Moylans Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale

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

Amber with a good sized head. Aroma is of hops and perfume. Taste is very hoppy with grass and a caramel finish.Pleasant hop aftertaste mellows to that of toffee.

Bomber. Biiiiiiiiig hops in this one to be sure. Lots of resinous hops aroma and ditto for the flavor, but with a nice malty backbone lingering just under the surface.

Incredible floral & citrus mix on the nose...and just as impressive on the eyes. Fiery orange in color with a thick eggshell head. Unfortunately, it fell short where it matters most; the flavor. A bit too much pine and citrus sour, with little malt to balance this one out. It achieves its goal of being a "hop tribute" but I actually enjoyed the Double IPA more.

Bomber bottle, pours a hazy orange red with effervescence everywhere, produced a nice white bubbled head that placed a generous amount of foamy lacing on the glass, I saw no sediment in the bottle, aroma of sweet malt and hops when the bottle was opened, lots of pale malt sweetness on the nose with hop fragrance of pine needles and citrus, some caramel, orange and lemon fruit aromas, no alcohol aroma yet, faint caramel, taste of malt sweetness that hangs a bit and then the hops kick in, has caramel flavors along with some other malt flavor, herb and floral hop fragrance, I felt a bit of alcohol warmth on the palate but not enough to distract from enjoying the drink, a touch more then medium mouth feel, has some warmth on the palate, alcohol is hidden pretty well for a 9.2% ale, a nice, hoppy, malty ale, I think the malt flavor goes along well with the hops for a tasty IPA2, I recommend this ale.

nice orange pour with a thin cream head. grapefruits, fresh hops and oranges on the nose. nice and smooth on the palate with an awesomely smooth flavor of hops and a really bitter piney hop finish. awesome imperial ipa.

Bottle. Pours a clear dark golden orange with a decent off-white head that dissipates to a ring fairly quickly leaving sporadic lacing. Smell is like walking into a pine forest and breathing it in. There are some citrus aromas and a bread malt background as well. If the aroma is breathing it in, then the taste is like chewing on a pine cone and sucking in the pine resin. Serious pine hops here with some grapefruit and a bit of a bready malt sweetness. The pine hops leave a massive hop bitterness in the finish. The mouthfeel is super sticky with the pine resin and full bodied with a stinging pine bitterness. This is a great example of a DIPA and extremely enjoyable though the over-the-top bitterness takes away from the drinkability a bit. Highly recommended!

This Imperial (Double) India Pale Ale is a deep golden color with a medium to thin fluffy off-white head. The aroma is rich on the hops - piney and grassy, with some malty sweetness. Flavvor is big resinous hops in the front and good maltiness in the back, but well hidden by the big flavor and big bitter from the abundant hops.

Bomber from trade....thanks Mashmaster..:)....Its a gorgeous copper color with red highlights, and beige foam....Aroma---sweet malty and a pungent floral hop scent....just a wonderful balance of the 2...this is the scent I enjoy, a typical IPA aroma, but amped...a perfect nasal balance.....on to the taste....bitter initially...then mellows out by the finish.....it has a very piney taste, the malts are actually blanketed here...its a hop shiner...but I can tell the malts are there doing their job of keeping the hops in their place...a stickiness left to the lips...a bitterness on the finish....a very good beer...it is exactly what a imperial IPA should be...just yum and more yum...the fresh hop flavor lingers on and on