Double Crooked Tree
Dark Horse Brewing Co. in Marshall, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Quadruple Rotating|
Score
7.48
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Not sure about the age of this beer; overwhelming caramel on the nose makes me think it’s not the freshest bottle available. (Never sure about an IPA whose description tells you aging it makes it better.) Hops are almost an afterthought, with the massive malt front making up most of the beer. Mostly caramel, honey, sticky bun, maybe a little nutty undercurrent, with the hops relegated to a slight orange-tinted middle and a piney but manageable finish. IBUs add a nice postscript, but this beer is shockingly malt-centric, with a boozy fade that assures you you’re indeed drinking a 12% brew. More a strong ale than an IPA, but after a pint you won’t give a damn.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle. Copper color topped by a frothy beige head that dissapates quickly. Big boozy malt nose. Bittersweet toasted malt flavor has a huge bitter hop component. Intense and personal. Lots of body, lots of malt, lots of hops. Excess at its finest.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at BeerTemple, 16th February 17. Pours an orange brown no head really. Aroma is caramel, malt, sweet. Taste is boozy, sweet, malt, caramel, a bitterness kicks in, more booze and heat. Heavy going beast.
rami-pl (12989) ticked Double Crooked Tree from Dark Horse Brewing Co. 9 years ago
Geste, sosnowe, owocowe, goryczkowe, bardzo najs
CoccoBill (10287) ticked Double Crooked Tree from Dark Horse Brewing Co. 9 years ago
Now that's a dark and heavy ipa, holy crap.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Some orange and good malt. Well balanced double IPA. Pours orange with decent head and lacing. Some booze and caramel in finish that is otherwise medium bitter. Bottle.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Taster pour at Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across America. Aroma is malty base with fruit. Appearance is cloudy light brown-orange with small foamy white head. Taste is dominant malt with some fruit. Palate is medium bodied with thick texture, average carbonation and mix of sweet and bitter finish. Overall, a nice beer with strong malt and hop flavors and mix of sweet and bitter while avoiding being too bitter.
Kita (5313) reviewed Double Crooked Tree from Dark Horse Brewing Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle, 0.355l. Pours hazy brown color with large soapy tan-like head, nice lacing, yeast sediment and sparkling appearance. Aroma of tropical fruits, dark fruits, caramel, vanilla and herbs. Taste starts with sweet caramel and toasted malt, following is grainy and by dark fruits, mouthfeel is spicy, warming and alcoholic with bitter finish and long aftertaste. Full body, thick texture and average carbonation in palate. Too strong for my DIPA liking...
daniele (14510) reviewed Double Crooked Tree from Dark Horse Brewing Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
bottle 12% bekl ambrato un po velata buona schiuma persistenten matatura molto intensa bilanciata da un intendsa luppolatura resinosa un filo riscaldanten discreta secchezza
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Big and boozy, this one’s bordering on barleywine territory. Pours a cloudy, brownish-yellow, with middling head. Aroma is marked by hops and malt, and a big whiff of alcohol. Flavor is pretty sweet, with a big, forward hop bitterness, with a lot of malt. Alcohol content is fairly well-masked, at least as far as the flavor goes (it’s very apparent in the aroma). This is one to sip and savor.