XX Sweetgrass Double IPA
Grand Teton Brewing Co. in Victor, Idaho, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.00
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From Jun 2006
Poured from 1Qt 1.8 oz swingtop & waxed bottle(2005) a medium gold with a medium sized head of foam that dissipated quickly leaving just a fine layer with some lacing.
The smell is super hoppy with lots of citrus ie grapefruit and lemon.
The taste is initially very citrus hoppy but that gives way to a caramel sweetness from the malt that borders on being syrupy. About midway through and through the finish, the hops take over again leaving some very bitter notes.(that's a good thing) And... the 7.5%abv is rather obvious in the taste so *that* knocks down the drinkability factor for me but still, this one is by far the best of the Grand Teton big beers and I look for them to improve on these offerings in the future..
Bottom line: It's a DIPA that is worth trying but I know that the brewing skill of Grand Teton can kick it up a few notches and make this brew a real contender within the style.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
2006 bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with thick off white head that lasts. The aroma is a strong malt bomb and grass. Medium mouth, lots of malt, hop faded, boozy, held up decently for how old this is.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
2006 Swingtop bottle thanks to Walt. Pours with a deep amber body with a small head. Aromas are of brown sugar, marmalade, grassy, plums, dark fruit, malty. Flavors are malty, minty, biscuity, metallic, marmalade, grassy. Not oxidized per se (really at all), but very faded hop wise. Thick bodied, syrupy, medium carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Hazy dark gold with an off-white head. Earthy hop aroma despite it’s cellar time in the ’fridge. The hop flavors have muted revealing the big malt base.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Big Z’s in Huntington NY, one liter swing top. I was expecting big, I got medium. Pale, slightly hazy, orangy red with a thick, sudsy white head. Nose is what you’d expect, grassy, piney, grapefruit. Flavor is bitter, slightly sweet, with tons of citrus. Medium bodied and bitter to the end. Somewhat of a let down, but also very drinkable for a imperial ipa.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Liter flip top bottle that is oddly enough then wax dipped courtesy of sebletitje. My 100th IIPA rating, thanks Sebastian. Pours clear copper with half inch tan head. The aroma is a pleasing mix of pine, grassiness and sweet crystal malts. More draws bring up less hoppiness and more malts. The taste has moderate hops with bitterness coming from pine and grassy resiny hops to go along with a solid backbone of crystal malt sweetness. This is a thick juicy IPA and more of a mild average IIPA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
courtesy of vasdef42. Pours amber/brown, beige head. Aroma, fruity and hoppy. Taste, amazingly, the hoppy taste was rather low for a DIPA, but remained highly enjoyable. Hoppy with some light bitterness, with nice citrusy notes and resinous. Very smooth, but overall weak for what it claims to be. Finish is hoppy and malty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sample at Alan’s HSC initation. Bottle from Whole Foods in Henderson, NV (2006 1L Bottle). Wax-dipping is not enough to convey how special this beer is. It also comes with a bottleneck hanger describing the liquid contained therein. Worth the bells and whistles? Not sure because the store had it stickered as a Jolly Pumpkin beer, so the true cost of this beer is unknown to me. Regardless, the beer is a hazy dark orange color with a medium foamy beige head that diminishes slowly. Rings of lacing on the glass. The aroma is malty with notes of tart fruit, alcohol and hops. Rich body and first impression is more Barley Wine than IIPA. Fruity and malty with notes of citrus, carmel and hops. The finish is chewy with subtle hops and spice and a lingering malt aftertaste. Pretty enjoyable overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap Boise Front Door Pours out a amber topped with a off white cream head. A very nice aroma of sweet floral hops. Tast of the hops and some caramel. This was a good brew for Grand Teton
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Slightly hazy dark amber body with a small off-white head. Sweet floral and citrus hops aroma with some light caramel. Sweet caramel flavor with a citrus ending.