Bear Creek Double Jack Imperial IPA

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

Interesting, and definately the fruitiest Imperial IPA I’ve had... Pours a cloudy burnt-orange with some head that left a nice lace down the side of the glass. Aroma is very fruity, almost like a smoothy, complete with bananas and strawberries. Flavor is just as fruity with only an aftertaste of bitterness that you’d expect with a IIPA, and that seems to come from spruce tips. Palate is kinda crispy, but it leaves the mouth coated. Overall it’s okay and nothing like the single version of their IPA.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

Poured this into a snifter and it has a huge slightly off white head. The head would not die down. The body is s very dark cloudy orange. Aroma is slight pine with cherry, vanilla and some butterscotch. the taste is strangely sweet with orange and buttery notes. It also has a piney finish that doesn’t balance out the sweetness. Nice burnt breadcrust taste that lingers. Overall it is far too sweet with malt dominating the hops. The sweetness is cloying. Certainly an interesting brew.

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

Pours with an orange-amber body topped by a medium thick head with some lacing. The aroma is slightly sweet yet bitter with a slight citrus note. Seems a little weak. The flavor is sweet and malty with a nice bitterness and notes of pineapple. Full bodied, dry and a little smooth.