Arcadia Batch 999

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

To put it mildly, this beer is hot-damn-skippy yummy... ;^)

Er, sorry, that was just silly. What I really want to say is that this a nicely thought-out and constructed beer, with very little to complain about.

Poured rather sedately, and at first I was thinking that this beer was a bit "D.O.A.", carbonation-wise. But oddly, once the entire contents were in my Gritty's shaker pint glass, the carbonation came alive, resulting a nice even layer of foam that lasted and lasted -- and produced more than it's fair share of lacing later on, too.

Along with the obvious hop aroma this kind of had a figgy-nutty thing going on with the aroma. Sounds peculiar, yes, but in this case at least, I thought it worked pretty well.

The mouthfeel and the flavor go hand-in-hand here, with the slightly chewy mouthfeel giving this beer's flavor profile a wide birth to do it's magic. Smooth, with a very nice "rounded" feel to the body of the beer -- with the bitterness of the hops playing off of this silkiness nicely.

Not a huge hop-bomb, as far Double IPAs go -- but a pretty appealing IPA, that's for sure. I can see wanting to get this all the time, if I could...
//TB

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Poured a dark amber color with a small off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus hops, perfume, pine, and caramel malts. Taste of citrus fruits, caramel malts, nuts, and a bitter grapefruit finish.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Dark brown color, somewhat cloudy. Medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is grapefruity and piney, with a touch of malt sweetness. A medium bodied IPA. Malts are caramel, fruity and sweet. Hops are grapefruity and piney. Extremely smooth tasting IPA. Nice big resiny hop taste takes a while to ‘kick in’. This may be one of the best-balanced IPAs I had in a long time. Nice beer. Thanks to JCW for this one. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

bitter hops, smells yeasty, piney and kind of grapfruit or apricot-y, purty decent.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Another shout out to JaIce and Kem for all the beer brought down. This was a very nice IPA. It defines balance. The flavor consists of pine, grapefruit, and orange peel. A nice malt backbone followed by a bitter pine taste. I really enjoyed this one.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

This IPA Pours with an amber-brown body with a thick head and good lacing. The aroma is slightly sweet yet slightly bitter and flowery with a slight citrus note and a touch of alcohol. The flavor is slightly sweet yet bitter wtih a slight pine note and a little citrus. Medium bodied, smooth and a touch dry.