Devil Went Down to Gary
Arcadia Brewing Co. in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.96
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While an intriguing description, it does not begin to exemplify this delicious, hoppy yet fruity American Pale Ale. Brewed in our new 100bbl closed fermenters with American Ale Yeast, a divergence from our 21 year old proprietary yeast strain. Dry hopped with Mosiac and Citra, tropical and hoppy flavors and aroma are balanced by a solid malt backbone. Light copper in color with a creamy white head, you'll never guess at 7.7% it's so easy to enjoy a pint, or two!
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 4/30/2019. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy deep golden amber color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light honey/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent hop flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly crisp/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 7.7%. Overall this is an excellent IPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp/refreshing to drink for the ABV, with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish; not overly aggressive. Awesome Citra/Mosaic profile. Very juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops; with a nice balancing pale/wheat/Munich malt backbone. Mild residual sweetness with lingering crisp resin dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on West Coast style example. One of their best IPAs.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can. Surprisingly dark, caramely body, medium, tight cream head. Dank nose, tropical fruit and pine resins, booziness. Body malty, caramely, with copper penny notes and berries, finishing moderately bitter with alcohol notes. Something more akin to a strong ale than what I anticipated; a little bit sudsy and light-feeling in the middle but interesting overall. Hopefully the new owners will clean up the marketing and direction of this formerly solid (if not great) brewery.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled from the tap at GTMW 2018. Pours a near clear gold with a slight orange hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a touch of onion, dank grass, a bit of citrus rind and a grain backing. Flavor has dank citrus and grass with a touch of onion and a light grain backbone.