Opa-Opa Steakhouse A-10 Warthog IPA

Brewed by Opa-Opa Steakhouse and Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Southampton, Massachusetts USA

Date: 01/06/2007
Mode: Growler

hazy dark amber, wispy white head, streaks of lace, sweet fruity malt aroma, rich caramel malt flavor, light bitterness, picks up nice fruit as it warms, nice citrus sweetness, very drinkable,
-------- /> Date: 04/28/2007
Mode: growler
Source: tasting

picking up lots of earthy hops in the aroma, otherwise the same caramel sweetness,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Growler acquired in trade with ppoitras (thanks Pete!). Poured a deep and lightly hazy amber color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of pine, caramel, citrus, spicy, light alcohol, and had a very light doughiness to it. Tastes were brown sugary sweet, caramel, grapefruit and orange peel. Light alcohol in the finish (although no where near 14%). Light lacing left on the glass. Nicely balanced and a very enjoyable IIPA.

on tap-pours an off white head and amber color. Aroma is citrus hops-sweet. Tste is syrupy, alcohol, citrus hops-sweet, malt. Almost a barleywine effect. Occasional. OK carbonation.

Clear amber, little to no head. Enormous sweaty orange nose unveils no fruitiness beside that dulled orange. It appears woody, but remains citrus dominated. Liquorous thinned out body, rather flat carboantion. That 13% alcohol certainly didnt implicate the best attenuation as this is a sweet bomb, harsh and unbalanced with all that astringent citric hoppiness setting your mouth in fire. In the vein of Founders Devil Dancer, so many would like it, but I don’t, it takes more than alcohol and a coolish GI-Joe warrior name.

Sampled as part of a 19 beer blind barleywine tasting (from a growler): Pours a clear bright copper with a spotty, wispy-lacing white head. Aroma of sweet caramel malt and fresh piny hops. Starts fresh and caramely sweet with a good mild citrus hoppy balance and a touch of light fruitiness toward the bittersweet finish. A very nice barleywine.

Pours coppery with a white head. Smells and tastes caramelly with some citrus notes. Taste is way too malty for an IIPA with the hops in the brckground rather than the foreground.

Growler. Poured a clear dark copper color with an orange tint and thin off-white head. The malty aroma had plenty of sweetness and a decenbt piney hop backbone to give balance. The flavor was also pretty sweet and malty. My only real complaint was that the flavor seemed to cut short. Nice hops in the flavor. Light notes of alcohol as well but no way you can tell it is almost 14%. This got put into the 19 bottle BW tasting by mistake but it was so big you couldn’t tell it shouldn’t be there.

These bolder beers do get higher ratings. Here, it was fresh which is always a plus in beer, a little head,lace, medium plus mouthfeel. Good balance,not too bitter, which I appreciated, and a dominant taste of grapefruit.Incredible 14% batch. One of their better beers, appealing to all the geeks, and understandibly so.