Millys Tavern Hopnoxius

Brewed by Millys Tavern
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Manchester, New Hampshire USA

Date: 02/10/2007
Mode: Firkin
Source: Brewfest, Extreme Beer

hazy orange, frothy off white head, big hop aroma on a sweet malt base with a hint of grassy character (crystal dry hop), lots of hop flavor leading to a long bitter finish, plenty of candy sweetness comes as a second wave to add complexity rather than balance, quite tasty and dangerously drinkable,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Clear amber body with off-white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, pineapple. Taste is the same. Medium-full body, with low carbonation and some resin.

Lasting off-white sheet of foam covers the clear golden body. Very aromatic, earthy and orangey centennials bring juicy citrus up front, but brash Chinooks (really not my favourite kind) appose their vegetal signature and harden the finish. Develops nice pineapple and peach hints while the bready/biscuity malts offer ample support. Medium body, powdery texture, very dry, heavily bitter. Mike loves hops and it’s obvious, his beers are getting tastier and tastier.

Bottle... A&K’s4thAHBT... Hazy, golden ale with a small, off-white head. Smells like liquid dish soap. To be more specific, it smells like Palmolive aroma therapy liquid dish soap with essences of lavender and ylang ylang. Perfume too. Nice, actually, but strange. I was at a beer tasting, so I was careful to only rinse my glass with tap water, no soap. Still, there it was... liquid dish soap wafting up my nose. Soapy flavor as well... bitterness, perfume and all. Full-bodied and way oily with lively carbonation. Finishes moderately bitter and dry. A strange bird, this one.

on tap-pours a thick, rich tan head. Color is golden. Aroma is grapefruit, hops. Taste is creamy, slick, grapefruit, hops, and a bit of sharpness. Good carbonation and laces nicely. rerate-still a bit big for me, but nicer to my changing taste. 3.4

Lime orange citrus hops greet the nose along with toasty, biscuity underlying malts. Lightly hazy blonde body is topped by a low white head that recedes to ring with some lacing. Lime, orange, citrus, resiny hop flavour is lightly catty in character with assertive bitterness and decent, sweet caramel and toasty supporting malt base. Medium light body with lively carbonation. Sampled at GABF 2005.

Handbottled at A&K 4th DC tasting: Hazed gold hue with a small lasting head and minimal lace. The aroma has notes of piney and leafy hops, bready malts, pepper, and a bit soapy. The taste has a bitter smack with a buttered white bread background supported by a bit of a flowery and dusty yeast undertone. Some moderate citric notes towards the finish. The feel is crisp and sharp but also very astrengent and metallic. Just okay, honestly disappointing.

Big thanks to Hophead75 for bringing a growler to share at the captain lawrence open house. This was one of my favorites of the night. 9.5% ! Pours a deep orange with a nice sticky lasting head and some nice lacing on my glass. Very hoppy overall- lots of citrus, pine, orange peel, and even a hint of harsh smokiness from the chinook/? Nice full flavor and body with tons of hops, a bit of crystal matl backbone, and an extrememly harsh pleasant bitterness in the end which was nice. Damn tasty DIPA.