Stoudts Double IPA

Brewed by Stoudts Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Adamstown, Pennsylvania USA

Pours a dark gold with a thin white head. A refreshing hoppy nose and a smooth bitter finish, with carmel malt undertones throughout. Can hardly taste the alcohol, or maybe it’s just getting the better of me. Very smooth and easy drinking.

Bottle. Pours orange with a beige head. Citric aroma with peach, perfume, and caramel. Medium body. Hoppy flavor with citric and perfumy notes, as well as a bit of caramel. Alcohol is noticeable but not overwhelming.

Draft: Poured a golden amber color with a nice white head. The aroma was hops, flowers and some spice. The flavor was strong hops and a bitter taste. Overall, a decent brew that was easy to drink.

Slightly cloudy, golden orange/amber, w/ lasting, big bubbled off-white head. Excellent aroma; soft flowery hops blended evenly w/ sugary malt sweetness(maple syrupy). Superb flavor is a delicious blend of dry, bitter, floral hops and fresh grain/malt with a hint of alcohol. Feel is thick but crisp with soft foam in mouth. Finishes bitter and long.

Poured into a short glass (~ half pint?) and poured a medium bodied, clear golden with just a hint of head that quickly dissapated. It smelled hoppy and a quite winey. It tasted more of the same with the alcohol in dominance over the hops and hints of fruit. It felt medium to thin in my mouth and was semi drinkable. I’ve enjoyed other imperials much more than this one, but this brew wasn’t too shabby.

bottle courtesy of daknole via mar, golden amber pour with minimal head. Aroma of fruit, honey and syrup. Not too much hops if any in the aroma, suprising for a double IPA. Flavor is honey with spicy finish, undercurrent of hops. Hops becomes much more prominent at the end of the beer (or perhaps when it warms up).

bottle courtesy of daknole. light amber pour with no real had. a very small hop scent that is dominate by honey and syrup. the hops are definitely not the stars here until the beer warms up. when it’s cold the malts really shine thru as honey with a bitter finish.

Nice big resiny sweaty hops, some citric grapefruit, and some tropicality too, like mango or pineapple, or maybe apricot. Deep bready malts (dark rye-like breads) behind the hops. Amber color, smallish head. Surprisingly huge on the sweet bready caramel malts up front, but not so surprising after I read the 10.6% ABV figure! Hops show up as a resiny sweaty lightly fruity complement on the sides of the tongue, and balance out the finish, which is long and rich, almost a fruitcake like presence. Atypical of DIPAs, but nevertheless a fantastic rich barleywine-esque beer with deep malt and hop flavors. My first new rating from Stoudts in years, and I’m happy to see they’re still rocking.