East End Bigger Hop

Brewed by East End Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

IF you are an IPA lover, please overlook my numbers as I rate by how much I enjoy the brew, not by style. This stuff was tremendously ON STYLE! Big thanks to Scott at the Pgh RB gathering 12/09, and I hope he’ll forgive me on this. Mild hop resin aroma mixed with fresh pine sap. Big bitter pine sap flavors intially coat the palate. Way too much for a lager lover. Wew! Big beer with a big personality. Strong and oily, did somebody forget to rinse the dishsoap out of my glass? Long bitter linger that makes me take a half hour break before I can taste anything. No detectable carbonation to speak of but what was probably there was shocked out of my senses by the overwhelming flavors of green grapefruit rinds. If you love IPA or DIPA, you better arrange a trade for this beauty!

On tap at 12/19 Pgh tasting, thanks to Scott and EE!
Orangish-gold with a white head. Nose has distinct grapefruit, some caramel malt, and hints of lemon. The flavor is stronger hop, some soap, and again light caramel to edge off the bitterness. Interesting, but not very exciting.

On tap at the awesome Holiday bash. Pours a Cloudy bright orange with a medium white head. The nose is sweet oranges, light sugary notes. The flavor is almost like a cross between a IIPA and Barley Wine, sweet and apricot-like flavors, not too bitter. Quite enjoyable.

1ltr bottle from treyrab, thanks Trey. Rating #20. Dark brown with a little orange and a nice white head. Aroma is hoppy and spicy and a little citrus as well. Flavor has more spice, orange peel and pepper maybe, don’t know if it’s supposed to have those characteristics, but it works for me, hops are a little more muted in the flavor than the aroma, but are still in the background and help make this a pretty enjoyable brew. (1091)

1 liter swingtop from riversideak. Hazy golden with nice fluffy white head. Nose is sweet estery Belgian aroma with some spice but not much hop. Sweet, spicey, with corriander...some ester yeastiness, some white pepper. This to me is a cross between a Belgian ipa and a saison. Nice stuff.

Orange, sweet/spicy notes, soft dust. This smells like a belgian somewhat. Fruity, spicy, and peppery bitterness. Somewhat floral bitterness lingers on the palate. Really interesting mix of belgian/saison/ipa. Orange amber pour with really nice head retention.

1L swingtop. opaque dark orange with loose white head and webby lace. oranges, spices, and grapefruit on the nose. creamy medium body with soft but active carb. tangy grapefruit, coriander, and a bit of white pepper on the mid palate. long dry finish.

Poured from a huge flip top bottle. Pours an orange color with a little white head to it. Has a yeasty citrus taste to it. Has a big citrus taste but I’m not picking up much hops like a DIPA should have. Little disappointed.