Captain Lawrence Captains Reserve

Brewed by Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Pleasantville, New York USA

One pint bottle from my local. Enjoyed at the first beer tasting with conspiring co-workers. A white pillowy head sits on top of this hazy golden pour. Lots of grapefruit in the nose, helloooo hops! The aroma is captivating...anxious anticipation of my first taste. Flavor is exceptionally well balanced between the hops and malt. Citrus and pine hops are not overpowering and allow the sweet malt to reveal itself ever so modestly. I appreciate the long lasting flavors that dance in my mouth...my favorite tasting of the evening by far.

Rating #300 of this brew. Woohoo! I believe this was an extra from BeerBaron420, but might have been from Dogfish120Love. Either way, thanks a bunch. Bottle. Clear orange amber with lotsa bubbles. Nice head to lace. Nose is yeasty with some citrusy sourness in the hops. Taste is big. Yeasty smack finish after big mouthfull. Creaminess to sweet to bitter. Nice brew.

My Bottom Line:
An accomplished Double IPA this is, ripe with citrusy, leafy and resinous alpha goodness, all laid out on a comfortable bed of honeyed malts. Not too pungent, and certainly flavorful throughout, this is exactly the kind of beer I’d like to have in bottles in Quebec. DDC? Trou du Diable? Charlevoix? Anyone?

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A lofty head of foam sticks to the top of the translucent orangey gold.
-The soft effervescence makes for some easy drinking, even though this is not a sessionable brew.
-The hops are minty, fruity, leafy, resinous; a cornucopia of flavor that ends in a levelled resinous bitterness. They make you want to lick your gums (which I dutifully did after every sip, thank you), yet they never overwhelm.
-The malt flavors are not heavy at all; they simply support the hoppy fireworks.
-This is not your most complex Double IPA (the malt flavors are rather straightforward), but it is highly enjoyable. Makes me want to tour California! Which I will, thoroughly, soon...;P

Bottle. Thx Steve!

Bottle poured into a snifter. Pours a pale golden with frothy white head that remains mostly. Aroma is sweet bready malt and heavy citrus, orange and grapefruit. Taste is sweet, with bitter citrus bite. Mouthfeel is crisp with lively carbonation, and is a bit creamy. Pretty nice DIPA.

What A nice brew, thanks to secret Santa 2009! I had an interesting Christmas today, I went nuts with crying babies, jealous brothers, etc. but after dinner of lamb, everything was great, kids playing nice, and me enjoying this fine brew, poured faint Orange, with a dense head. Lots of hops,but not sticky, very drinkable, palate is very nice, nothing mucking it up, very clean, A great beer, some one trade me another! lol, Even better, try it yourself! Great!

500 ml bottle - thanks to goryshkewych for the tasty bonus; slight haze, glowing orange and fluffy white head when poured into my DFH snifter; aromas of bitter fruits, sugary malt, pineapple, stale hops, skunk weed; body is on the thin side with mild resiny mouthfeel; hop profile in the flavors is a little weak; much more fruity than dry in the finish and the sweetness carries over the bitterness; love the nose here though; memory might not be quite right, but the nose and fruitiness reminds me a little of nugget nectar

Courtesy of Joe McPhee. This poured a very clear very amber, with nice white head and good lacing. Nose is very much of floral, greasy, and herbal hops. Mouthfeel is a bit light in body but very smooth. . Flavor is a good blend of malts and hops, with citrus and good bitterness continues all the way to the long bitter finish. A really good beer.

Very clear very light amber, but nice head and lacing. When I first saw the color, I thought I was in for a disappointment. Aroma smells just like marijuana. VERY herby and resiny, and somewhat floral and grassy hop aroma. Reminds me a lot of Pliny the Elder. A bit of sweet peach note also on the nose. Feel is a little watery, medium carbonation. Just abit malty up front, Grapefruit and grassy hops, with a little citrus bite slowly awake towards the bacl of the palate, then woodsy, herby hop bitterness and flavor really open up toward the back of the palate and the finish. Bright bitterness lasts well beyond the finish, reallt burns into the tongue for a while after. Really a great beer, but I actually wish there was as much hops in the flavor as there is in the aroma.