Smuttynose Big A IPA

Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

Bomber from Leukens Liquors (Tampa, FL). Pours a generally clear amber to copper color with one finger creamy white head that laces the glass. Aroma is sweet and floral with notes of citrus, pine, caramel, grapefruit, floral esters. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of grapefruit, caramel, honey, light floral esters, pine, some hints of herbs. Medium body with a pleasing floral hop finish. Nice IPA.

pours fantastic copper orange with huge frothy white head. aroma is very well balanced citrus and pine. bitter pine hops upfront and the citrus following close behind and a bitter grapefruit finish. sweet caramel malts wondering around for a nice well balanced backbone.

I’m from NH and I know I’ve had this before but I never rated it. So here goes. This bottle is from Knightly Spirits (an amazing one stop beer/liquor/wine store I might add... they can thank me later for the plug :-). Golden colored and pours with a thick off-white head with solid lacing sticking like glue. The aroma is grapefruit, orange peel and a little lemon zest. My first thoughts were that this smelled like it could come from the west coast, which is a good thing. The flavors are heavy on the grapefruit and citrus with some resinous hops showing too. A tropical fruit sweetness is sticky and strong in the finish of the beer and I think is a shade overdone (small complaint). Moderate bitterness for what it is with a tangy sting but it’s still really drinkable. Malts are there for support but the hops are big in this one. A really good beer here from Smutty.

Draft at redlight redlight. Pours a clear yellow/orange. The nose is very hoppy, more grapefruit than pine with an extra note of something that’s making me think of Italian food for some reason. The cacophony of hops in this beer gives it an excellent extremely hoppy flavor that is nevertheless very smooth, bright, and balanced probably in part from the slightly sweet boozy notes that come through. A very nice double IPA.

draft @ redlight redlight. Grapefruity piney hops on the nose with hints of pineapple. Pours a pale golden color with a thick white head. Big earthy bitter hops upfront with some grapefruit peel as well as hints of pine with hints of honey in the background. Definitely a hop bomb, and i like! Also its pretty easy to drink for 9%.

bomber... pours a brilliant light golden with a 1 finger white head.... which quickly dissipates to a small lacing... very pleasant citrus hop aroma, although not very strong... had to search a bit for the nuances of the aroma. medium body full of crisp bitter notes, citrus fruit and more hops. The finish is nice and long with a sticky bitterness through the back. There are more dank and wet hop notes in the end than throughout the rest of the mouth. Not a bad IIPA, clean, bitter and to the point.

Clear gold pour with nice frothy white head, sweet citrus smell with a hint of pine.....going to like this......nice balance...yum.....maybe just a tad on the sweet side

Pours clear orangish color with off white head. Aroma of grapefruit and citrus. Grapefruit hops and sweet malt flavors with some heat from the alcohol. Medium body with average carbonation and a resinous mouthfeel. Another good brew from Smuttynose.