Laughing Dog Devil Dog Imperial IPA

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

Pours out a lively caramel color with a finger of tan head that dies quick to a ring. Spotty lacing. Smells of sweet malt, caramel and iced tea. Taste is big malty and tea like. Hops are missing for me. Finish is bittering but not hoppy. Full in the mouth. Takes some sipping. Falls very short for a DIPA. If I drink something with IPA in the name, I want some damn hops. I suspect this isnt even close to fresh.

Bottle sampled. Pours a deep amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, pine, earthy hops and some citrus. Well balanced and rich flavor of caramel malts, piney hops, brown sugar, citrus notes and a hint of grapefruit with a nice bittersweet finish

22oz. bottle. Aroma is dense and complex, with notes in varying degrees of caramel and brown sugar, dried apricot, white grape, red apple, orange, grapefruit, pine, tea and dried flowers, along with some fresh hop spice and doughy yeast. Hazy dark amber color, bottle-conditioned, with a thin, celestial head and lace pattern. Flavor profile is actually fairly well-balanced, with very generous proportions of malt and hop throughout, with a sweet, toffeeish influx up front, becoming fruitier and spicier before a hugely bitter, citric, earthy, lightly alcoholic and piney finish. Thick, almost coating mouthfeel, really seems to go on forever due to the massive body being utterly infused with hop resins. Gently warming, felt late on the back of the throat. One of those that treads the line between Imperial IPA and really hoppy Barleywine. Highly flavorful and seems to strike a good balance between the hops and malt, between brute force and delicacy.

Deep, dark reddish brown color. Great smell, malty caramel smell. hoppy as hell! Piny hop smell. alcohol is present, very inviting smell. taste is good. barley wine-esque taste. greatly well-balanced...if that made sense. Can taste the bitterness but also a caramel-ish sweet malty taste. Great imperial IPA

Bottle RBSG 07. Orange-red pour with a light tan head. Aroma of earthy hops, citrus, caramel malt and light lemon. Flavor of earthy citrus hops and caramel malt, perhaps a bit of booze. Medium body, kinda syupy...sweet with a bitter finish.

Bottle at the RBSG grand tasting on 6/23/07: Pours a transparent amber bronze with a thin ring of wispy off-white head. Aroma of big fresh grapefruity hops and caramel malty sweetness. Body starts full, sweet and caramely malty with good fresh citrusy and piny hoppy presence. Finishes fresh and bittersweet hiding its alcohol very well. A nice IIPA.

Bottle sample with Shigadeyo. Poured a hazy brown with an average frothy white head that mostly diminished with fair lacing. Heavy hard candy sour citrus hoppy aroma. Medium to full body with a sticky texture. Heavy dried prune bittersweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. First good beer from this brewer.

Bottle via trade with jake65. Aroma has loads and loads of sweet, sticky caramel male. A hint of pine resin and wet wood. Pours hazy burnt copper with a small beige head. Big, rich, sweet and boozy on the palate. Tons of sweet malt and dry, piney hops. Some citrus is present as well. Rich and creamy. Dry, lasting finish. Thanks Jake!