Middle Ages X Double India Pale Ale

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

Pours a two finger white head that fades quickly to a thin layer leaving some lace. Cloudy amber color. Good carbonation and medium bodied. Sweet and hops nose. Flavor is caramel that is balanced with the hops, some bitterness at finish. $4.79 for a 22oz bottle from Yankee Spirits South Attleboro, Ma.

Pours orange / copper with an off-white head. The aroma has old caramel, mustiness, light hops, cardboard and diacetyl. Medium body with soft gentle carbonation. The flavor starts like the aroma and finishes stale, grainy and sour. This could be an infected bottle. It was not good at all. Hopefully I can try a fresh clean bottle at some point.

Bottle 22 ounce. Aroma is all hops, very good smelling beer. The tasty is very hoppy but also citric. Very good a but overpowering though. I liked it a lot but wouldn’t buy again soon

Bottle. Pours orange amber with a nice off white head. Citric and piny aroma. Medium full body. Flavor is hoppy, both citric and pine, with a bit of caramel to balance. Nice lingering bitterness.

Yep, not good. Aroma is slightly sour, and citrus hoppy. Lot of orange in the aroma and sourness. Taste is sour, slightly hoppy. Finishes sour and hoppy. Definitely infected. I need a re-rate of this.

Had this one in a blind test with Pliny the Elder. I know it’s a tough matchup for Middle ages but it was actually closer than I thought. I ended up picking Pliny as the better beer but it took some thought appearance wise the middle ages looked like the superior brew but the aroma was all pliny. Not to say that the aroma for middle ages was bad. Anyway, pours darker almost amber looks like a richer beer than pliny with large head. Aroma is citrus hops but is not in the same league as elder on this one. Flavor is nice a rich not highly carbonated with grapefruit up front and a salad of hops in the finish mostly citrus though. A very good brew by middle ages but I feel it’s about right where it should be for rating, maybe just a little higher.

Draft at TND. I dropped my son off at judo and swung by to see what was on tap, this was there. Light orange in color with lacing type head. Strong alcoholic hop aroma. The taste was the same with grapefruit and other citrus notes. Thiick and slightly syrupy on the palate. At the end the alcohol became too much.

Quite pungent, alcoholic, with grassy, floral and grapefruit notes. Incredibly syrupy body overwhelms. Some minerally notes. Very earthy, a bit lunkheaded. Gorgeous smell and solid body, but a bit nauseating to drink.