Arcadia Hopmouth Double IPA

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

Tap @ brewpub. Dark copper colour, small white head. Aroma of pine hops and caramel malts. Flavour of flowery hops. Bitter finish.

Sweet hops making for a somewhat bitter, but sweet IPA. I enjoyed this ale more after the first impression. ::edit - the 2009 batch with it’s less carbonation isn’t as good.

12oz bottle from the Wolf man, thanks Steven. Cloudy dark orange pour with a white head. Very piney, some sweet caramel maltiness as well. Very smooth and easy to drink, hop are very muted, but they are there and do have a lingering effect on the tongue, very good.

On tap at the Flying Saucer in KC. Pours a cloudy, copper-orange colored body with a big, dense, long lasting, off-white head that leaves a lot of nice lacing. Aroma is sweet and semi piney. Mostly malty and an orange citrus pine. Taste is kind of funky. Hard to say what makes it so funky, but there’s something about the malts that is throwing me off. The hops are plentiful and give off a somewhat over-ripe orange taste, but the malts are messing with my taste buds. Its almost like a stale slice of toaste. Palate is medium bodied and has a long lasting sweet citrus aftertaste. Overall, not a bad beer, but definitely not amongst my favorites when it comes to DIPA’s. Kind of on the tame side.

Bottle. Not half bad! Medium brownish color. tan head. Aroma has some very nice floral and pine hops with caramel malt, and some sweet notes...almost like an overripe orange. A good hop bit is mixed well with the generous caramel malt bill. I enjoyed this.

Bottle shared at Tom’s house. First beer of the night--always tastes good! Pretty nice stuff here, yet not mindblowing. Sprucey, pine, some citrus.

Pours an opaque caramel color with the tiniest head. A big citrus hop aroma that has a sweet side. Flavor is aggressive with a complex fruit profile. The fruit is both tart and sweet and that sweetness is what balances the more tart hops. Caramel is not significant. Warmer temp brings a peppery spice that adds a resonant quality to the beer. This is delightfully refreshing. I found this to be unique, flavorful, and interesting. In other words the essence of craft brewing.

12 ounce bottle in pint glass. Caramel color with nice lasting head and lace. Fresh hop piney soapy grapefruit aroma. Hop forward piney resiny orangey citrus flavor with ass-backward toasty malty sweet finish. The beer is balanced but backward. Still, not a bad effort, just not one of the real good ones (IMHO). I’m not sure who is looking for "huge Maris Otter" malt in their DIPA.