Mt. Hood Imperial Ice Axxe

Brewed by Mt. Hood Brewing
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Government Camp, Oregon USA

Draft at Ice Axe Grill, Government Camp, OR. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a malty hoppy bitter citrus aroma. Sweetish warming hoppy spicy bitter flavor. Has a sweetish warming malty hoppy bitter finish.

Draft at the brewpub as XXXIPA. Darker amber color with a yellowish head. Strong hop aroma. Near full bodied with creamy carbonation. Fruity, malty, hop flavors well integrated. Excellent. Light heat. Finish is firm, but not too sweet nor harshly bitter. A smooth, tasty ale.

Bronze colour. Rather syrupy, with a light hop character sort of like lemon candy. Kind of spritzy, attempting to move the ploddingly sugary body along. There’s a nice winey, blackberryish note late.

ruddy brown color with thin pale head. on tap at rose & raindrop. seems more like strong ale than IIPA, chewy. definite malt presence without strong sweet, like a steep balance is being kept. aroma is dark cherries with a little lemon, flavor is honey with resin soon behind. grat balance.

On tap @ the brewery. Poured a dark orangish color with thin head. Aroma not that hoppy, but okay. The word harsh kept coming to mind when I was drinking this. Poor finish to the taste.

I did not like the originial ice axxe that much and this is not really an exception to that. Tastes like the same kind of conditioning and hop and malt bill, slightly more aggressive, but still very tame for what I would consider a IIPA.