Arcadia Hopmouth Double IPA

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

Drinkable DIPA, hop leaf in there, even astringent and overcarbonated. But it gets down. It’s got a generous head, and some pine smell. The malts are there but the IBU taste fairly high. I would drink it again.

Bottle (650ml). Hazy orange with a solid foamy creamy lasting off-white head. Very hoppy aroma of bitter citrus pith, quite dry and wheat/grainy, soft and a little lactic with tangy tropical fruit notes. Taste is sweeter and juicier than I’d imagined, sweet citrus juice malt initially, then the bitter pith hops begin to build to a longish bitter but not overwhelming finish. Decent body, quite astringent, bordering on acidic, but well balanced - very good, not quite great, but I would drink this again any day.

Following Michigan Brewers Festival 2006. Bottle. Orange amber body with a creamy beige head. Resiny mild aroma with sweet orange presence. Very sweet citrusy orange hops. Flavour becomes more resiny and bitter as the glass goes on. Deep rooted sweet malt has only brief moments of prominence but manages to keep a good semblance of balance throughout. Medium palate is perfect for this beer. Quite nice! 7-8/4/7-8/4/16

This Imperial IPA pours a medium orange color from a 22oz bottle. Small sized white foamy head. Aroma is orange, malt and caramel. Medium bodied Imperial IPA. Malts are caramel, biscuit and orange, Hops are citrus, grapefruit and piney. Touch of alcohol bite. About a medium bitterness IPA. There is a nice residual malt sweetness in this one. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

This bottled brew poured a large foamy tan colored head with a frothy top of fine to large sized mostly lasting bubbles that left behind a hazy brown colored carbonated body and an unnoted lacing. The aroma was mild with hop dough malty notes. The palate was very tingly from start to finish with a strong hop aftertaste. It had a mild brown malt flavor with a good malty hoppy crisp tingliness to it. Definitely a strong hop presence in this one. Well done Arcadia!

#25 [Blind tasting session @ Papsoe 30-11-2007] Average creamy beige head that mostly lasted. Good film like display of lacework. Hazy amber color. Spice, grain, fruit, citrus, yeast and light sour notes. Also some herbal and floral feel. Over the palate the hoppy notes becomes quit dominant with notes of pine, grapefruit and citrus. Light feel of apricot. Medium to full bodied with an average carbonation and dry texture. Moderated bitter and sweet flavor. Dry and bitter floral finish.

22 oz bottle -- Poured a rusty orange-red with a gigantic airy, rocky, bubbly head of white soapy foam. The aroma is dirty and earthy with a peppery tingle to the olfactory glands. The stinky chewy factor carries to the palate, with this beer being overly perfumey and otherwise light in character. Quite light bodied for a DIPA. (#3073, 9/3/2007)

Bottle. Pours an orange amber body with a tan head. Loads of hop resins, pine, and grapefruit. Hints of peach and citrus. Spicy with a nice alcohol warming. Solid beer.