Double Jack
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Special|
Score
7.89
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Double Jack is back, exclusively in the Merlin's Mixed Pack. Intensely hoppy yet supremely balanced, Double Jack is our signature double IPA that still stands strong today. The Merlin's Mixed Pack - named after our longtime brewmaster Matt "Merlin" Brynildson - also works its magic with three complementary IPAs: Easy Jack, Luponic Distortion IPA and the West Coast legend known as Union Jack.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tap @ CBC. Pours golden hazy with a small but froathy head. Would expect it to be thicker if poured into a bigger glass. Aroma of fresh hops, melon, grapefruit, yeast. Very fresh. Wellbalanced malt-notes. Taste is quite the same. Very nice and fresh hops. The malt is matching it perfectly. Alcohol is very well hidden.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2019
at 17:20
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Tap at Olive Another Pint. Resin pine caramel. Taste is similar, dangerously easy drinking. Smooth, full bodied. Very nice bitter and boozy finish. Great stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:05
6/10
Tried
from Growler
on 16 Jan 2019
at 08:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
21-10-17 // bottle from Getränke Stumpf. Malty hoppy nose. Sweet malty body, resin, some alcholic notes. Fruity bitterness fading away. Solid DIPA. --- Beer merged from original tick of Double Jack on 21 Oct 2017 at 20:48 - Score: 7. Original review text: Malty hoppy nose. Sweet malty body, resin, some alcholic notes. Fruity bitterness fading away. Solid DIPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2017
at 05:33
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle pour from One Stop Market. Appearance is clear amber with tons of sparkle, finger-width foamy white head with good retention and lots of sudsy lacing. Aroma is tropical fruit, grapefruit, citrus and dank, resinous hops. Taste is strong bitter dank resin with tropical fruits, citrus and late bready, biscuity malt base. Palate is light-bodied with thin texture, average carbonation and bitter over sweet finish. Overall, as advertised, this excels all around. That said, many have emulated this so it is not as unique as it may have once been. Maybe that’s enough reason to retire it? A little too bitter dominant for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2017
at 17:59
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Thanks to Canada Craft Club. Les premières notes de son olfactif sont assez maltées, avec du biscuit type ’’Social Tea’’. Perception légère de fruits tropicaux et d’orange. Gazon en toile de fond. Mais son profil malté est très en évidence. Limpidité du liquide. Couleur ambrée / cuivrée. Énorme mousse persistante et rocailleuse qui colle très bien au verre. Entrée de bouche avec des fruits tropicaux et une chaleur d’alcool. Les notes sont d’orange, de mangue, de pamplemousse, de gazon, de biscuit, de résine en finale. En général cette bière est délicieuse, sauf que son profil malté et sucré la désavantage du coté technique. J’aurais préféré une amertume plus prononcée. Elle ’’aurait pu’’ être une grande bière.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Feb 2017
at 16:19
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
650ml bottle from Elizabeth Station at Ilya’s. Bottled on 21-Jul-2016. Pours a hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is candied citruses, some cold tea notes. Taste is very fruity, similar to the aroma. Still veeeery good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2017
at 00:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
12oz bottle at home bought a week ago from Beergonzo online shop. Bottled (I assume) 09/04/2015 (ok :P). orange clear color, small white head. smells old hoppy, spices, candy, lightly fruity, some mango, bit peppery. still nice smell. full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes of exotic fruits, mango, candy, dried fruits, candy, bit earthy, light cocoa notes. finishes lightly dry and lightly bitter with notes of dried fruits, candy and some mango. wow, this beer is old and its still nicely drinkable (and i am not a sucker for those old sherry bombs). surprisingly drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2016
at 12:11
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
0.65 l bottle from ’EDEKA Preller’ (Breckerfeld), bottled in April 2016. Clear, orangeish amber with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, white head. Sweetish, dank, very fruity and moderately resiny aroma of orange, mango, passion fruit, honeyish malts and some pine. Sweetish, already slightly bitter, juicy, fruity and slightly resiny taste of orange jam, apricot, some mango, honey and pine, followed by a medium long, rather dry-bitter, resiny finish. Full body, creamy, almost oily mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Great stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2016
at 14:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Beergium, bottled in june. Pours clear amber with creamy, white head. Aroma of piney hops, caramel, cake batter, some cereal grass and herbs. Aroma is sweetish cake/dough with floral notes, some herbs and spices and light piney hops. Would like to try this again a bit fresher. Quite decent though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2016
at 15:10