Moylans Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale

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

(Bottled, thanks Esa K.) Slightly hazy darkish amber with a small head. Surprisingly mild, slightly stuffy aroma with some exotic fruit. Very intensely aromatic flavor with a mix of all possible hops. Backed by nice maltiness, and a very long, bitter aftertaste. Almost full-bodied with soft carbonation. Not quite in balance, but the intense flavor is very nice.

22 oz Bottle pours a hazy orange with a compact white head. Aroma is bracing..powerful citrus, pine and resinous hops and alcohol with a faint bit of malt. Flavor is initially over the top bitter and rough with plenty of lemon peel, grapefruit, spice, booze and distinct rocky bitter hop aftertaste. As the glass warms and your palate acclimates to the bitterness, there is a nice soft caramel malt sweetness w/ light bread to offset some of the bitterness & alcohol flavors.

Very, very hoppy aroma and taste. Pours copper golden witha nice white head. Nice bitter bite, nice bitter lingering finish. A well balanced brew!

Cloudy honey-colored with a smallish white head. Nose is quite bitter, with lots of citrus, a touch of caramel. Flavor is quite sweet, backed up by a dry, nutty bitterness. Plenty of grapefruit, almonds, and touches of vanilla and cake.

20061209 Party at Capt Lawrence. Bomber. Hazy, brassy orange with off-white head. Pungent aromas run the gamut of northwest hops, citrus, floral, pine plus nice, lush, forest undertones. Body is full, soft, resinous, with a pithy, biting finish. Lots of citrus hops throughout with solid biscuit malts and toast. yum.

This is really a good beer. Pours to a deep copper color with thick off-white head that lasts thru mid-beerand leaves very good lacing on the glass. Strong grapefruit citrusy hops htis you as soon as the bottle is opened, and is sustained throughout. The initial mouthfeel is very bitter, and enjoyable, but as the beers warms, this is offset nicely by malty sweetness. Flavor is more of the citrusy grapefruit, all leading to a finish that is pleasantly bittersweet. By beers end, the 9.2% ABV also made itself well lnopwn in both the taste and the after-effects. I savored this beer for close to an hour, and it got better as I went along. My only complaint is that I cannot get this in GA, and had to bring this back from my home visit to Illinois.

Thanks to Ramenen. Bottle: Murky explosions of herbal and citrus notes. Spices and hops all over the place but extremely well balanced. Delicious.

Copper colored and clear with an off white decent to good head. Smell is of course very hoppy with cirtus and pine. Taste is pleasingly bitter, and grassy.