Long Trail Brewmaster Series Double IPA

Brewed by Long Trail Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Bridgewater Corners, Vermont USA

Filtered. Clear honey orange. Citrus and candy sugar nose - sugared honey and sweet pine resin. Texture is lightly oil, body is medium to light. Overly sweet sugared hop oils dominate. Thankfully there’s little malt distraction but the overt sweetness is difficult to get past.

This beer achieves the triumvirate of hop aroma with floral herby, bitter, and fruity hops all coming through harmoniously. When I need to recall a great IPA to salvage an un-escapabley crappy moment, this is the smell that I think of. The fourth dimension is preserved for the flavor with pine dominating and a light bitter citrus background complimenting. It reminds me of Alesmiths standard IPA, which is to say it is great; but the body of the beer is a little carbonation heavy. The prior rater is right on to describe a peppery finish. Great value. Awesome IPA that is not to overwhelming to fully enjoy. Thank You Long Trail. 2009 22oz.

Pours gold with a nice white head. Smells of citrus, some sweet hints, boozy. Tastes of bitter citrus with a peppery finish.

Sampled on draft at the Sharp Edge Beer Emporium this beer poured a bright golden-amber color with a medium sized foamy yellow-white head that lingers. Very heavily carbonated. The flavor was tart, tangy, bitter and had a strong grapefruit presence and light floral hops. The beer was sweet and syrupy with a malty middle. The finish was long, tangy, fruity and sweet. Medium body. Well done.

Slightly hazy orange/yellow pour, slight offwhite head sticks around for a bit, fairly nice lacing. aroma is citrus hop, orange peel and lemon zest, a touch of marmalade. flavor is citrus hop with some fruit notes, lemon, orange, papaya, some mango, and some melon. really nice mouthfeel as well, chewy and the carbonation tingles on my tongue. finish is dry and a bit bitter. By far the best long trail to date. Damn good

Decent IIPA, nice and dry, very little crystal malt, nicely hopped, fairly dank... all things i like in an IPA/IIPA.

(22oz bottle, thanks ygtbsm94) Medium off-white head atop clear apple juice body with tiny floaties. Aroma is moderately sweet, pineapple, mango, orange, light catty. Taste is moderately sweet, grapefruit, pine, some mango, alcohol. Medium-full body, some stickiness.

Bomber: Pours a light hazy orange with a thick persistent rocky white head, aroma is full of oranges and lemons, starts and ends bitter with a long caramel aftertaste, full bodied with a chewy mouthfeel and playful carbonation. For the price ($2.84) it is the best beer in the world.