Iron Hill Double Red

Brewed by Iron Hill Wilmington
Style: American Strong Ale
Wilmington, Delaware USA

On tap @ Iron Hill Wilmington. Deep clear amber with an off white head that leaves a good amount of lacing. Citrus, pine and resin hop aroma with lots of sweet caramel. This one starts sweet and finishes long and bitter. Medium body with a sticky syrupy mouth feel. Pretty good just a bit sweet for my tastes.

Cask at IH Wilmington. "Hopkowski"... Poured into a pint glass, nice big cascading head. Redish orange color. Nice aroma of fresh hops. Piney. Taste is a hop and malt bomb... Super smooth texture, slight alchohol in the taste... Taste is on the hoppier side. Overall a nice enjoyable beer.

This beer was listed on their Features menu as ’Red Cindy’, but seemed to match the description of this beer. So instead of added a new beer, I’ll just go ahead and submit my rating under this name. It seems to have many aliases anyway. But by whatever name you call it, this was one fantastic beer! It pours a beautiful amber color with a copper hue. The head was little off-white and left a ton of lacing around the glass. The nose was full of pine, grapefruit, grass, lemon and a hint of caramel. The flavors were inticing and delicious, with dry and bitter notes of piney and flowery hops, a touch of caramel, grass, earth and wood. The balance was superb and the drinkability was outstanding. This is one of those IPA’s that you can drink one right after the other all day long. The finish was remarkably hoppy and dry. Unfortantely I forgot my growler on this trip, but I will certainly make a special trip back just to get more of this!

[Phoenixville, PA] Poured a reddish copper color with a small, light tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of floral hops, citrus fruits, nuts, roasted malts, and caramel. Taste of roast, nuts, caramel, tobacco, pine, citrus fruits, and a bitter, grapefruit finish.

Draft and grolwered at IHP. Pours clear deep copper with off-white head. Nose is piney hops, citrus, carasmel malt, peppery. Tastes hoppy, piney, with mango, black pepper, tangerine, and a smooth palate, with mild late heat. Smooth and very quaffable.
Earlier Rating: 8/25/2008 Total Score: 4
Draft at IHP. Pours slightly hazy dark strawish with copper edges and a 2-finger, fluffy off-white head. Nose is piney hops, tropical citrus fruit, malt. Tastes assertively hoppy, with some pineapply, melony, and lemongrassy notes, and a solid malt bill, although not as much of a malt bill as the Sly Fox varietals. This one is great.

Draught at IHP (as Hoppopotamus Double Red IPA): Aroma of flora hops, grapefruit, citrus, and pine. Poured deep amber with hints of red and copper in color and a small, creamy, off-white head that lasted throughout. Excellent creamy lacing. Flavor was light to medium bitter and lightly sweet. Tastes of hops, caramel malts, citrus, and some tropical fruit. Medium body. Dryish texture. Average carbonation. Hoppy finish.

On tap at Pville location. Listed as Hoppopotamus Double Red IPA. Pours a mostly translucent deep reddish/amber with a medium creamy off white head that left nice lacing. Aroma of caraemel, toffee, nuts, sweet toasted malt, citrus and pine. Flavor was sweet and malty, toffee, caramel, toasted notes, lots of citrusy hop notes and a touch of hop bitterness. But overall really sweet and malty.

Draft @ Iron Hill Wilmington - listed as "Hopkowski". Amber color with a reddish tinge and a small-med off-white head. Aroma is sweet and hoppy - dominated by some grass and pine with some caramel, sugar, and bread. Flavor is a nice balance of caramel & sugar with a nice hop mix, mostly grassy-pine. Nice mouthfeel and a pleasant finish. Better use of malt than most "Imperial/Double Reds", as the others tend to have a medicinal aftertaste and this one achieves a good and tasty hop/malt balance. Good stuff!