Middle Ages X Double India Pale Ale

Brewed by Middle Ages Brewing
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Syracuse, New York USA

Pours clear medium orange with thin white head. Nose of citrus hops, with a hint of caramel, and something that I couldn’t identify but wasn’t good. In the mouth, it was more malt than hops, with an aftertaste of cherries. Not what I expect in an IPA, but drinkable.

Cloudy orange body with a huge orange/tan head, leaving lacing up the sides of the glass. Nose of hops and malt. Taste of citrus orange and grapdefuit west coast hops, spice, malt, and sweet caramel / toffee / butterscotch. Nice balance, despite hop hop hop slam. Alcohol almost hidden, but still a bit too hot to be perfect, with a long bitter finish. Very nice beer, and if the alcohol were reduced I would have given it higher marks overall.

Cloudy, bright orange body, thick buff head, strong carbonation. Heavy citrus hops in the nose, bitter, with sweet breads and caramel providing malt balance. Bitter, grapefruity hops flavor, sugared fruits, caramel, and toast. Alcohol is present but not dominant. Sharp and potent, full-bodied and rich. Very good.

Bottle at Drafting Room Exton. Poured an amber/brown color body with a small, sticky, off-white head. Aroma is citrus, pine, brown sugar, and some carmel. Flavors are pine, grass, subtle sweet tart, mild mellon, and candied malts. Somewhat buttery. Nice IIPA.

Red orange color wtih a large white bubbly head. Creamy delicious appearance. Aroma is really quite nice. Seems like a very similar aroma to Wailing Wench. Flavor isn’t quite as good but delicious all the same.

Bottle from Beer Yard. Pours hazy deep copper with 1-finger off-white head, and great concentric lace rings all the way down the glass. The aroma is heavy tropical fruit and citrusy hops, with a solid caramel malt backbone. It tastes caramel malty up front, giving up the huge tangerine, honeydew, canteloupe, and piney hops at mid-palate. The palate is velvety and very smooth, complex, and well balanced. If you can’t enjoy this one, then your limey ass deserves to be keelhailed, ye wimpy assgrabber!

Bottle... Hazy orange ale with a mid-sized, creamy, off-white head. Good retention. The nose is a cornucopia of aromas churning about... perfume, light pine, butterscotch, toffee, orange and pink grapefruit. Well-balanced flavor. Butterscotch and grapefruit. Moderately bitter... especially as it warms. Full-bodied and creamy with lively carbonation. Alcohol is well hidden. Finishes fruity, bitter, then dry. I really like all the butterscotch. Diacetyl is definitely to my liking... much like brett.

Golden orangey color. Decent white head. Aroma is hoppy, citrusy and a little sweet. Flavor is welcomingly full of hops, some citrus and something else. Good mouthfeel, with a bit of the alcohol coming through at the end.