Hop Therapy Double IPA
Russell Brewing Company in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.94
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Poured an amber color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some good lacing. Aroma of citrus and pine is pretty intense with light caramel malt notes also noticeable. Taste is also pretty heavy on the citrus notes with plenty of piney hoppy notes with some lightly sweet caramel malt that can be detected and a bitter finish. Body is quite full with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Enjoyable but unfortunately a tad too sweet for my taste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Golden-bronze colour. Thin head. The aroma is cantaloupe and grapefruit with light pine and a lot of chewy crystal sweetness. On the palate it has a fair bit of chewiness but has a sweet candied fruit character, with light alcohol. Good brew, balanced.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Poured from 650mL bottle. Clear, golden amber with dissipating white head. I’m not so sure about this bottle. Aroma has mild apricot, sweet bready malt, I literally don’t smell hops in this. Taste of mild toffee malt, very very subtle hops, and rubbing alcohol. Medium body. Seemed more like a lackluster double pale ale (the hops are almost hidden completely - where’s the India in DIPA?). Based on the reviews (and the reviewers), I don’t think there’s a lot of consistency with the product.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Pours with almost no head, dark gold body. Definitely strong hops on the nose, sweet and bitter, though not layered or hinting at complexity. Flavour is a swell mix with sweetness and some meaty maltiness, chewy herbs. Vague hint of alcohol on the back end. It’s highly drinkable for sure, but in this style I’d expect a lot more.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle - Smells of nice mellow grapefruit/pine with some wonderful balanced sweetness from the malts. Dark clear amber with a rich medium head. Very smooth and rich, with a candy like sweetness robust bitterness and long sweet finish. Piney but very well balanced. This is a great example of a IIPA, maybe not too extravagant and exciting but good. Well done Russell.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Murky orange,fluffy white head.Citrus hop nose. Oddly, this is bitter from start to finish,citrus & malt hints.Taste and nose don’t seem to mesh
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Legacy, Vancouver
Hazy orange-amber color with small creamy head. Nice aroma, the hops have a earthy and animal character. Good body strength, just a bit less than beers at similar strength; good toffee flavor, some caramel, light residual sweetness; excellent hopping, with powerful resins and good fruity presence, some apricots, bitter oranges, and light cedar in the end.
Excellent and fresh.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
650 ml bottle. Pours a slightly cloudy copper color with very little head. Strong pine and grapefruit aroma with a little dusty malts. Pretty much a PNW hops bomb, citrus, pineapple, and pine flavors, though there is enough malt there to provide some balance. Nicely covers the alcohol.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
650mL bottle, pours a hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is beautifully hoppy, with orange zest, various tropical fruits, piney hops and a solid caramel malt backing. Flavour is very pleasing, with loads of dry tropical fruits, citrus zest, loads of dry floral hops, and just enough biscuity malt to hold it all together. The only negative is a slight perfumey quality which becomes more noticeable the more you drink. Full-bodied and almost chewy, with all flavours working in excellent harmony. Finishes citrus fruity, floral and dry hoppy. Russell's best by far - far surpassed my expectations.