Ninkasi Tricerahops Double IPA

Brought this one back from the States. Amber, orange colored brew. Very hoppy, floral aroma. Sweet, smooth well balanced hoppiness and floral notes. Nice one.

Hazy orange amber viscous pour. Small thin white head with a notice ablly modest carbonation. Modest sweet malty carmel and pine aroma. Lots of IBUs and a noticeable ABV bite. Decent hoppy flavor but not the fresh west coast bite of my favorites of the style. Full bodied and slick. Soft carbonation

Bottle: Pours a copper caramel color with light sticky head and nice lacing. The nose is very hoppy with lots of citrus and grapefruit, subtle orange and pommello. The flavor is sweet and resinous with a light enough body that it’s still in the IPA mouthfeel but ample hops in the nose and sweet dry hopped notes in the flavor. Finishes plenty hoppy and has an overall clean and resinous tail. Nice!

As good a looking as there has ever been. Roasty light sweet caramel malt backbone with hints of light toffee. Bready and grainy but with a very mild nuttiness as well. Hops are very floral with moderate citrus.and light pine. I would hesitate calling this a Double IPA, more like a 1.5X IPA. Still a fantastic drink

Had this as a little back-to-back bomber taste test with my brother. while comparing it to Avery’s Maharaja. Ninkasi has a little bit of an advantage in the drinkability department, but overall this was a tad bit weak for a double IPA. The balance was very very nice...showing some complexity and subtle hop exposure, as well as a suitable malty backbone to showcase it all. But the flavour was a few degrees below the "Holy hell that’s good!" level. The finish was the most interesting part of it all; with a strange sort of false start, then waiting a few seconds and suddenly..whooosh--here’s that bitterness you were waiting for.