Double Down IPA
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery: Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.99
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sampler at the brewpub. This version uses Simcoe instead of Chinook and also comes in at 9.2 abv and 85 IBU. Dark golden color, halo lacing but not sticky at all. Aroma, SMACK on my nose with a strong hop mix that speaks to my inner hop-soul. Its all sweet mango tropical fruit sugar hops. There is just a hint of a little bit of grass underneath that. But I love this nose. It was made for me. Flavor loses some of that tropical punch due to a moderate- strong bitterness. Bitterness particularly takes over in the aftertaste by pushing such me of my tropical flavors out. Still a nice mix if you are looking for hop bitterness. Nicely lean malt behind all that.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a near clear pale orange with an off-white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has strong pine with resin and a sweet grain backbone. Flavor has pine with a hint of flora and transitions to citrus and resin in the finish.