Moylans Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale

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

Another DIPA that doesnt live up to the hype in my book. Its just too thick with one dominating flavor. Too sweet as well. It is packed with flavor, but if i am in a sipping mood I am going to go elsewhere. I think I have been spoiled with Dreadnaught on the style

Bomber bottle. Pours amber in color. Strong aroma of hops (citrusy and piney). Tastes strongly bitter, very piney/resinous.

Bomber. Pours hazy copper. One finger off white head. Nice lacing. Aroma of hops, citrus, pine and more hops. Taste is citrus, pine, and malt. Finishes very bitter to hops. Nicely balanced for amount of hops. This is not for the weary.

Bottle. Orange body, medium white head with good retention and lacing, very hoppy, resinous nose. Some sweetness noticeable under the massive IBUs, hoppy flavors predominate. A bit over the top.

Goddamn! Talk about seriously bitter stuff right here! Bottled pour produces a clear orange-amber color with a sticky vanilla head and heavy duty lacing. Aroma is impressive. Grapefruit rind, sticky pine sap and hops resin take over the senses upon the first smell. Peppery spice, pumpkin and butterscotch is noticeable in the aroma as well. The Simcoe really brings out this beer’s flavor, with a huge malty backbone that mixes well with other flavors of cheescake, rum and more citrus. The finish absolutely oozes with high alpha hops bitterness that sticks to your mouth for minutes...and I mean minutes. Hell, the last sip I took was 3 minutes ago, and my tongue is still wrecked. Awesome. Balance is alright. Not too syrupy or dry. Bitterness? Well, it almost goes over the top. But I like it!

mmmmmm. Sticky thick resinous hops and corresponding body. bracingly bitter, and I like that a lot. But, the bitterness does not overwhelm the hop flavor, which is extremely complex and delicious. Liked it a lot.

Pours an clear orange/amber color with a biege head and soft carbonation. Strong aroma of pinesap, grapefruit, papaya and caramel malt. Flavor is juicy orange, grapefruit, and a sweet caramel pine. A bit acidic. Big creamy mouthfeel. Finish is spicy long bittery goodness.

Strange washout of flavors. Aroma is so supremely hoppy that you expect that in the taste, but instead get a strange soapy flavor with some alcohol mixed in. Hop biitterness is all over the finish. Just doesn’t have that juicy resin and citrus in the nose. Very solvent-like. A little malt sweetness hangs around, but is primarily decimated by the bitterness. Hard to say what the problem really is here. Dare I say there could be too much hops? This does remind me a bit of that overwhelming solvent-like flavor I’d get when sucking on a hop cone (which is why I usually spit like I’m dipping, instead of swallowing the oils. I never thought I’d taste it, but i think this beer is just too damn hoppy. Not unbalanced by malt, like a Stone IPA or victory Hop Wallop, but just too much hops in general. I never thought I’d say that. This is jugely dissappointing because I love their IPA and Double IPA.