a solid malt backbone and a medium body that stands up well to the hops. Tail is hoppy but still nicely balanced by malt.

Thanks to joe1510 for the bottle. Clear, dark amber color with an off-white head retaining well and leaving good retention. Aroma is of grass, pine, and a little bit of spruce tip; also some caramel comes through. Taste has a lot of spruce to it with some pine coming in as it finishes; malt is there, but is hidden. Low carbonation with medium body. Wasn’t too impressed with this, but probably worth a try.

Pours dark amber, very hazy, nice head and lace. Nice dryness, not sweet and cloying like some in this category. Great balance of bittering hops, malt and aroma hops. A bit more carbonated than I like but certainly within the range seen in IIPAs. Very well balanced, easy to drink, 8.1% well hidden. I would LOVE to find this on tap. I don’t get metallic in this bottle, not even a hint, and I’m quite sensitive to it. A fine beer indeed.

22 brought back from VA last time I was home. A little citrus and floral aroma. Clear orange color with a red tint. Slight sweetness. The malt body comes first and gives way to a pleasant bitter hop finish with some orange and grapefruit in there. The taste it leaves in your mouth is very metallic and the only negative to this otherwise subtle and pleasant drink.