Double Crooked Tree I.P.A.
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Brewery: Dark Horse Brewing Co.
Alcohol By Volume: 13.60%
Beer Style: Imperial IPA
Availability: Limited
Average of 2 ratings: 5.0 stars.
Description:
From their website:
"Have you read the description for the regular Crooked Tree yet? Well this beer is almost the same just double. We actually took the Crooked Tree recipe and doubled all of the ingredients except the water, just the way a DOUBLE should be made. Big hops balanced with tons of malt give this beer a huge body. Although this beer is as cool as "the Fonz" when first purchased, it gets really mellow and smooth with some age. After a year or two stored in a cool dark place you'll notice the heavy caramel and malt flavors are trying to sneak past the hops, they’re just not fast enough. This beer is hugely delicious so it will need your undivided attention (the chores can wait....trust us)."
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Appearance - 5.0
Pours an inch off-white head into a large tulip glass. For how strong the beer is, I wasn't expecting lacing, but there is a little bit of a ring of lace when it all settles. The beer itself looks thick and is somewhat opaque. It is dark copper in color with a good bit of red mixed in.
Aroma - 4.0
The nose is pretty well balanced when it comes to malts and hops. There is some citrus, plum, and caramel present. A nice aroma.
Mouthfeel - 5.0
Full in body, but not quite as syrupy as I expected from the appearance. Light-medium carbonation.
Taste - 5.0
The most noticeable thing when taking a sip is the lack of alcohol in the taste. At almost 14% I was expecting a pretty big alcohol sting, but it's hidden incredibly well. A tiny burst of ctruus up front followed by some dark fruit and caramel malts. It finishes with a pretty mild grape fruit flavor.
Overall - 5.0
A pretty atypical DIPA, but I love it! Not a hop bomb in the sense of bitterness, it's got a lot of hops, it's just balanced by the large amounts of malt. I bought a 4 pack and plan on aging 2 of them for future consumption.
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