Category Archives: American Double IPA

4 - Good (buy), American Double IPA, Beer Reviews, Evil Twin Brewing, USA

Evil Twin Every Day, Once A Day, Give Yourself An IPA

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Brewery: Evil Twin Brewing
Country: USA
ABV: 9%
Style: American Double IPA
Other Notes: Brewed and canned by Overshores Brewing Co., East Haven, CT, USA

Brewer Description: (from can) India Pale Ale brewed with lactose and vanilla added.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.23
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 6th October 2017, with the words: “This one’s for you kidz” printed on the bottom. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A murky dark orange colour with a two finger frothy white head that had pretty good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Citrusy and tropical strong with lots of mango, peach, apricot, grapefruit peel, orange rind and a hint of vanilla.
Taste: Orange juice, mango, peach, pineapple, citrus peel with a touch of vanilla. Finish is lightly sweet and bitter.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with moderate to low carbonation.
Overall: Wonderful fruit aromas while very easy and relaxing to drink. I wasn’t sure how the vanilla would match with IPA’s, but in this case, it balances very well with the tropical and citrus fruits.

4 - Good (buy), American Double IPA, Beer Reviews, Prairie Artisan Ales, USA

Prairie Phantasmagoria

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Brewery: Prairie Artisan Ales
Country: USA
ABV: 8%
Style: American Double IPA
Other Notes: Brewed and canned by Krebs Brewing Co., Krebs, Oklahoma

Brewer Description: (from website) You don’t always think of big DIPA’s when you think of Prairie, but we have taken the perfect blend of malts and hops to create this explosion of citrus and piney flavors and aromas. This beer is so good we had to make it a Prairie staple!

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.18
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 12 fl. oz. can with no canned on or best before date other than a stamp of ‘PHANTAZ_24272’. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy golden colour with a two finger white head that had decent retention and left some lacing.
Aroma: Mango, apricot, papaya, mandarin, orange rind, grass and pine.
Taste: Lightly sweet and bitter, grapefruit, orange peel, pineapple and pine.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: A nice enjoyable DIPA with a good balance of sweet and bitter as well as citrus and tropical.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), American Double IPA, Beer Reviews, Evil Twin Brewing, USA

Evil Twin I Always Felt Closer To IPAs Than I Did To People

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Brewery: Evil Twin Brewing
Country: USA
ABV: 9%
Style: American Double IPA
Other Notes: Brewed and canned by Overshores Brewing Co., USA. Still a little green, drink tomorrow instead

Brewer Description: (from can) Double dry hopped Imperial India Pale Ale.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.79
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.7

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 11th August 2017. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A very hazy dark orange colour with a one finger white head that had pretty good retention and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Juicy orange peel, grapefruit juice, mango, pineapple and cantaloupe.
Taste: Starts off nice with a good mix of citrus pith and tropical fruits, but the finish was quite boozy and overpowered all that nice juiciness.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to low carbonation.
Overall: The nice juiciness in the aroma and taste is there, but unfortunately the finish had a boozy feel that took over from all the nice juice.

4 - Good (buy), American Double IPA, Beer Reviews, Mikkeller San Diego x Pure Project, USA

Mikkeller San Diego x Pure Project This Chit Here

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Brewery: Mikkeller San Diego x Pure Project
Country: USA
ABV: 8.8%
Style: American Double IPA
Other Notes: Malt – Chit. Hops – Nelson and Galaxy

Brewer Description: (from can) New England style Imperial India Pale Ale brewed with Chit malt and Nelson & Galaxy hops.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.26
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 1 pint can with no canned on or best before date. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy dark orange colour with a two finger white head that had good retention and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Very juicy tropical fruits, apricot, peach, guava, passionfruit and mango with hints of pineapple and grapefruit.
Taste: Apricot, mango and pineapple tropical sweetness, hints of pine needles and a touch of grapefruit rind bitterness on the finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Nicely balanced bitter and sweet with good aromatic and tasty fruitiness.

4 - Good (buy), American Double IPA, Beer Reviews, Trillium Brewing Company, USA

Trillium Cutting Tiles Mosaic

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Brewery: Trillium Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 8.5%
Style: American Double IPA
Other Notes: Double IPA with raw wildflower honey. Malts – Pilsner, White Wheat, Flaked Wheat, Dextrine and C-15. Hops – Mosaic

Brewer Description: (from website) Cutting Tiles is an exploratory series of Double IPA’s featuring a range of aromatic single hop varietals brewed with raw wildflower honey. This version is dosed with 100% Mosaic in all kettle, whirlpool and two massive dry hop additions. The local wildflower honey keeps the body light and drinkable but provides a floral, earthy backbone. Juicy, candied peach and nectarine up front backed up with a nuanced white wine character on the nose that continues straight through in the flavor profile. Pillowy soft mouthfeel, with a restrained bitterness on the finish. Initially, Mosaic Cutting Tiles was called Artaic. We enjoyed the beer so much that we wanted to experiment with different signature hops (i.e. Galaxy, Citra) with the base beer. We felt the name “Artaic” would lead to confusion as it sounds so similar to “Mosaic”, so we renamed the beer to Cutting Tiles as a nod to the original name (honoring an innovative business in Fort Point that uses robotics to create dynamic tile mosaics). The same recipe for Artaic is what we use now for Mosaic Cutting Tiles.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.09
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 1 pint can, with strangely no visible canned on date (looks like it got cut off the side of the can). Can was also quite severely deformed on the top (my fault), which made it extremely hard to open, although I somehow managed it in the end. Doesn’t appear to have affected the beer with no leaks. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy dark orange colour with a half finger white head that dissipated quickly and left only sparse lacing.
Aroma: Orange, mango and pineapple with a hint of grass, caramel malt and booze.
Taste: Grapefruit and citrus rind light bitterness, with some pineapple, honey and malt sweetness.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: This was nice, but sweeter and maltier than expected, and just didn’t feel as balanced as the Galaxy version.