Arcadia Hopmouth Double IPA

Dark Apricot Coloring with White Skin. Citrusy Hop Aroma. Nice Body..Notes of Citrus/Grapefruit..Piney... Big West Coast Hop Flavor...Very Drying At the End...with Citrus Notes Staying on the Tongue Till the Very End. A Nice Big Bad Hop Beer.

22-oz. bottle received via trade with tjthresh. Pours dark amber-tawny with an average creamy off-white head, mostly lasting, good lacing. Aroma is averge malt (caramel), heavy hops (perfume, flowers, spruce), average yeast (sweat, dough) with notes of pear and apple. Medium bodied, average carbonation, alcoholic texture and a bitter finish. Average durtation, light sweetness, heavy acidity and bitterness; some soapiness.

Thanks to lamas for the bomber. Poured hazy orange with fluffy off-white head. Nose is sweet and fruity with a touch of pine. Surprisingly malty with bitter citrus finish. Very sweet. Mediocre.

Bomber. Poured an orange auburn, large white, creamy head. Aroma of citrus, grapefruit, caramel and some pine. Aroma also had a hint of sweetness. Medium bodied, lacking the oily texture that I enjoy in an IPA. Fairly dry finish. Long lingering finish. Pretty strong citrus hops and grass flavor, gives way to a caramel malt sweetness. Lacks the flavor and complexity of some of the better DIPA’s, but still enjoyable.

Bomber, pours a clear golden amber with a finger thick tan head that turns splotchy; some lacing. Aroma of fresh pine, citrus and a bit of caramel. Taste has the bitter hops bite, but not as complex or well rounded as other IIPA’s. A decent hoppy IIPA, but many others out there are better.

(Bottle) Pours a lightly cloudy burnt orange body with a medium-sized beige head. Aroma of citrus, breadiness, molasses, and some pine. Flavor of toasted malt, hops, and a hint of fruitness with a bitter, sweet finish.

Cloudy light orange body. The head is off-white and slowly diminishing. Lacing left in its wake is thick and nicely webbed. Still, this beer looks sickly, the orange color certainly isn’t a pleasant shade. Semi-sweet aroma of sour grapefruit, orange rinds, light malts and a fruitbowl that’s been baking in the back porch sun all afternoon. Flavor is less sweet. Notes of more grapefruit and orange(now fresh tasting) are joined by grassiness, a thinned malt presence, caramel squares and some wood. Medium-light mouthfeel, with a nice balance between acidic hop resin and smooth malts. Finishes moderately dry and of reasonable length. Not bad, not impressive by any stretch though.

Cloudy, dark amber appearance with an average size beige head and good lacing. Resinous hop aroma, fruity, with malts in the background. Smooth, sweet malt flavor balanced by citrusy, piney hops. Medium-to-full bodied, decently carbonated mouthfeel leading to a fairly dry, long lasting finish.