Arcadia Hopmouth Double IPA

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

Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm. Clear amber, small but firm head. Striking lychee aroma with a twist of lemon. Medium sweet with compact full body and somewhat clean mouthfeel. The initial lychee like hoppiness changes to pine needles over soap and perfume and gives a powerful bitterness.

Mixed results with this one - first bottle was delicious; bright hops and a huge pear taste, medium thick malty body. Second try was way off, bitter but not fruity at all.

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)

Date: 04/05/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

amber with a slight hazy, scant off white head, sweet peppery aroma with a fruity character, big hop flavor with lots of bitterness on a good sweet malt base, nice peppery character,
-------- /> Date: 04/29/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Score: 3.9 to 3.5

lots of drippy lace, also picking up sweet pine in the aroma, both the sweet malt and big hop flavor is much more subdued
-------- /> Date: 06/12/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting

slight diactyl in the flavor mixed with the caramel sweetness, long peppery bitter finish, the dyactyl eventually fades to leave the caramel sweetness and lots of hops behind

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

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.

Bottle, from trade with JCW. Good nose, soft & sweet. Orangy, pine, biscuit?. Litely hazy brownish orange, big head that slowly faded to a cover, nice lacing. Bittersweet flavor. Citrus, mainly grapefruit. Kind of grassy too. Medium body, creamy smooth mouthfeel, little flat, bitterdry finish. Good, but bitterness was narrow, if that makes sense to you.You got a hint of the citrus, but seemed muted to me. Maybe it’s the ringwood that I’ve seen some people comment on, but I can never tell that kind of thing. Thanks JCW

Dark Apricot Coloring with White Skin. Citrusy Hop Aroma. Nice Body..Notes of Citrus/Grapefruit..Piney... Big West Coast Hop Flavor...Very Drying At the End...with Citrus Notes Staying on the Tongue Till the Very End. A Nice Big Bad Hop Beer.

Clear amber body with a fluffy, off-white layer of foam. An interesting nose of pine, caramel, warming alcohol, whole grains and a light toasted element. It’s definitely hoppy but with loads of sweet malt laying underneath. The body is robust and full with a nice heft and lively carbonation. Once in the mouth, things start sweet with malt, caramel and and grains. In the end, the warming alcohol and bitter hops combine to have nice finish. It’s not my favorite Double IPA, but it’s reasonably enjoyable and reminds me of Molyan’s offering.