Union Craft Brewing Company Double Duckpin

Double Duckpin

 

Union Craft Brewing Company in Baltimore, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
7.52
ABV: 8.5% IBU: - Ticks: 29
Don’t get us wrong, we love us some Duckpin Pale Ale. Its still our go-to, hop forward, refreshing session pale - but in honor of the opening of the 5th Annual Baltimore Beer Week , we’ve lowered the bumpers, buffed our balls, & bowled ten frames of hops straight down the lane of our original pale ale to create the hoppiest IPA…
 

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Clear light amber and copper coloured body with a nice, two centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of citrus, light malt, toffee and a bunch of earthy and English hops. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong rich malt flavours up front with a bitter hoppy bite from the grassy and more assertive earthy notes along with some sweetness near the end and a rich alcohol bite. Aftertaste shows the bitter hops all throughout with a bunch of grassy and floral hop elements near the end along with the toffee and caramel sweetness. Overall, a very nice and well-balanced Imperial IPA that’s on the verge of a ’typical’ IPA, but shows good character and has some nice flavours. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Whole Foods in Pentagon City (Arlington), Virginia on 03-September-2016 for US$1,99 sampled at home in Washington on 18-January-2017.

Tried from Can on 19 Jan 2017 at 17:12


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

At a tasting, thanks, smallish head, cloudy orange color, floral and onion aroma, onion, grapefruit and shrubs flavor, very dry, mellow medium strong bitterness, peachy aftertaste. Fresh and really enjoyable.

Tried on 04 Nov 2016 at 12:12


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can sample at a tasting at Dancing Camel. Thanks Alon. Hazy golden. Nice fruity, citric and tropical hops aroma, a bit oniony. Flavor is quite dry, just slightly sweetish, with nice bitter fruity and piney hops. Medium-bodied. Good.

Tried from Can on 16 Oct 2016 at 08:44


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Canned 5/12/16, drunk 8/13/16.
Kind of opened this as a joke, seeing how it was 3 months old. But it poured with plenty of life. A large, white, well-retained head atop a lightly hazy, tangerine-peach-golden body.
And the nose is sublime! Wow, this is a hell of a beer, showing no flaw whatsoever and soft, juicy, fuzzy hops, with a slight dank edge and plenty of nectarine, tangerine, lemon and orange. You’d expect the malt to have taken over at this point, but it still shows a good balance, and the malts are seemingly well-attenuated, leaving very light honey and biscuit behind. Soft mineral notes are enjoyable and there’s no sign of alcohol.
The flavor balance is wonderful as well, showing honey-biscuit and stone fruit-like juiciness. Soft grapefruit, tangerine and orange notes add moderate bitterness and little, if any, resin. Moderate carbonation is quite engaging and the beer drinks incredibly easily. Would love to try more from these guys. Obviously the brewer here is excellent.

Tried from Can on 24 Aug 2016 at 11:52


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can - pours yellow white head - nose and taste of malt, lemon and bread malt - med body

Tried from Can on 13 Aug 2016 at 20:43


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On tap at Max’s in Baltimore. Slightly hazy light golden with a decent long lasting off white head. Huge pine citrus and tropical fruits on the nose with some faint bread underneath. Flavor follows the aroma quite well. Beautiful well made beer!

Tried from Draft on 12 Jun 2016 at 18:35


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey. Poured a nice hazy golden yellow orange color with a very creamy off-white head. Aroma was light pineapple, fresh hop notes. Flavor was nice juicy hop notes. Very nice and creamy.

Tried from Draft on 01 Jun 2016 at 23:08



7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

This drinks really nice. Lotsbof candied apple and pineapple. Very fresh hops. Amber pour. Sweet and bitter finish. Lots of character. Tap at Red Apron.

Tried from Can on 12 Mar 2016 at 18:30


5.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Sampled on draft this beer poured a bright yellow-gold color with an enormous creamy yellow-white head that lingered forever and left great lacing. The aroma was dryish, citric and perfumey. The flavor was dry, tart and citric with some perfume and chalk. Long finish. Lightish body. Disappointing.

Tried from Draft on 10 Mar 2016 at 11:20