Ottos Double D IPA

Brewed by Ottos Pub & Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
State College, Pennsylvania USA

In short: An intense IIPA but unfortunately a bit shy on the malt front. For the hophead only.
How: Tap at brewpub
The look: Clear golden body with a small off-white head
In long: Shy nose but very tasty, a recurrent theme at this brepub. Crisp sweetness half-honey half-caramel. Lots (and I mean lots) of hop bitterness. Pine needles juice up front with orange peels and grapefruit. Hard to take a big sip without making a face, this is a very bitter beer. I like when IIPAs push but with such an intense hops bill this one would have benefited from a thicker malt profile to bring some kind of balance and provide a place for the alcohol to hide (which was very apparent even at only 8.2%). Overall it is a pretty decent beer but somewhat overrated. But that’s American, everybody likes a Double Ds over in America. Not me, I’m pretty happy with a just a B. Hi Ruxandra!

Appearance: Pours a clear, orangey body capped by a thin, wispy, white head. Smell: Hoppy notes of citrus and wood set against pale and caramel maltiness. Taste: Subtle biscuity, caramel maltiness, as is the sweetness that accompanies it. Light flavor of wood and apricots. Taste of lemony citrus oils. Medium hop bitterness. Dry, peppery finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Slight oiliness to the mouthfeel. Drinkability: While it’s not exactly what I’d call a hop-bomb, it’s still pretty good.

Pours a slightly hazy copper color with a white head. Aroma is caramel, and juicy orange citrus hops. Flavor is malty, caramel, some biscuit, and a bitter juicy orange citrus finish.

22oz bottle. Nice pair of hops on the label. Pours deep orange color. Big citrus hop aroms. Hints of wood. Nice nugget hop flavor. flavor of a nutty malt, along with some woody hop flavor.

Pours a light yellow color – slightly cloudy with a below average head, and below average lacing and slightly under carbonated. Smells strong citrusy floral hops with not much malt aroma coming through. First taste is extremely hoppy and bitter. Finishes with a lovely bitter after taste. A good DIPA.

Golden-bronze colour. Slight haze. Berryish hop nose with a slight woody accent. Flavoursome, with lots of bright hops and a light toasty malt note.

Bomber. Poured a rich, deeper orange with a short cap of off-white head. The aroma picked up orange and grapefruit citrus notes with sweet, lighter caramel and grassy notes backing it up.. rather juicy and powerful, yet approachable. The flavor had a bunch of grainy sweetness at the core that was hard to classify surrounded by a nice array of pine, citrus, and cat pee bitterness that lasted through the long finish.. alcohol was well hidden and served to warm up the back-end and throat. Medium-plus bodied with only OK flow on the palate.. I didn’t much dig the graininess and the bitterness was rough about 3/4 way through.. otherwise a very good brew.

bottle from Jason k. Nice looking pour. A little too much age on it. 1 week ago and this woulda been awesome. Still really good though. Age causes hops to be a little muted.