Barleys Double Dog Dare IPA

Brewed by Barleys Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Columbus, Ohio USA

Date: 08/26/2006
Mode: Growler
Source: Tasting, Fest of 26

Appearance: clear light amber,
Aroma: big sweet sappy pine tar aroma,
Body: sticky body,
Flavor: flavor has a lot of sweetness, good citrus, strong lasting bitterness,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Growler acquired in trade with bgburdman9 (thanks!). Poured a medium to deeper and cloudy amber color with a large sized off white head. Aromas of grapefruit, pine, oranges and caramel. Tastes of pine, caramel, and citrus (grapefruit and orange peels). This one was nice and bitter with a malty backbone. Alcohol content well hidden. Nice IIPA...

Sampled from a growler on 8/26/06: Pours a clear copper orange with a thin, wispy white head. Aroma of sweet, toasty caramel and big, fresh citrusy piny hoppiness. Body starts with a viscous sweet caramel maltiness, nicely-balanced with a more bitter, fresh, resiny hop presence toward a bittersweet, slightly warming grapefruity finish. A pretty good double IPA.

Draft at Smokehouse. Poured clear copper color with an average fizzy white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate sour citrus hop aroma. Medium body with slick texture. Medium bitter flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Good drinkable brew.

From a growler at DLD: A slightly hazed coppery hue with a small but lasting foamy white head and good lace. The nose is pure hop wonderfulness with massive resiny and citric aromas, pepper and clove, and just a hint of bready malt. The taste starts bitter and never backed off, a tour de force of hop bitterness. Name your hop characteristic and it is in there! (resin, leafy, pine, clove, grass, metallic, grapefruity, pineapple, etc...). If there is any malt character on the palate it only shows with a biscuit note on the aftertaste along with a huge astringent punch. The mouth feel is aggressive and sharp, dry and powdery, slightly warming with the alcohol mostly hidden. A big beer for the hopheads! Thanks Cow-lumbus crew for the chance to taste this.

Growler thanks to my boy Trep. Poured a hazy amber color with a medium off-white head. The aroma was big and full of hops. Piney and sweaty with a decent amount of caramel mlat showing through. Malty flavor mixed with plenty of earthy and piney hops. Notes of candy as well. Nice warming sensation.

KP’s fest. Growler. Porus a medium amber with a thin white head and some nice sticky lace. Aroma is very resinous, pine, citrus, orangey, grapefruit, smokey-chinook-like. Sticky thick malty body, caramel sweetness, with more resin hops, citrus, pine with a powerful bitterness. Nice body and full mouthfeel.

Thanks to hopdog for sharing this growler. Pours a hazy amber/orange with a medium off white bubbly head. Aroma of orange, floral, some pine and caramel. Flavor of grapefruit, pine, lots of hop flavor and bitterness. Bitterness lingers and alcohol comes forward as it warms.