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Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree IPA

Percentile
98
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
4323.87/5.03.85/5.0Special13.6%90.4Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Have you read the description for the regular Crooked Tree yet? Well this beer is almost the same just double. We actually took the Crooked Tree recipe and doubled all of the ingredients except the water, just the way a DOUBLE should be made. Big hops balanced with tons of malt give this beer a huge body. Although this beer is as cool as "the Fonz" when first purchased, it gets really mellow and smooth with some age. After a year or two stored in a cool dark place you'll notice the heavy caramel and malt flavors are trying to sneak past the hops, they’re just not fast enough. This beer is hugely delicious so it will need your undivided attention (the chores can wait....trust us). 98 IBU's
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 joeneugs (310), Livermore, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Nov 21, 2009  
Pours cloudy amber with lots of sediment. (was that a whole hop flower I saw floating to the bottom of the glass?) The aroma is heavy on the caramel, toffee, pine and peach. The flavors are the same. Mostly honey, sweet plums, caramel, toffee, pine and peach. The 98 IBU’s are hidden very well under the huge alcohol presence. I think I would have enjoyed this more as a barleywine.


 ratman197 (3189), Arvada, Colorado, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 20, 2009  
Bottle poured a cloudy orange amber with a lasting creamy amber head and great lacing. Aromas of carmel, pine, earthiness, citrus and light toffee. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a lightly dry finish. Flavors of carmel, toffee, earthiness, pine, grapefruit and light orange zest with a smooth warming lingering bitter finish.


 madmitch76 (526), , Essex, England
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/105/514/20
Nov 15, 2009  
28th June 2008. Complex IPA. There are some rich barleywine falvours along with subtle banana, peach, tea and aniseed. 98 IBUs but doesn’t seem that bitter. A real taste sensation!


 thirdeye11 (520), Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/514/20
Nov 13, 2009  
( 12oz bottle) Pours clear orange, nice lace. Great nose of sweet caramel and hops and some pine. Taste is lightly bitter hops, sweet caramel and pineapple. I wish I loved it more, and I wanted to but it was a little too much for me.


 fidel (921), Livermore, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 11, 2009  
Poured dark reddish amber,caramel, malty, hoppy, alcohol, little honey, little bready.


 MAP (1089), Lakewood, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 27, 2009  
12 Oz bottle purchased at Tiffany’s in K-zoo many moons ago. Pour is a dark reddish brown with a thin cream head. Aroma if full of hops, caramel, graprfruit and spice... this reminds me of a certain stone offering, but even bigger. The flavor here is so rewarding, it has all the warming earthy flavors that come to the tongue, but in such a viscous and cloying manner. It has a considerable bite, but manages to not seem so bitter, probably due tot he immense amount of flavor that comes out with it. I’m rather impressed with the flavor of this, since it manages to balance all the aspects throughout the palate, the flavor and even the aftertaste, its just well adjusted.


 MereLikesBeer (154), Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 25, 2009  
On Tap at MBG Harvest Fest 09. I couldn’t decide on what to get, so I said "surprise me"...a nice surprise indeed. It was a nice light amber color with white head. Hops and citrus (orange) dominate the flavor, maybe even a bit of malt in there as well. Quite tasty.


 ericandersnavy (1055), crossroads, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 29, 2009  
bottle thanks to thirdeye11. poured a hazy amber with a white head and some spotted lace. aroma was caramel, pine, and orange with the flavor matching the nose. body was full.



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