Moylans Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale

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

22 oz bomber. Bottle conditioned with lots of sediment. Surprisingly lighter than most IIPAs, the color is light amber with a low but persistent head throughout consumption. The aroma was light but cascade and simcoe (citrus) comes through prominently. Low malt aroma. Flavor is very nicely balanced between sweet caramel and Biscuit and/or Victory malts, and earthy hops like Chinook and Columbus. Creamy mouthfeel with some alcoholic warmth without being "hot." An incredibly well made IIPA!

Poures a partly hazy amber color with a small off white head. Aroma of flooded with hops. Flavor is also very hoppy but sticky and sweet at the same time. This one’s bitterness lingers on for a long time.

Pours from 22 oz bomber a medium semi clear amber forming a small foamy head that dissipates. Aroma of lovely hops, grapefruits, floral pine resins accentuate. Flavour a pure smooth hop bomb, grapefruit pine resins come through, with a sticky mouth feel. Malts help balance the citrusy hop bombage. The alcohol is well blended in this beer, and has more of a spicy character than burn. Overall a highly impressive beer. This beer was tasted in an Ommegang goblet. Highly recommended!

Bottle: pours a cloudy, light orange with a thin white head, aroma of floral hops and sweet citrus (really smells excellent), taste is very hoppy - that’s about all I taste, has a dry, bitter finish. Pretty nice DIPA but I prefer a little more balance. Definitely a hopbomb if that is what you are looking for.

Bottle, thanks to jsquire for this one. Pours a slightly amber color with a small off-white head. Has a nice hoppy bitter citrus aroma with some malty hints. Malty hoppy bitter caramel flavor with lots of pine and citrus hints in the flavor aswell. Has a long dry and very hoppy bitter pine finish with a very bitter aftertaste. Thanks again jsquire for this great beer!. I like it.

The beer pours an attractive copper-orange color with a tan head. Sticky lacing is left behind as the glass is emptied. The aroma is that of strong citrus hops with a good bit of sweet malt thrown in. The hop aroma comes across as "wet" and fresh. Hopsickle supplies a hop explosion in your mouth. It’s not all citrus though. You are hit with pine and bitter notes as well. The finish is bitter with a lingering sweet malt stickiness. At 9.2% ABV the alcohol flavor comes through in the aftertaste. The flavor and mouth feel remind me of what you get from wet hopped beers such as Great Divide Fresh Hop Pale Ale or Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale, though on a much bigger scale. The Moylan’s web site doesn’t offer any clues if the fresh (or wet) hopping is used, although the label mentions "fresh hops."

pours a hazy orange shade of brown with a fluffy light tan head. great retention leaves behind lace rings around the glass. very earthy aroma... brown sugar, pine, lemon skin and white grapefruit pith. the palate is on the sweet but there is a reward with a bunch of resiny bitterness. the flavor starts sweet and malty with some brown sugar then turns to pine, citrus pith and cinnamon-like spiciness. bitter finish lingers for quite a while. full bodied, slick mouth feel and a creamy smooth texture. there’s a bit of stickiness left on the lips.

bottle, golden orange color with minimal head, I waited several weeks to rate this knowing what was about to happen, huge evergreen nose almost to the point of an ammoniated nose, huge bitter taste of grapefruit, lemons and sugar, when more is better this is almost too much