Livery Double Paw Imperial IPA

Brewed by The Livery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Benton Harbor, Michigan USA

10 ounce pour at the brewpub and a growler to go. Murky peach nectar with a whispy white head. Wonderfull orange apricot and tropical aromas. Juicy Fruit flavors with a long enjoyable bitterness. Medium body and carbonatin with a semi sweet finish. Really an awesome beer.

Snifter @ Hopcat: Wow. I thought this was fantastic. Pours a glowing, hazy orange. Smells like fresh squeezed white grapefruits. Bitterness just rolls off the tongue here. Dangerously drinkable.

Draft @ The Livery. Pours a bright, deep honey-golden color; bright white head with perfect retention and lacing that coats the glass; a gorgeous pour. Resiny, sweet oranges and citrus hops in the aroma; soft and generous and juicy. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: intensely smooth, resinous oranges, citrus, and floral hoppy notes upfront; touch of acidity; so smooth, resiny, oily and dense; intensely drinkable. Awesome IPA. Lengthy finish: resinous oranges, citrus, and a touch of sugar.

MBGF07. Hazy pale body with a tiny white head. The aroma is big and hoppy with citrus-grapefruit and tangerine, lightly catty, pine and light sweetness. Flavor is fairly dry with just a touch of cotton candy, grapefruit, peach and orange peels. Medium body is soft with moderate carbonation and a dry, bitter end.

Growler shared by BBB63: Poured a hazy copper color with a white head. Aroma, floral and citrus notes, some pale malts. Flavor, citrus, grapefruit, floral notes, a nice crisp flavor, with a good bitterness on the finish. Really nice.

GTMW ’08. Poured a hazy medium orange color. Topped with a white head. Attractive fruity aroma including the likes of mango, orange, and melon. Medium bodied (without being syrupy) and slightly sweet. Mild to moderate hop bitterness. Lots of fruit in the flavor, as foreshadowed by the aroma. I tasted orange, mango, and apricot. There was also a crushed pine needle accent. Very nice.

Rating # 2800...Tap at brewery and served in a pint glass: Golden hued with a forever lasting creamy white head and outstanding lace. The nose detects biscuity malt, rye bread, earthy yeast and a mild resiny hop vapour. Some pineapple and mango fruity ester does show after it warms a bit.

The taste is very balanced as a milder IIPA. Citric and piney supported by a subdued malt base. The finish is very clean with just a note of light pepper. The mouth feel is equally smooth and dangerously drinkable with no note of alcohol. Let see how the growlers go over this weekend as I know of at least 2 and maybe more showing up at DLD.

On tap: Big fresh piney aroma aroma with moderate grapefruit. It’s a cloudy golden-orange with a small off-white head. The flavor starts wtih a a quicky mango fruity sweetness which quickly fades to a big grapefruit hoppiness with some light pine. Long lasting grapefruit aftertaste.