Laughing Dog AlphaDog Imperial IPA

Brewed by Laughing Dog Brewing
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Ponderay, Idaho USA

Bottle: Pours a hazy orange color with a nice white head and a thick blanket of lacing. The nose is sticky and herbal with hops; bright citrus with more of a pumelo and malty nose. The flavor is bitter with a semi-dry mouthfeel but a creamy maltiness to rub out the bitter, lots of malt sugars and hop bitterness units battle it out before the final tally is hop: 28, malt: 27. The finish is creamy and lasting with an overall refreshing citrus character. Very nice overall. Not too sweet, bitter enough to be an Imperial, but not such a huge mouthfeel that one beer is too many. The only thing more this could take is a little more florals in the nose.

22 oz bottle. Cloudy orange with a fluffy, long lasting off white head. Sweet citrus, floral hop aroma with plenty of caramel and malt. The flavor starts sweet then gets gradually bitter, the finish is long and bitter with some fruity notes. Medium body with mild carbonation and a slightly syrupy mouth feel. You can really taste the dry hops in this one and the alcohol is well hidden.

Bomber->tulip: pors an average, rocky, off-white head that exhibits spare lacing atop a murky, orange body. Aroma of cookie only. The body is full, texture oily with average carbonation and a bitter finish. The flavor’s duration is long, being moderately acidic and heavily bitter.

Orange pour with a soapy white head. Alot of citrus, honey and pine in the aroma. Slightly burnt toffee and grain body with a low bitterness. Some honey in the back, quick fading flavor. Thick, but cloying. A bit of yeast in the background and an earthy bitterness that hangs on the back of you tongue. A bit disappointing but not bad. Maybe the bottle was not the freshest.

Awesome double that won’t kill you to drink more than two. The hops were all grapefruit and were using the malts as a trampoline to smack your mouth in half. Great beer, aromatically flavorful and the flavor follows the aroma. Very good indeed.

Lightly hazed bronze color with a moderate off-white head. Big grapefruit, light fruit and caramel aromas. HInt of alcohol detected. Sweet start with light caramel and lightly toasted malt. Just a touch of fruit including pears. Big hops middle with mostly grapefruit. A little unbalanced at this point which seems to continue into the finish and linger. Definitely hops juice. Could use a bit more malt in the finish and linger.

GABF 2009, Golden orange pour, Citrusy piney hops, caramel malt balance. Pretty good, not sure about 127, medium body. still nice drinkable IIPA

Bottle, courtesy of Ibrew2or3. Poured a light hazy golden color with a thin white head. Nose is citrus hops, pine, and diacetyl. Medium bodied, somewhat sticky mouth feel. Flavor is sweet caramel, pine, citrus, and diacetyl butteriness. I definitely didn’t get the intense hop profiles that many others who rated this got. 127 IBUs my foot. Decent IIPA at best.