Year of New Beer: Double Dog Double IPA, Flying Dog Brewery (MD)

Written By: Dion on 01/28/2015

Candied pineapple, caramel malt, and honeysuckle on the nose. The sweetness hits the tongue first, trying desperately to hold off the sticky pine and grassy bitterness that begins to build with warmth. Throw in a pretty harsh alcohol, and you have unbalanced along the lines of a chubby kid sitting alone on a teeter-totter. Typically you want your hoppy beers fresh, but I think this is one that might benefit from sitting a few months, just to sweeten things up a bit.