Speakeasy Double Daddy IPA

Brewed by Speakeasy Ales and Lagers
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
San Francisco, California USA

A hazy dark orange beer with a rim of beige head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of apricot and alcohol, the alcohol rips in the nose. The flavor is sweet alcohol, again the alcohol rips on the palate, but it also has strong notes of apricot and quite a lot of citrus, leading to a dry hoppy grassy end.

copper. smells great. soem grapefruit soem honey and some malt balancing out the herby hopness. i love the way this taste. not biney herbaceous or bitter. the malt really works wonders. very easy to drink. the hop is strong and present but balanced out very nicely.

Bottle from multiple trades. Pours amber with a thin white head. Smells of citrus, rosemary, and yogurt. Taste is citrussy with some mellow perfumey qualities. Mouthfeel is thick and oily. The alcohol is very well masked on this one which knocked me on my ass by the time I was finished with it. Smooth, velvety finish.

Nice easy drinking Double IPA. Not overbearing and well balanced. Pours amber with thin head. Aroma is sweet malt and piney hops. Palate is think and slightly sticky. Very approachable Double IPA.

This is a great DIPA. Nice balance but the hops do shine through and make this a great example of this style. If you can find it, definitely give it a try.

Head is small, light tan with good retention and a film of sticky lace that stays put. Clear, orange colored brew. Big, piney nose, grapefruit and caramel malts abound. Body is med/full with a coating oily mouthfeel. An abundance of hop flavors, pine, grapefruit, more citrus, oily, resinous with berry notes too boot. Medium sweet malts, caramel and a bit grainy, bready. Finish is a touch sweet balanced out with a solid hop bite. Thanks Craig!

12 ounce bottle purchased at the Nugget in South Davis, CA. Sweet, sticky, malty, sugary lightly pine aroma. The malts are definitely much more omnipresent in the nose of this IIPA than the hops. Some ethanol is also present. Rather disappointing or an IIPA. Needs hop aroma! Mildly hazy orangey-color with a hint of copper. Decent off-white head that has nice staying power. Fairly attractive. Sharp, bitter pine hops to start, becoming very sweet, sticky, and somewhat cloying in the middle. Some ethanol burn is present later on, with some bitter, grapefruity hoppiness. All in all, the hoppiness seems pretty subdued for the style and it being a west coast IIPA. This is balanced too much in flavor of the malts and it tends to be more of a cloying, sticky mess than an impressive, assertive, big beer. Disappointing.

Slightly cloudy golden with small head. Good hop aroma with strong malt backing. Very solid and balanced IPA. I’m starting to enjoy these balanced IPA’s just as much as a hop-heavy brew....but, I’m still a hop-head. Yum.