Arcadia Hopmouth Double IPA

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

Some say that a beer is hop juice like thats some sort of insult. When I say this is hop juice, I mean that in a complimentary way Big hop aroma, big hop flavor, very resiny and piney. Thanks to Springslicker for sharing

Bottle: Poured a cloudy orangey color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of bitter and floral hoppy notes with a big malt backbone. Taste is also dominated by some floral and hoppy notes with a huge light caramel malt backbone. Medium body with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. While this beer is very good overall I would have expected more hops for the style.

Bottle: Dark amber, mahogany tint, moderate off-white foamy head, fairly nice lacing.   Odd spiced cake like aroma, slight alcohol and citrus, minor tea and tobacco leaf.   Smooth malty start, background of citrus rind, not overly bitter at all either.   Semi-sweet, finishing with citrus rind and tea leaf.   Fairly tasty, full bodied but average mouthfeel.   ABV is warming, but not very noticeable.   Not a top contender, but I did enjoy this one.   Fairly clean, and easy to drink.   Thanks SuIIy for the bottle!

31.10.06 Bomber. Lightly hazy copper-amber color with lingering off-white head. Aroma is lighlty herbal, strongly resinous, and moderately grapefruit pithy. Malts come through in aroma as biscuity and bready with background hints of butter. Mild buttery flavors carry into the front of each sip but are quickly overrun by blisteringly resinous hops. Overall the body is light to medium and the eff is appropriately fine to match. lingering aftertaste of black tea. This is not the best bottle of Hopmouth I’ve had, but it’s still very tasty. What a treat to have Arcadia beers now available in NJ!

This beer pours a drab, dark, amber-brown color, but shows pretty notes of a hazy, orangish copper colored beer when held up to the light. While pouring this beer from my 22oz bottle, it produces an initial head of about three fingers thick and it is a creamy tan color. The aroma is expressively hoppy with sweet notes of grapefruit and tangerine being prominent. The aroma is just sweet smelling enough that it almost reminds me of candied citrus peels, but there is a touch of crystal malt caramel flavors here as well.

The taste is fairly sweet as well, it is a combination of the bright citrus-like hop flavors and the sweet malt notes that make it sweet. This has a certain creaminess to it as it rests in my mouth, it is definitely on the full side, but is not heavy like say a Barleywine would be. While the citrus/ fruity hop notes certainly dominate this beer there is an undercurrent of herbal pine notes that sort of morph into a lingering bitter note that attempts to dominate the finish, but can’t quite do it because those sweet citrus notes refuse to be subdued. This beer has flavors that make me think of ruby-red grapefruits, fleshy-sweet apricots, some notes of sweet tangerines and of course orange. The malt plays a supporting role, but does supply some sweet malt character in the form of caramel flavors as well as some lightly toasted grain notes.

This is a nice example of a Double IPA, it has the body and heft to stand up to the ample hops, but does not become too cloying. It is certainly not as abrasive and raw as some, but to be honest I am not in the mood for tongue peeling hops right now anyway. The focus on soft, fruity hop notes makes this version drinkable yet suitably hoppy for the style.

Not too bad for an IPA but nothing I havent had before. It is smooth and drinkable but a little too thick for my taste. The hoppiness is overpowering and isn’t really as balanced as claimed. Slight sourness in aftertaste. Grapefruit flavor. Tried at the Union. Free sample from the brewing company. Tasted with Mike Murray

Tap at Village Publick House. Deep amber beer with a thick creamy head. Aroma is quite fresh with loads of spicy pine hop aroma. A touch of resiny character as well. Some spicy hops as well. Malts are quite light and lean with a touch of sweet toastiness. Flavour is piny but a bit more muted than the aroma might suggest. Still, this is much better than I recall it being. Tap at HDG. Golden coloured beer with a thin white head. Aroma of earthy hops, along with some pine and grapefruit. Quite wet and dank tasting, herbaceous and earthy with a touch of cologne, earthiness and light fruit. Flavour is quite good, loads of earthy wet hops behind a pale malt base with a touch of honeyed sweetness. More IPA than DIPA, but it’s still very good. 7 3 7 3 15

from the bottle. when I opened this I got a big wiff of pine I thought christmas tree in a bottle. poured a honey with a small light tan head. aroma, pine, honey dominate this one for me, malts caramel, hops. flavor was a little surprised that the pine was not very strong, got a sticky brown sugar malt 1st than the hops came out as it warm got a bit of alcohol.