Middle Ages X Double India Pale Ale

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

Bottled. An amber beer with a lazing thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with a lovely hoppy and grassy notes which also includes notes of grapefruit. The flavor is sweet malty eith notes of grapefruit and grass, leading to a dry and very bitter end.

(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of Kramer 17801. Clear, pale amber golden with a nice, off-white head. Fresh aroma of citrus and pine. Quite full-bodied with sweetish malt which is completely overpowered by the piney aroma hops also leaving a solid bitterness. 290407

Name: Double IPA
Date: 10/03/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade

Appearance: hazy orange, fine off white head, drippy lace,
Aroma: sweet and fruity malt aroma, peppery spicyness, grapefruit rind,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of spicy hops with a peppery character, sweet crystal malt, lots of citrus, light balancimg bitterness,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

(22oz bottle) Medium off-white head atop clear amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, pineapple, grapefruit. Taste is moderately sweet, pineapple, pine, grapefruit, some alcohol warming. Full body with some stickiness.

Bottle. Golden colour with a big white head. Light caramel malt, grape, pine, floral aroma and a sweet malty, dry grape, floral hop taste. Medium body with a long , bitter dry grape finish.

22oz bottle shared courtesy of weeare138 (thanks!). Poured a medium amber color with an averaged sized lightly off white head. Aromas of oranges, citrus, light pine and some caramel. Tastes pretty much the same as the aroma with somewhat of a buttery quality to it. I found the aromas and tastes to be a little on tame side for the way I like my Double IPAs. Alcohol content hidden (I didn’t detect any at all).

Hazy light golden pour, light white film. Lightly buttered Ringwood derived mostly fitting oiliness. Cheesy, well hopped, aromatic floral and citrusy (orange, pineapple) hops. The malt foundations appear solid, giving a comfortably carbonated medium body. Fluoride, minty, grapefruity finish, tannic, making the bridge between solid toasted, soapy well malted, toasty, earthy british example and the most expressive American IPAs, aromatic and potent. Soft for a beast, containing its alcohol tremendously and keeping the bitterness levels on par with the aromas.

(Bottle) Pours a cloudy burnt orange body with an average beige head. Aroma of pine, citrus, toasted malt, toffee, and butterscotch. Flavor of piney hops and caramel malt with a dry, bitter finish; good balance.