Outta Focus
Appalachian Brewing Company (PA) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.57
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This double IPA is BIG! It is brewed in the Pacific Northwest style that includes copious amounts of Pilgrim, Styrian, and Cascade Hops. It is dry hopped with ample amounts of Simcoe and Cascade hops that will send you into hop nirvana. Enjoy this Doubleback Double IPA on a fall day with full flavored foods and goods friends!
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6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
i wonder if this was an old bottle as the hops were really subdued. +++ Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a medium caramel color with a medium sized foamy tan head that left decent lacing. The aroma was sweet caramel, moderate pine and grapefruit. The flavor was tangy caramel and nut with notes of grapefruit, pine and black tea. Medium length sour and tangy finish with lingering nut, caramel and hops. Medium body. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2012
at 16:41
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Location: 22 oz bottle from Norm's, 3/22/12
Aroma: The nose has some floral hops, booze, a little bit pine and earth, and a touch of orange
Appearance: Pours a cloudy dark orange-brown color with a small off-white head and medium lace
Flavor: The taste is mostly sweet and sticky, with quite a bit of booze, and a little bit of hop bitterness
Palate: It is medium bodied, the feel up-front it is a little sticky, later is gets drier and hot for an 8% beer
Overall Impression: I wasn't really impressed with this one. Personally, I didn't get nearly enough hops here. There wasn't really any resin or citrus, and there was way too much heat for an 8% DIPA. I just couldn't get over that weird, dry-hot finish. It didn't go over well. Maybe if this was a 12% Barleywine I would have liked it better, but as a DIPA, It just didn't really work...
Aroma: The nose has some floral hops, booze, a little bit pine and earth, and a touch of orange
Appearance: Pours a cloudy dark orange-brown color with a small off-white head and medium lace
Flavor: The taste is mostly sweet and sticky, with quite a bit of booze, and a little bit of hop bitterness
Palate: It is medium bodied, the feel up-front it is a little sticky, later is gets drier and hot for an 8% beer
Overall Impression: I wasn't really impressed with this one. Personally, I didn't get nearly enough hops here. There wasn't really any resin or citrus, and there was way too much heat for an 8% DIPA. I just couldn't get over that weird, dry-hot finish. It didn't go over well. Maybe if this was a 12% Barleywine I would have liked it better, but as a DIPA, It just didn't really work...
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2012
at 11:56
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from a trade with watson1977. Pours hazy dark burnt orange color with off white head. Big caramel aroma with some pine and grapefruit. Sweet caramel flavor with faint hoppiness. Medium to full body with moderate carbonation and a sticky mouthfeel. Thanks Kerry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2011
at 19:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ ABC, Harrisburg, PA. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2011
at 01:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A hazed reddish amber ale with a thin off white head. In aroma, a doughy malt over floral hops, faint and restrained. In mouth, a good malt base with nice floral c-hops, grapefruits, medium bodied. On tap at brewery restaurant, April 10th, 2011.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Apr 2011
at 21:05