Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster Double IPA

Bottle… October ‘09 O-Town Throwdown!… Hazy golden ale with a fizzy white head. The nose is hoppy and malty; earthy and biscuity. Medium to full-bodied with tingly carbonation. The flavor offers sweet toffee and bitter pine. Bittersweet finish – more sweet than bitter. Bottle courtesy of mcbackus!

Bomber from st fun. Label doesnt match this one but anyway... Light orange in color, small head. Lots of floaties in this one. Nice fresh pine aroma. Taste is the same, fresh pine, floral, fruity and a nice bitterness to it. A little warming from the alcohol. Texture is on the lighter side, easy drinker. Thanks Josh! Probably great on tap...

Gold. White carbonation. Juicy, fruity, resinous hops on top of mildly sweet malt. Medium body, smooth, easy to drink considering. Great brew from a great brewery.

Bottle shared by Stfun. Pours bright cheese orange with some pure white head. Mild citrus and pine aroma with a bit of sugary sweetness. The flavor is a lot of grapefruit with a nice malt backbone. Medium body with a mild finish. This is pretty good, but I had higher expectations.

22 oz. bottle courtesy of "hannont". Colour... cloudy golden. Nose... floral, citrusy. Palate... very hoppy, nicely balanced between the piney hops and the citrusy hops, delightfully floral and a long sweet-bitter finish.

Bomber via a "monster" trade with MrBunn. Thanks brother. Pours a shockingly bright orange, fizzing up to a tight, minimal-foam head that fades into edge lacing within a few moments. The aroma is light and promising. Citrus and floral notes abound. Mouthfeel is creamy, though still light, and taste is initially sharp and bitter, fading to the expected malt, floral, and citrus qualities the aroma led me to expect. The end of the palate is is lemony and, surprisingly, grassy. Interesting stuff. The ABV is felt more at the outset than at the end, except for the final burn down into the belly. Nice.

22oz bomber courtesy of ogglethorp poured into a tulip. Pours a super cloudy, bright golden orange with a tight creamy white head that recedes slowly to a soapy film on top with delicate lacing around the edges. The aroma is bright and citrusy with lots of lemon zest and pineapple with a slight grassy aroma as well. The sweet malts are there as well and have a slightly toasted bread character in the nose. The taste is better for me with the hops taking on a more pithy grapefruit character. What makes it better though is the hefty malt bill, which I don’t always want in a DIPA, but here is really lends a great balance to the hops. The finish is slightly bitter with some earthy hops but with a lingering malty sweetness as well. Very well balanced taste. The mouthfeel is sticky with citrus hops and malty sweetness. The carbonation is fairly low and soft but just enough to keep things from getting syrupy. This is an excellent DIPA and I was really surprised by the amount of balance in the taste. The light citrus hops are still the main draw here, but the balance is what makes this one for me.

22 oz bottle. Cloudy orange brown with a slim white head. Nose is orange, caramel and faint pine. Creamy medium body with soft carb. Taste is tangerine, pink grapefruit, peel and toffee. Tasty but subdued; sneaks up on you.