Moylans Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale

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

Date: November 30, 2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Nija’s
Appearance: opaque dark yellow, frothy off white head
Aroma: grassy hop aroma with some carmel sweetness trying to break through
Body: creamy body
Flavor: well balance flavor with great hop character on a slightlly sweet malt base, mild bitter finish

Date: May 11, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: cinci
Score: 2.9 to 3.5
Appearance: hazy orange, fine white head, lots of lace
Aroma: fresh grassy hop aroma with lots of fruity peach and mango
Body: a bit thin but creamy body
Flavor: lots of tongue scraping bitter hop flavor, malty and fruity sweetness adds character but come nowhere close to balance, even upon warming the bitterness rules even though the sweetness offers up everything it can
Overall: great for those who love abuse but give me more balance

Date: May 31, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
Appearance: clear amber, creamy beige head
Aroma: huge sweet crystal and grapefruit aroma, sweet fruity orange
Flavor: flavor starts of sweet and fruity and then turns bitter, lots of grapefruit rind

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **+/4

Date: June 07, 2007
Mode: bottle
Vintage: 2006
with age the hops drop out enough to allow the the sweetness to balance, but is it better?

Bright amber colour. Fresh, herbal-fruity hop aroma. Big, chewy flavours. Lots of crystal malt and resiny hop. By the numbers IIPA can hardly evoke a comment from me.

2009-09-03, draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm, 10-5-8-5-18=46
Cloudy amber color; small creamy head; end of the keg. Oh Lords of beer, this has a massive hop aroma, citrusy sweaty resiny and fruity; dusty cellar, dry hop leaves. Good body strength, with a rather smooth mouthfeel, even if the hopping is a lacerating experience; toffee flavor; the hop is extremely resiny and a bit fruity (bitter oranges), the bitterness induces headaches. Masochist pleasure.

2009-02-24, bottle at Akkurat, Stockholm, 9-5-8-5-17=44
with Tomahawk, Chinook, Athanum hops
Cloudy light amber color. Massive hop aroma, very fruity, grapefruit. Good body, powerful toffee, good residual sweetness, full throttle hop, extreme, fruity, resiny, killing, insane. One of the most extreme experiences.

2006-03-15, bottle, 9-4-8-5-18=44
Hazy amber color. Huge fruity aroma, resiny; aromas like a walk in a forest (freshly cut wood, pines…) very original and pleasant. Sweet, malty, extremely bitter taste: this is very good but more ordinary. The final has still a good share of sweetness, which is positive. Excellent.

Clear amber with medium beige head. Hoppy aroma with piney and citric notes. Sweet flavour with loads of hops, pine and grapefruit notes. Solid bitter finish.

(22oz bottle) Beautiful off-white head atop a clear copper body. Lovely lacing. Aroma is quite rich, medium sweet, pine, grapefruit, light pineapple. Taste is moderately sweet, pine, grapefruit, some caramel, orange, light chocolate. Creamy, medium-full body with resin galore, plus some alcohol. Definitely a keeper!

Thank you After4ever/Tom for this wonderful beer! The color is between dark golden and red copper and the head is firm, lasting, huge and creamy. The aroma is hoppy, hoppy, hoppy - yummiiii... It has notes of fruit, of which some a bit old, resin, fresh cut grass and a bit of caramel. The flavour has sweetness and a strong and very nice bitterness that develops and grows a bit dry. It has notes of caramel, fruit, peach, melon, fresh cut grass and resin. It has a very nice balance and is very harmonic - incredibly nice! 2465

Bottle @ LCRBM 2008. Grapefruit, malt and oily hops in the aroma. Malty, medecinal, oily hopbitter flavor with mint. The hops are a bit too pronounced.

Bottle. Amber colour with a small white head. Pine, grapefruit aroma and a sweet malty, dry hop, grapefruit taste. Medium to full body with a long light sweet dry hop finish. Nice!!!