Double IPA

Stone Brewing Delicious Double IPA is a beer from a mixed six-pack I bought at my local Harris Teeter grocery store. This package has three Delicious IPAs, two of each (Delicious IPA, Delicious Citrus IPA, and Delicious Double IPA). I have previously reviewed the Delicious Citrus IPA. This Delicious Double IPA comes in at 9.4% ABV. This IPA has Amarillo, Centennial, and El Dorado hops. This IPA pours a deep orange color with a one-and-a-half-finger white head that steadily fades. The aroma is dank, citrusy, bitter, and malted. The flavor isn’t far from its aromas. The beer’s flavor is strong, citrusy, malty, light onion, hoppy, and bitter. It is just strong enough so that you know it is a double IPA, but it doesn’t ever feel too overpowering. The mouthfeel is slightly fuller. Then this double IPA comes to a bitter, malted, citrusy, hoppy finish. The aftertaste is lightly bitter and boozy with some light dank orange. For a beer with a 9.4% ABV, this does not drink like it is, but it’s not far off. I give Delicious Double IPA an A-. The boozy flavor comes in the aftertaste is just the slightest bit off-putting. But it is a bee that I would recommend having. Please stay safe, always be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

Dr. Dank Jack Frost is a Double IPA from Wicked Weed Brewing. This beer is winter and double version of Wicked Weed’s Dr; Dank IPA. This beer comes to us from Asheville, North Carolina, and weighs in at 8% ABV. This beer pours an orange color with a two-finger steady white head. The aroma is dank, citrusy orange, piney, and bitter. I have had a few winter IPAs, and they tend to have some pine flavors. I guess the pine tree is a symbol of winter. That’s what a Christmas tree is. The beer flavor of this beer is an orange citrus fruit, piney, bitter, and hoppy. This beer has a fuller mouthfeel. Then this beer finish with a honey flavor that is slightly orange. The aftertaste is piney with less orange honey. This beer does not quite taste as big as you think it would. It’s good, and I give it an A. The pine flavor on this is there but does smack you in the face with flavor. It has just enough to let you know the pine flavor is there. I do recommend this one if you like Double IPAs. Please be kind, stay safe, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Double Juicy Jay IPA is a stronger or double version of Legion Brewing’s flagship Juicy Jay IPA. This double IPA is relatively new and was sent from the brewery to me by Spark Strategic Ideas. I want to thank them as well as Legion Brewing for this beer. This IPA comes in at a whopping 9.3% ABV. This IPA pours a dark yellow with a three-finger sticky white fluffy head. The aroma is tropical, resiny, bitter/hoppy, and some honey. The flavor is resiny, and honey sweetness lightly comes through. This IPA is also hoppy/bitter, with tropical mango, pineapple, and some melons. The mouthfeel is not so full, but it is kind of full. Then it finishes with a tropical hoppy resiny flavor. Then this beer finishes with flavors of tropical honey fruit and bitterness that does linger a bit. This beer was smoother than I thought. I give Double Juicy Jay IPA a B-. It has good flavor but not a wow factor. It’s a solid beer. You can, however, feel that it is 9.3% ABV. I would recommend this beer. I recommend only having one is enough because its 9.3% ABV. The idea of taking their great Juicy Jay and making a double version and a no-brainer. Please be kind, stay safe, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Houndstooth Double IPA is made in Charlotte, North Carolina, by Hopsfly Brewing Company. This double IPA is double dry-hopped with Citra, Mosaic, and El Dorado hops. It comes in at 8.4% ABV. Houndstooth is part of Hopfly’s Textile Series, named because of all the textile manufacturing here in North Carolina, or at least there was. This beer pours a hazy yellow with a bright white three-finger slow and steady fading head. The aroma is bitter and sweet from the Citra hops, and you get some orange notes. The flavor is of orange and bitterness. It’s sweet and creamy. It’s on the lighter side of sweet. The mouthfeel is medium. Then it finishes with a bitter fruit note with hints of alcohol notes. Then this beer’s finish is creamy with a bitter fruit note. This beer is strong. But it does not hold its Houndstooth back too far. I’s say Houndstooth is an A-. The light alcohol notes on the aftertaste are like a small bump in an otherwise smooth road. It’s just a big IPA overall. This IPA has lots of flavors going on. I would recommend Houndstooth. It’s an excellent double IPA. Please be kind, stay safe, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

No you are not seeing a labeling mistake on this can of Stone Brewing Fear. Movies. Lions Double IPA 8.5% ABV. It is supposed to be upside down, because of their saying Leave No Stone Unturned. This double IPA is made with Loral & Mosaic hops, and is a 2019 gold medal winner at the San Diego International Beer Competition. Fear. Movies. Lions is her only beer I’ve seen that comes in a sixteen ounce six pack instead of the usual four pack sixteen ounce. Fear. Movies. Lions pours a light copper gold color with a two and a quarter finger white head with some good retention. The aroma is bitter, there is onion, garlic, a bit of light fruit. Taste of Fear. Movies. Lions is somewhat similar to its aroma, there is onion and garlic bitterness with hoppy fruity notes, and a medium mouthfeel. Fear. Movies. Lions finish strong with bitter notes of a light fruit flavor and has the same in the aftertaste that linger with a hoppy bitter note. I found Stone Brewing Fear. Movies. Lions Double IPA to be good and slightly on the song side, I say this double IPA is a B-. The onion, garlic and fruity notes clashed together in a microscopic way. But it was not terrible enough to make me not like this beer, I do recommend Stone Brewing Fear. Movies. Lions Double IPA if you like IPAs. Please stay safe and enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Newgrass Brewing Co. Crossed Out Double India Pale Ale, 8.5% ABV purchased from Pop The Top Craft Beer Shop in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is brewed not far in Shelby, North Carolina. Crossed Out pours a hazy yellow near orange color with a one and a quarter white slow fading white head that gives off a juicy citrus fruit aroma with nice bitter hop notes and upon tasting Crossed out you get a nice juicy grapefruit and orange taste that hits the front and middle of your tongue with a smoothness that has a nice amount of bitterness that becomes hoppy on your tongue/mouth and finishes with a nice smooth bitter juicy fruit and has a citrus fruit cup aftertaste with a smooth bitterness with a medium mouthfeel. Newgrass Brewing Co. Crossed Out Double India Pale Ale is not bad, I would say it is a B. Crossed Out’s citrus flavor and the bitter to collide a bit but are okay none the less, and yes I would recommend Newgrass Brewing Co. Crossed Out Double India Pale Ale just not more than two. Please stay safe at home and please enjoy responsibly! Cheers!    

Dssolver Brewing Raised in the Juicy, 9.2% is a double IPA I purchased in a Crowler format from Pop The Top Craft Beer Shop. Dssolver brews in Ashville, North Carolina. Raised in the Juicy pours a dark yellow color with a two-finger pillowy white head that is somewhat slow fading with minimal lacing left behind. Raised in the Juicy gives off tropical juicy fruit aromas like pineapple with a bitterness and a tiny pine note that beckons you to sip on tropic citrus fruit notes with a nice bitter that grows as it washes over the backend of your tongue and comes to a bitter finish with nice droplets of pineapple orange finish that fades a little and continues into the aftertaste that does linger with a nice growing hoppy note with a full mouthfeel.     Dssolver Brewing Raised in the Juicy doesn’t drink like its a 9.2 ABV beer that is good and that gives it an A. All the nice bitterness with all the tropical and citrus fruit flavors blend nicely for a delicious double IPA and one that you should try for yourself. Please stay safe at home and enjoy responsibly! Cheers!