Moylans Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale

Pours a nice cloudy copper color with a creamy, glass-sticking head. Big pine and grapefruit hop aroma, with a touch of toasty caramel malt fighting through at times. Flavor follows the aroma, huge bitter grapefruit and pine flavors don’t even try to be balanced by the slightly sweet malt undertones. Thick and lingering on the palate, with a big bitter finish. Seriously tasty!

Pours a beautiful hazy copper color with thick white head. Aroma is a great combination of citrus hops and caramel malts- almost a tropical fruit note with a combination of pineapple and toasted coconut. Flavor consists of tart citrus up front, herbal notes, some residual sugars, caramel, and toasted malts. Palate isn’t too sticky, either. Very nice.

Bottle. Hazy yellow orange color, minimal wispy head. Sweet undertones to begin, followed by a mellow crisp granulated sugar middle. Finish is hops and hops, hard to pinpoint the variety, but delicious nonetheless. Lingering pepper, pine, grapefruit, a bit of grassiness. Medium bodied. The thing I can appreciate about this is that it isn’t overly thick and syrupy like some IPA beers. Nicely done.

Pours a hazy golden yellow with thick white head. Aroma is pineapple, floral and hops. Flavor is hops and floral. Definite sugar/caramel undertones in the flavor mixed with this tart citrus flavor. Body is medium/thick with definite carbonation.

Shared with my buddy Ian. Hazy light amber pour with a thick white head. Big grassy pine citrus aroma. Thick chewy hop body, very aggressive, lots of caramel malt and citrus hops just bursting all about. Finishes with a bit of hop bitterness and a touch of the 9.2% abv. Very tasty IPA.

Pours an amber colour with a thick off white head. Aroma is very nice citrus-pine hop. Flavour is herbal pine bitterness up front, just a hint of malt before it finishes with a lingering alc.

From bomber. Pours orange/brown with nice white foam ring. Good lacing. Aroma is piny and hoppy. Flavor is similar - pine, citrus, strong hops (as expected). Mouthfeel is fairly thick. Aftertaste is bitter with some alcohol burn. Really enjoyed this fine IPA. Californians certainly do know how to brew a good IPA. Good value also at $6 a bomber.

Pours hazy orange with off white head. I can smell the citrusy grapefruit hops from a foot away. Citrus flavors, mostly lemon and grapefruit, with some sweetness form the malts. This is much less sweet and syrupy than most of the DIPAs I have had. Alcohol flavor comes through only slightly. Medium body with mild carbonation and a creamy mouthfeel with a clean finish. Very nice.