Moylans Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale

Brewed by Moylans Brewery & Restaurant
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Novato, California USA

Bomber, shared with Derek. Pours clear gold with a medium-sized white head. Features a pungent aroma of hops, most noticeably lemon, tangerine, ruby grapefruit citrus, and floral hops. Flavor starts citrusy yet mellow, then moves towards a strong hop presence backed in bitterness. Finish is lingering bitter hops, some toasted qualities -- utterly delicious AND over the top. What I love about this beer is that Moylan is unabashed about amping up their IPA to a “triple” hopped level, and this beer shows it through its hop bouquet and bitter, lasting finish. Not for the faint hearted, but delicious for hop heads.

I was expecting this to be a very aggressive DIPA with a punch of hops. I found for it too be too thick, under-carbonated, and too malty. The hops seemed to get lost in the thick malt feel. I think I got an old bottle :(

Hop Bomb. Pours a rich translucent amber. Aroma of malts with tons of floral/piney hops. Flavor has the characteristic grapefruit-like bitter edge.

aroma of strong sticky malt, very fresh and very prounounced. hops nearly take a back seat when it comes to the nose. appearance is a star, burnished ruby. flavor is of strong alcholic malt. quite bitter but hop character seems muddled with the mixed bag of strains used in this beer. almost an instance of trying a bit too hard as far as im concerned, the moylander is more well put together then this brew.

TAP: clear orange pour, moderate foamy head. Huge pine hop nose - sweet, pine and citrus hops. Taste is citrus, plenty of malt backbone to balance, but this thing is so huge on hops that by the end of the first glass I’m getting overwhelmed. Flavor is lacking something - not much depth. Very good beer, but maybe a bit much for my taste.

22oz bottle. Thanks Stefan. Pours a clear golden/amber with a small white head and lacings. Nose is sweet and hoppy. Buiscuit, pine and citrus. Taste is balanced. Power hoppy yet some malts that shows. Hop juices. Orange and grapefruit. Dry power bitter and lasting end. A hop bomb for sure.

Nice bright haze orange color. Thin head that fades away quickly. Lovely appearance. Wow, this thing has a hug bittering hop. It will knock your socks off! Just full of pine and citrus aromas/flavors! Slight alcohol burn. Very pungent aroma of hops; maily citrus and pine. Slight sweet caramel to balance out the aroma and flavor. The aroma has more of the Earthy pine aroma than citrus. Malt sweetness begins to come through even compare to the hops as the beer warms up. The bittering hop is not eliminated by this last fact. Nice smooth palate. Overall, very nice and bitter beer with some malts to balance it out.

Source: 22 oz bottle purchased in Washington DC.
Glass: Poured into my Karmeliet tulip glass.
Appearance: Poured a hazy amber/gold color with a one finger white head.
Aroma: Heavy with pine and citrus, mainly grapefruit. Very clean.
Flavor: Solid malt backbone, but the hops are the star. Sticky pine and citrus all over the place. Well integrated..
Palate: Medium/full body with solid carbonation and a sticky mouthfeel.
Overall: Great IIPA. Nothing subtle about this one. All hops, but very clean.