Arcadia Hopmouth Double IPA

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

Any first impressions?
-A ring of foam surrounds the veiled orange gown.
-A beauteous perfume of citrus, oranges, and flower petals seduces the nostrils.
-Muscular herbal, floral hoppiness expands into orangey fruitiness, a large flavor spectrum on the hoppy side.
-The lean mouthfeel is softly carbonated, and ends up easily drinkable for its size.

What if you dig deeper?
-The leafy, fresh hop bitterness grabs the tongue, and charms it.
-There is barely enough malty sweetness to balance, but somehow it is enough to provide a solid body on which the hops thrive.
-A fun hop fest for sure, and a quality offering from Arcadia.

Bottle; no date.

Hazy dark amber with a thin off white head. Smooth hops and fur tree, caramel, less intense than the Simcoe. In mouth, a light malt and hops, with light refreshing menthol. Medium bodied, nice alcohol warmt in final. Nice. Enjoyed with the Mtl Crew Sept. 9, 2006.

Pours rich amber / bronze with a nice tan head. The aroma has a good deal of floral and earthy hops with some musty caramel backbone. There are light traces of a mellow citrus character as well. Medium to full bodied beer with some soft carbonation. Taste starts with an off putting old dirty caramel malt. There is a nice floral / spicy hop aspect, but that doesn’t save it from the malt taste as well as some astringency being present. The finish is mainly the spicy and caramel aspects. This is okay, but not what an IIPA should be. (7/3/6/3/14 - 3.3)

Rerate notes - The aroma and appearance are about the same with this fresh bottle. The taste is significantly better ~ a lot for of an earthy malt and hop taste. The finish is like a jacked-up version of a British style IPA. While I prefer the West Coast style this is a respectable IIPA.

Metallic, golden-orange with some noticeable viscosity. Fresh hop aroma of Juicy Fruit gum, stonefruits and rosebuds. Flavor continues the estery hop theme, plus some orange-blossom honey, and light, cleansing citric tartness. Finish has some tannic, tea-like Maris Otter qualities and medium-high bitterness. Novel and interesting hybrid between a DIPA and barley wine. I dig it.

Bottle. Slightly hazy orange and copper color. Tall, clinging tan head. Nose is moderately faint, but full of sugary and fruity scents, nice sweet fruit hop notes. Very sweet and fruity up front, full of sugary bubblegum and yeast flavors. Creamy texture, reminds me of Hopsickle actually, like some other west coast DIPAs. Has a moderate level of bitterness. Good stuff, but not exceptional. Crisp, fresh, lively on the tongue, sweet, but lacking the dynamic hop complexity that could take it to another level.

Orange-hued amber in color with a thick, lacing, off-white head that looks nicely creamy. Aroma has some road tar and strong, American hopping of citrus and pine. Flavor has all of the aroma components with a solid, sweet malt backbone, complimentary bitterness, and an enveloping vanilla.

Citrus sweetz aroma. amber beer with nice tight beige head. hoppy w slight weird malt. modest bitter finish. Is actualy even better a bit warmed up, really brings ou its aromatic property, sweetmeats, baked fruit breads.

On tap at Great Taste of the Midwest beer festival. Dark orange/light red color, off-white head. Smells strongly of grapefruits. Taste is bitter and piney, very refreshing on a hot August day.