Cluster Single-Hop IPA
Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery in Hood River, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.38
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft at the brewery, clear golden. Malty aroma, light body. Floral start to taste, then some mild pine. Some bitterness to the finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Thanks Frank.
This was poured into a becher pint glass.
The appearance was a golden orange color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that fell off at a good pace. Not much lace.
The aroma had some earthy hop spice, light honey, black pepper, dried leaves and some sweet freshly cut grass.
The flavor brought the prior mentioned aromas in semi-sweet with an ample amount of spice. Aftertaste was hop spice and black pepper. Finish was the hop spice.
The palate was just a touch under than medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt fine. Hop spice wasn’t too distracting, felt, but yes, not distracting.
Overall, I didn’t mind this for me, but coming from the West Coast, I thought there would have been a stronger malt base in most \"West coast styled IPA’s\" but hey, this wasn’t bad for the most part.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Haze, flat, light amber. Spicy hop nose, mellow c hop taste. So much promise on the nose, then bland. Cluster isn’t exactly the best "single" hop, which probably explains the mixed results here.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at St. Augustine’s. Pours a clear golden with a white head. Aroms is slightly hoppy and fruity. Taste is fruity hoppy bitterness. Piney aftertaste. Not bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500 mL bottle poured. Pours a cloudy golden color with an oily patch head. Hop forward aroma. Flavor comes off as bitter. Flavor is grassy, and hoppy, with a bitter finish. On the dry side for me. Not bad but an overall forgettable IPA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
After drinking some big beers earlier, this comes off kind of bland. Pretty smooth though, creamy texture, silky head, mellow aroma. Taste is subdued for an IPA, malt and hops identifiable in the mix. Good, but kind of weak.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
On tap at bier thirty. Pours out a golden topped with a small head. Nose is citrus pine hops and some sweetness. Taste is more of the hop combo citrus and pine with a good malt bill.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
500 ml bottle. Pours a hazy gold with light head and some floating sediment. Aromas of candied citrus, tropical fruit and toasted malts. Flavors of pine/spruce and bitter citrus peel with a late bitter vegetable note. Nice experiment using the older hops but I think I’ll avoid in the future.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at PIB, pours a cloudy golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out citrus zest, piney hops, and hay. Flavour is very dry, with notes of biscuity and crackery malt, and dry floral hops that linger on. Very dry and crackery. Not the most interesting IPA, but well-enough made. Decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
2014-07-27, bottle from Kitsilano Liquor, Vancouver, 7-4-7-3-14=35
Cloudy golden color. Slick IPA, well drinkable, with simple but easy-drinkable malt profile; the hop is not bright, but it has a herbaceous, grassy touch.
I enjoyed it more that when I had it on draught.
2014-07-25, draught at Alibi Room, Vancouver, 6-3-6-3-12=30
Cloudy golden color with compact head. Very light fruity aroma, apricot, some yeast. Good body structure, lean mouthfeel; the malt flavor is a bit dusty, the hops are not bright, it has strong bitterness.
Rather boring IPA.