Old Bust Head Brewing Company Double Sparkle

Double Sparkle

 

Old Bust Head Brewing Company in Warrenton, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
7.20
ABV: 8.4% IBU: 65 Ticks: 7
2+ lbs per barrel of Galaxy and Mosaic hops, and a heavy tropical aroma of pineapple and mango, with a hint of peach. Smooth flavor. Clean finish with a bit of bitter at the end. Great overall summer beer.
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Canned in Charlottesville. Pours orange amber red with fuzzy head. Tropical fruits and toffee resin

Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 01:49


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Very hazy golden and light peach coloured body with a thin, white head, just a centimetre tall. Aroma of pure citrus and deep resinous hops with a lot of alpha acids, a good piney note at the end with some alcohol and malt noticeable on the edges. Medium-bodied; Strong hoppy flavours dominate with some resin, a touch of grass and hay with a light grainy note of malt along with yeast on the tail end that makes this a bit more complex than just pure hops, the grainy and lightly biscuity notes come through and show nicely at the end. Aftertaste shows the grain, a dose of softer sugars from the citrus fruits and a lot of hops, but not really of the bitter quality, more pure citrus and grassy notes with a little extra alcohol thrown in the mix. Overall, a pretty nice Imperial IPA with a bigger biscuity and grassy kick than most, but an excellent balance and a touch of pure full oranges and curacao at the very end. Good to try, and perhaps even better on tap! I sampled this sixteen ounce pour on draught at Whole Foods in Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia on 30-October-2019 for US$5,00.

Tried from Draft on 30 Oct 2019 at 20:59


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Grass and lilies nose. Clear amber, thick head. Honey, cantaloupe, vegetal. Medium body, easy carbonation.

Tried from Can on 04 Jan 2018 at 18:04


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy amber, large foamy white head, good retention. Aroma of dank, resin, earth, pepper, pale malt. Taste is earth, resin, pine, berries, pale malt. Medium bodied

Tried on 27 Dec 2017 at 17:08



7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

$4.00 pint can from Wine Warehouse. Pours orange with a half-inch of off-white soft head. Smell is sweat. green pepper, floral hops, tropical fruit. Flavor is bittersweet citrus, resin, pine, tropical fruit juice. A little syrupy, but not in a bad way.

Tried from Can on 25 Sep 2017 at 16:20


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

9 oz pour on draft at Spacebar. Clear golden orange with half fng off-white head. Aromas of floral, pine, citrus. Tastes of grapefruit citrus fruit and peel, tropical fruit, floral, pine. Medium body with a dry finish.

Tried from Draft on 20 Jul 2016 at 16:49