Long Trail Brewmaster Series Double IPA

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

Nearly the perfect beer for lovers of IPA and its only $3.99 for a large format/bomber bottle. Smooth yet a complicated palate. Great after taste. My favorite beer as far as bang for your buck.

Style; glass: Double IPA; Snifter 22 fl oz x 8.6% ABV = 189.2 / 60 = 3.15 beers * 150 C = 472.5 calories (est.) Purchased at: Super Saver Pennington, NJ for $3.49 Aroma: nice aroma, pine, citrus, spicy. Visuals: Simple, elegant packaging, warehouse on fire, deep orange body, brilliantly clear, thick, sticky white head, long lasting lace. Taste: very well balanced, sweet, then quickly bitter. Beautiful, classic double IPA. Palate: medium to full bodied, long bitter finish. Overall: Amazing. I’d have it again in a heartbeat. A favorite.

bottle courtesy of zathrus13. hazy apricot color with nice lil suspended particulates. small orange head. apricot and sweet peach nose with some good hops hanging on the end. a very big hop hit is very smooth, and very warm on the way down from the hop concentration. light fruity finish that blends nicely into a hop bomb aftertaste. sweet full creamy body through the entire palate. this would be great for a winter camping trip, very nice!

Thick white head that leaves extensive lace after each sip. Really quite impressive. The liquid is cloudy with a yellow-gold color. Lots of grapefruit hop aroma. I can detect some alcohol in the nose as well. Strong bitterness (as expected) with notable alcohol oils. The malt is muted. Good richness with appropriate carbonation. Beware, this is an extremely easy IPA to drink.

Bottle. Aroma of citrus and tropical fruit hoppiness, grapefruit seed in particular, as well as bready malt. Flavor really picks up the hop intensity with lots of mango, again very tropical fruity overall. Dry. Luscious, and at $3.99 a bomber (or less some places), possibly the best deal on the market.

From a 22oz bottle this gem pours a cloudy orange with a nice foamy white head and lots of lacing. Aroma of pine, citrus and hops (and more hops). Very, very drinkable with a nice hoppy grapefruit taste with a little spice to boot. This was a great beer - much better than I expected even if I have always enjoyed Long Trail from my days of living in New England. Thanks to Brian for bringing it back from the brewery on his visit home to Vermont!

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.

Bottle from Craft fresh today. Pours hazy gold with huge 3-finger fluffy white head and copious lacing. Nose is wet hoppy, with pineapple, tangerine, some pale malt. Very citruc nose. Tastes wet hoppy, resiny, with a ton of tangerine, orange, pineapple, and mango flavors, in roughly that order. Smooth, very complex palate with finishing peppery notes to match the colossal hops and tropical fruit. Marvelous! Long Trail has become a brewer that I now seek out with these big brewmaster series beers. As a caveat, I don’t seek the regular stuff, just the brewmasters classic series! Get ya some, and do it now, punks!