Arcadia Hopmouth Double IPA

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

Bu au Mondial 2009, le 5 juin (#16). Rousse miel foncée, peu de collet. Arome d’houblon plutôt amère, un petit peu de grain. Goût d’houblon plutôt robuste, bonne amèrturme avec des notes de petits fruits, la finission est moins amère. Plus facile à boire que la Hop Rocket, mais aussi bonne!

Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange/brown with a thick off-white head. Aroma of grapefruit and caramel malts. Flavor of caramel malt initially and a nice citrusy and grapefruity hop bite. Pretty good beer!

Pours a darker shade of amber, slightly hazy with a thick off-white head. Has an herbal and spruce-like aroma. Has a big toffee/caramel, Marris Otter malt presence with notes of wood, pine/spruce, grapefruit and a hint of raisin on the back end. Moderately sweet, with an ample amount of resinous hops - very balanced; think of an English interpretation of a double IPA. Medium bodied , moderate carbonation. Good head retention. Good beer, but not quite at the level of some of the other double IPAs.

On tap at xnoxhatex’s wedding reception spring 2009! Pours a caramel brown with a nice dense white froth. Strong piney bitter salty C-hop aroma, just a little funky. Very bitter moldy funky salty aggressive hops with smooth mildly rich caramel base. Medium bodied caramel sticky with softer big bubbly carbonation. Not great.

Dark amber pour with a big creamy white head. Nice balanced hop aroma. Flavor is smooth and mellow. Not as harsh as I expected but very nice.

Slightly chill hazed orangey bronzed color with a medium stack of off-white froth. Good lacing in a stringy-like sheeting. Aroma is juicy and pungent with a solid citrusy sweetness of sappy caramel, marmalade oranges, and peachy pineapple. A bit of sugary sweetness and piney alcoholic floral notes make up some waftyness as it warms. Taste is quite tropical. Solidly robust in malts and rounded fruityness that renders a big citrusy realm of orange, peach, mango, pineapple, and a piney bite as it fades across the finish. Fairly resin coated and chewy in a fruity tilted hop abundance, but well tuned in a balance of adequate malty sweetness and sugared breads. A decent enough 2IPA for its bounty of taste. Body is rounded and full with a juicy roundedness thats not overly bittered but does carry a fairly big hoppy taste of citrus fruits and juices that may be over the top for some not use to the style. Otherwise, I find it quite easy going and smoothy bitten with citrusy fruits and piney dryness. Alcohol is a tad soupy and sudsy after a while with some off, uneasyness squeezing through. Drinks down fine enough too. A thoroughly well developed brew that fits the style well without being overly abrasive or too sweet.

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.

nice orange color, decent head very piney nose big bitter hop taste no sweeter malts to balance it, intresting but not great, at beer bistro