Batch 999
Arcadia Brewing Co. in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Special Out of Production|
Score
6.72
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nimbleprop (16712) reviewed Batch 999 from Arcadia Brewing Co. 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
12oz bottle pours a hazy copper amber with some spitty white head. Nose is Ivory soap, light pine, caramel. Flavor is totally gone, honey, light malt, no hops. Watery finish. This is well past being good.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Batch 999 from Arcadia Brewing Co. 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Bright clear amber. Aroma of caramel, not much hops left, maybe just a hint of citrus, I’m not sure how old this bottle is. Taste is subtle pine and plenty of caramel. Must be an old bottle.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Batch 999 from Arcadia Brewing Co. 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Very hazy amber/ruby/copper coloured body with a great dense tan head that tops the beer perfectly. Aroma of cardboard, low a.a. hops, caramel, flowers and some wierd metallic scents. Medium-bodied; Strong hoppy flavours with some good malt kicks and a bit of metallic (almost bloody) tastes mixed in. Aftertaste shows a light fruityness and some mild malt - but the earlier tastes are a bit overpowering. Overall, not the best IPA i’ve had - worth trying if you like the style - but don’t expect much! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Merchant’s in Dearborn, Michigan on 30-July-2005 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
SpringsLicker (4048) reviewed Batch 999 from Arcadia Brewing Co. 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Thanks to hopdog for this trade! This started out as a gusher, all creamy off-white head that took a while to settle down in the glass. Slowly, a murky medium amber beer assembled below the long lasting head above. Piney hop aroma was joined by some floral honey notes. No infection apparent in the flavor though, decent malt but not really enough bitterness to balance it out for a higher score. Medium mouthfeel. This came across more as an APA than an IPA, but overall, a drinkable brew.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Batch 999 from Arcadia Brewing Co. 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
An unclear amber beer with a huge orange head. The aroma is very hoppy and grassy. The flavor is weak compared to the powerful aroma, but still has hops as most dominant note, combined with caramel, straw, and malt. The end is dry and quite bitter.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Batch 999 from Arcadia Brewing Co. 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
This beer is a dark copper color with a medium beige head that disappeared rapidly. Thin and sticky lacing. The aroma is fruity, with some citrus hops and spice. Medium-bodied with a somewhat off-balance flavor profile. Piney hops, sour fruit and malt don’t seem to gel much. The finish is pine and grapefruit, with a sourness that is difficult to characterize. Not a bad beer by any means, and maybe I missed something but this beer just didn’t click for me on some levels.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Batch 999 from Arcadia Brewing Co. 21 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Well, MBG Festival mystery still unsolved, but since it says Batch 999 right on the label, I’m rating this one right here. Pours a very strong reddish-copper-amber. Large bubbles, good light beige head, bottle condtioned and unfiltered. What’s with all of the 3 and 4 appearance ratings?? This stuff is bottle conditioned, unfiltered, has a large head, lacing and a wonderfully deep red-amber appearance. Aroma of soily, spicy hops, not terribly bitter, or citric, just extremely juicy. Has that hop-tea sort of aroma, like you are smelling the very leaves that have been boiled. Flavor is bold at first, with spicy hops up front, followed by biscuity malt, light doughy chewiness, more spicy hops notes, and finally a good dose of sweet malty backbone. I have the distinct flavor of honey lingering on the aftertaste on my palate. This is one of the best finishes/aftertastes I’ve had in a while. Medium-full body, no wateriness or thinning. Quite resemblant to the LaConner dry hopped IPA (not as bitter) but similar malt structure (if a touch sweeter than laconner) with an equally good body. No alcohol notes perceptible. Fantastic stuff, wish I had bought the whole six pack.Rerate bottle, in a blind IPA tasting I picked this one as my least favorite of the 5 (this, stone, victory, smutty, bear republic) which is strange. Granted, none of them were particularly bad, so this wasnt terrible. Though I thought it would shine through more, especially as I just had it. It seemed much more aggressive last time. Much more mellow, light bitterness and candied flavors, dry toasty notes, some astringency problems, much less flavorful than I recall. Hmm. I’m going to knock it down a few points, but yet another rerate is in order.
Earlier Rating: 8/4/2004 Total Score: 2.8
2004 draught at the MBG beer fest. batch 999. Pours a light orange almost honey yellow-golden. Moderate but fleeting white head. Smells lightly spicy, quite floral and dry, with some paperiness. Hops are quite refined and toned down, no juicy fresh hops bitterness or piny/sap delight here, but that’s ok. Still smells pretty tasty. Flavor begins with a dry, lightly phenolic/alcoholic shot, which quickly develops in to a grassy/herbal hops flavor. This beer is quite the hops adventure, never getting too bitter or absurd, but never really disappearing either. Unfortunately, the malt was fleeting and in the extreme background. What I found was a light honey flavor that sort of lingered on the palate along with the hops. Interesting and hoppy, but didnt make anyone that I sampled with go back for more.
Silphium (4308) reviewed Batch 999 from Arcadia Brewing Co. 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Orange-red body, lots of tiny yeast particles. Thin/medium off-white head. Caramely aroma with lots of piney, spicy hops and citrus, creating a perfumey iced-tea quality. Flavor is very fruity, caramely and sweet with plenty of bitter earthy hops in the finish. The hops, despite being strong, do not assault the palate. Long aftertaste. Not a bitter (please change this!) and probably not a Double IPA as has been suggested; this is simply a very tasty regular ol’ IPA in my book.