Firestone Walker Double Jack IPA

Brewed by Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Paso Robles, California USA

On tap. Clear amber golden with a yellowish beige head. Intense aroma hops in the nose - peach in particular - with loads of caramel. Quite full-bodied, lots of caramel and fruit with great hoppy peach accents. Yum. 090709

From tap at the brewery. Pours clear golden orange with a small white head. Dense hopy fruity aroma, wooden, grapefruity and mild tangerine. Sweet and smooth hops fruity. Nice mellow set of citrusy fruity flavours. Mild sweetness to a smooth bitterness into the far finish.

Cask Stillage from the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 26/09/2009 Big hop aroma. Small white head. Golden coloured and very hoppy with a pine fruit flavour. Crisp and creamy on the palate with a little dryness in a bitter malt finish.

Tap at Sac Brew. Pours a pretty orange/copper with a largish creamy beige head. Seems full bodied. Carbonation is quite creamy. Hop is strong and citric. A really smooth and pleasant brew with a deal of bitter. Bitter coats the mouth. In a creamy sort of way. It’s very surprising and pleasant. It’s very thick. No hop shortage in Paso Robles.

Tap at Firestone night at Stone. Pours orange with a bright white ring. Nose is sweet, very hoppy, lots of citrus. Taste is sweet, hoppy and fresh, very nice dipa.

Draft. Amber beer with a cream colored head. Big grapefruit and summer fruit aroma. Sumemr fruit and light grapefruit flavor with sweet caramel. Medium-plus bodied. Good bitterness. Summer and grapefruit lingers with caramel. Expected a little more bitterness, but it’s very nice.

On Tap. White head clear bronze body. Hoppy goodness aroma, mango, exotic fruits, caramel and table sugar. Taste is mango and exotic hops (no other way to describe it; it is a jungle of hops!) nicely balanced out caramel malt backing. Medium carbonation. Great.

Draft @ Sac Brew. Pours a bright, clear orange color; creamy off-white head with forever lacing; great pour. A basic aroma of sweet fruitiness, nondescript; some orange and earthy hoppiness comes into play; still, lax. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: very sweet, sticky candy sugar and candied orange sweetness; a very disappointing, flabby presence in the mouth; one-sided sweetness. Lasting finish: the candy sugar and oranges eventually dissipate into a basic bitterness that should have appeared long before this.