Sockeye Hopnoxious Imperial IPA

Brewed by Sockeye Brewing
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Boise, Idaho USA

This one is worth the trip. I was served it in a 10oz glass. They *claimed* it was because of high alcohol content. I sort of doubt that. However, it was orangish/yellow. The head looked more like a saison to me, actually. Huge citrus odor. Delicious. A winner.

Pours a dark golden amber with a nice ring of cloudy foam. Lovely hop nose that literally jumps out of the glass. Loads of citrus, some herbal notes and some great fruit. Impressive balance, rugged hops goe to battle with a very strong malt backbone. The lacing just coats the glass to the point where you can hardly see glass anymore. Very nicely done.

Rating #420! On tap at the brewery. Not bad for Mr. 420! Pours a nice copper amber color with nice light head retention. Aroma is a nice lighter DIPA aroma with a strong sweet malt presence blended with lots of citrusy hops (more malt than hops though). Flavor has a lot of sugary malts up front, which gives way to a load of pine, orange, grapefruit, and a bit a dough. Nice, long, lingering bitter Centennial finish. Favorite here at Sockeye thus far.

On tap at Sockeye Brewing. pouts out a sun orange with some amber. Topped with a off white cream head. A very nice citrus hop aroma. Tast full of more citrus hops. I picked up some malt and some caramel sweetness. This is a very tasty brew.

@Mountain Beerfest-on nitro-pours a retaining creamy off white head and copper color. Aroma is nice cascade hops-citrus. Taste is cascade hops-citrus, slick/sweet-medium malt.

Incredibly interesting beer. I’m not even a fan of the style due to people trying to go overboard with their hopping, but here it clearly works. 8 varieties and 100+ IBUs, this beer is still very well balanced with the maltiness, and manages to maintain a clear appearance which is often so rare in the style as well. Very light mouthfeel as well, almost poppy, like a hef.

Draft at brewpub: Orange & amber color is mostly transparent with a little haziness. Nice white head and very thick lacing. Nose is light, but floral and citrus hops are dominant. Taste is packed with floral hops, citrus, grapefruit, dandelion, and pine. The sweetness of the malt and caramel does a great job leading into a bitter, dry finish. IMO, very well done.

Tap at brew pub: Just ran in during happy hour and gulped down this tasty speciman. It is only the second time the brewer has made this one. The color is a clear copper with a small white head. The aroma is full of fresh cut pine, juniper shrub, sweet lemon grass and ripe apricots. The flavor is powerfully bitter also exhibiting the fleshy flavor of apricots and other usual suspects in beers with a bountiful amount of hops. The finish is dry like chewing on the fuzz of a peach and the bitter aftertaste is prolonged. It doesn’t seem as syrupy and alcoholic as other 2IPA’s. Overall, I enjoyed this immensely and seems to be on of Sockeye’s better offerings. It displayed the backbone and flavor of how I like my regular IPA’s to feel and taste.