Speakeasy Big Daddy IPA

Brewed by Speakeasy Ales and Lagers
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
San Francisco, California USA

pours a clear golden with a small white head. notes of bread, grapes, citrusy hops, and caramel. ok, not great.

"Yellowy to light brown body two inch fluffy cap with tons of carbonation, lots of roapy lacing is left behind with every sip. Beer would have done better except the color seems wonky. Brew has the normal in your face grape fruit hops but the malts seem different they seem wheaty and lighter than normal. Aroma is different so I like that but it’s not all that great. Taste has a very nice hop presence without being overly bitter. Sweet grape fruit hops are well balanced with richly flavored malts. The malts is slightly earthy and don’t have the same wheat quality they had in the aroma. After taste mildly bitter and had a smoke like quality. Diffently not the best IPA I’ve ever had but it will do, it’s not over top hoped making it very easy to drink and sometimes that’s what I want. "

Draught. Small fin bubbled white head that mostly diminished. Spare display of lacework. Amber color. Aroma of peach, grapefruit, citrus, light caramel and malty toasted notes. Medium bodied with an average carbonation and light dry texture. Moderated bitter and sweet flavor. Bitter floral dry finish.

bottle poured a light amber color with a thin white head that drifted away quickly. aroma has bitter pine side hops, sweet caramel, and a bit of flowers. medium mouth feel and low carbonation. flavor has a bit of chewy malt, caramel sweetness, bitter resin side hops, and some earth.

On tap at Toronado in San Francisco. Pours a clear, golden body with a finger-width, white head that dissipates quickly and leaves a sticky lacing. Aroma is hoppy with a heavy and dull earth. Lots of deep citrus with some fresh grass as well. Light caramels and fruits balance out the aroma leaving it just a bit sweet, but mainly earthy. Flavor is similar in that there are lots of heavy earth notes with a good amount of grassy bitterness, but its clearly more sweet than the aroma led me to believe. A pleasant, somewhat resiny citrus with a touch of sugar leads this out before a dry, clean finish. Lingers with mostly a moderate earthy bitterness, but also has a good amount of deep caramels. Palate is light to medium and fairly well balanced for such a bold tasting IPA. Overall, a nice beer with lots of heavy flavors. Not as bright or floral as some of the other west coast IPA’s, but still big on the hops and tasty.

12 oz. bottle. Almost exactly the same as their Double IPA w/ a little less punch in the alcohol department. Floral and citrusy but not overly bitter. Light to medium bodied.

Bottle gifted by Ryan and Felicia! Pours a nice apricot color with a small whitish head. Aroma has some tupelo honey, ripe mango, flowery hops and some malt. Flavor has some really nice bitterness followed by some superb caramel malt and honey notes. Good damn beer.

12oz bottle from Bev4less. Pours a dark gold color with a big white head that has fair retention and good lacing. The aroma is sweet and piney with a bit of citrus. The flavor is decent with biter hops, pine citrus and some biter walnuts. The mouthfeel was a tad thin. The finish short, dry and biter. Overall: A very session-able IPA.