Boulder Beer Mojo Risin

Brewed by Boulder Beer Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Boulder, Colorado USA

Thick and creamy off-white head and a coppery orange body. Sweet, hoppy, and fruity aroma. Hoppy taste at the very front of the beer. It is bitter, but rather smooth for a double. Definitely fruity; citrusy I think. Kind of thick bodied. Really drinkable for the style. Not overkill on the hops.

Bomber. Poured clear, lighter sunset golden with a short cap of white head. The aroma picked up a lovely blend of warm darker maltage upfront (grapefruit, English toffee, and pineapple primarily) with muted but still-present hoppage.. mostly citrus fruits and pine.. some alcohol notes dissociated themselves from the flow, but that could be due to age.. I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt. The flavor had grapefruit and pale malt sweetness supporting pine and pineapple bitterness.. I felt all of the 10% on the back-end and through the finish, but it was still tasty. Heavier-bodied with low-ish carbonation on the palate.. spicy and warm on the back with hot alcohol filling the nostrils. This was solid, and I will update with a fresher bottle soon. ** IGNORE CERTAIN COMMENTS ABOVE RE: AGE.. NOTICED THE BOTTLE IS DATED 1/17/09.

Pours a clear orange color with a thin off white head. Nice overpowering hoppy aroma when you open the bottle. The malt does a pretty good job of balancing the grapefruit and pine hops. For a 10% beer I thought the alcohol was well hidden. Not my favorite double IPA by any means, but still a solid beer.

My bottle (22oz) shared with HogTownHarry, tupalev & garthicus -- courtesy of gunhaver. Pours a slightly hazy orange with an average size diminishing frothy off-white head. Aroma of perfumy hops, caramel malt, sweet fruit and alcohol. Flavour of resin and citric hops backed by caramel malt along with some spices and alcohol -- in fact the alcohol could be a bit more hidden in my opinion. Medium bodied, acidic mouthfeel. Pretty good -- I didn’t love it but it’s a fine DIPA.

Bottle: fantastic IIPA- pours a brilliant gold-orange a bit hazy though. head is nothing to brag about but leaves a nice lacing. Aroma is to die for, sweet malt fades to a mix or orange and mainly grapefruit hops. The taste is the best part lots of sweet caramel malt mixed with a little carbonation tickle. The hops follow the malt but not too quickly as most IIPA’s do. The citrus and floral hops just keep tantalizing the mouth for a good 10-15 seconds. My favorite IIPA yet.

Bottle shared with Garthicus, Hogtown Harry, and Blankboy, courtesy of Blankboy. Light orange, small white head. Boozey nose, lots of perfumey hops. Taste follows, boozey, perfumey, nice soft yet strong hops. Medium bodied, lots of carbonation. Nothing really stood out, but I enjoyed it.

1 pint 6oz bottle - Blankboys bottle, shared with Harry, Paul and Tupalev. Golden colour, lovely yellow creamy head, you could almost write your name in the head. Aroma: Mmm, old familiar! Slight candyfloss, grapefruit, lemon and honey. Flavour; Big flavour! Bitter, Hoppy, alcohol, fresh tasting, tongue twisting, floral. Lovely! nice! Thanks Blankboy!!!!

The beer pours tiger’s-eye orange, fairly clear, and the healthy ivory head spawns cobwebby lace. Very, very faint coppery and cantaloupe scents at first; halfway through the glass a suggestion of tangerine emerges. Seriously, there is almost zero aroma of any kind. The beer redeems itself, however, upon passing the lips with exaggerated fruitiness- the signature Boulder Beer sweet/tart apple and white grape- a decent dose of herbal/resiny hops, the zing of lemon pith and quinine, and a malt foundation of dough and pretzel crust. Grapefruit? Where?? A spicy gingerbread finish transitions smoothly into a clean afterburn- ethanol sting plus timid but perstistent leafy bitterness- that compensates for the total lack of carbonation. Juicy mouthfeel. Overall this is a pretty enjoyable beer, and aside from the double-digit abv, not a bad IPA... but it falls far short of DIPA status in most respects.