Moylans Moylander Double IPA

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

THOUGHTS: A really nice DIPA, but nothing special. Hid alcohol well. I could feel it in the belly but that was about it. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a medium to dark orange with an average to large, slightly off-white head that left good lacing. The aroma was moderate caramel malt; heavy pine resin and citrus hops and then some band-aid. The initial flavor was moderately sweet and lightly bitter; while the finish was heavily sweet and moderate to heavily bitter with an average to long duration. There was caramel malt, grapefruit and orange hops, then some resinous pine. The medium to full body was oily with soft carbonation and a light astringent finish.

Nice coppery amber color with just a little bit of head that sticks around as a spotty film. A decent fruity and bitter aroma. At first the taste is a mellow IPA but quickly turns into a great bitter flavor. This lasts on the palate for quite a while after the beer is finished. a great beer for the price.

Bomber. Nice hazy amber pour with slight white head that quickly faded into spotty patches. Great aroma consisting of grapefruit, piney hops, and fruit. The flavor begins quite malty which leads into a true bitterness that lasts throughout the palate. A solid beer, drank by a solid dude.

Pours orangish with a nice whitish head and good lacing. Fresh, hoppy, piney, fruity nose. Taste is bitter pine, sap, and fruity hops. Bitterness adds and adds as you drink it and it becomes almost overwhelmingly bitter. Smooth creamy body and nice soft carbonation make the mouthfeel perfect. Only complaint was that it was a bit too bitter for its own good.

Bottle. Head is initially small, frothy, off-white, mostly lasting. Body is clear medium amber. Aroma is lightly malty (grain, cookie), lightly to moderately hoppy (grapefruit, resin, flowers), lightly yeasty (dough), with light notes of aspirin and dried papaya. Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, moderately to heavily bitter. Medium to full body, velvety texture, lively carbonation, lightly alcoholic, lightly to moderately astringent. Typical abrasive west-coast style DIPA. Thankfully (for me, at least) the hop aroma is a bit on the weak side for the style (these are brand new to Colorado, so I’m kinda surprised a fresh batch doesn’t have more hop odor), but they certainly (over)assert themselves in the bitterness/acidity/astringency department.

22 oz bottle. Foggy peach brown with a brief bubbly head. Nose is grilled pineapple and grapefruit pith. Begins crisp and refreshing finally revealing resin and some heft. Taste is caramel and orange nicely balanced with pine, a bit of soap. Just what I expect from a good DIPA.

full and fruity aroma, almost strawberry, with honey and pine. flavor not so harmonious--some grapefruit harshnes, distant sweetness. clear light amber color with modest head; bit of weight in the mouth masks the decent carbonation. harsh finishw/definite warming

Yummy yummy beer, drinking it presently with some super-fattening chips. "Naughty hops" is right, over the top but taste is right. From bottle from Bevmo Mountain View