10th Anniversary Double India Pale Ale - Middle Ages Brewing Co., Ltd.

Jason

Massachusetts

4.05/5  rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

22oz brown bomber with a vintage date on the label.

A- Amazing off-white froth, even though the bubbles are big the head stays around. Lightly hazed tawny hue.

S- Ripe fruit ... suggestions of peaches and mangoes. Big herbal, soft pine and sweet citric hop aroma with a faint buttery smell in the back.

T&M- Luscious & smooth and full bodied. A growing intensity of bitterness with each sip shows off a brash citric and herbal oily flavor. Hint of diacetyl gets lost in the mix, which is probably for the better. Big warming alcohol flails around with ripe fruit and a kiss of solvent flavor. Bready malt is thick enough to keep this beer balanced. Finishes with a long lingering herbal hop bitterness.

D- I love Double IPAs and this one certainly makes the mark, easy to drink @ 10% abv as well. Paired well with some sharp goat cheddar.

Serving type: bottle

12-27-2005 03:58:00 | More by Jason

csustar001

Ohio

5/5  rDev +22.2%

05-02-2013 01:42:00 | More by csustar001

MisSigsFan

California

3.64/5  rDev -11%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured from a 22oz bottle into a pint glass. Pours a cloudy golden amber color with a finger thick white head. Smell is pretty weak. Mostly floral hops. Not much else. Taste is mostly citrus and floral hops with a good amount of bitterness and slight sweetness. Not much else really. The alcohol is covered up pretty well though by the bitterness. Mouth is very crisp, but maybe a bit too carbonated and heavy. Overall, an okay brew, but lacks in flavor.

Serving type: bottle

04-07-2013 04:27:49 | More by MisSigsFan

BGsWo22

New York

4/5  rDev -2.2%

03-20-2013 20:47:55 | More by BGsWo22

JohnQVD

New York

4/5  rDev -2.2%

03-17-2013 19:39:14 | More by JohnQVD

MEW

New York

2/5  rDev -51.1%

01-14-2013 23:23:21 | More by MEW

cfh64

Texas

3.75/5  rDev -8.3%

12-28-2012 06:09:13 | More by cfh64

LeftoverCrizack

4.75/5  rDev +16.1%

10-26-2012 23:48:10 | More by LeftoverCrizack

brentblack1

New York

4.5/5  rDev +10%

09-07-2012 00:44:46 | More by brentblack1

Digimaika2

Ontario (Canada)

4.23/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: Fairly clear copper with a reddish hue and white creamy foam head. Very good retention and lacing.

S: Caramel, earthy funky pine, tart and tangy grapefruit, and lingering floral notes. All aromas work well together.

T: Fruity and floral hops balanced very well with a soft caramel-like malt backbone. Hints of dark fruits. Incredibly smooth with alcohol very well hidden.

M: Full bodied with a higher carbonation that works well here. Creamy and viscous with some appealing prickly carbonation.

D: Very good DIPA that is probably one of the smoothest and well balanced DIPA's I've had in a long time.

Serving type: bottle

07-28-2012 04:09:09 | More by Digimaika2

ABokononist

New York

4.25/5  rDev +3.9%

07-16-2012 01:16:31 | More by ABokononist

TurnX

4.25/5  rDev +3.9%

07-13-2012 18:22:21 | More by TurnX

pauljunk

Virginia

5/5  rDev +22.2%

07-02-2012 18:12:27 | More by pauljunk

electtodefer

New York

4.75/5  rDev +16.1%

06-16-2012 21:14:26 | More by electtodefer

bertram

Illinois

3.25/5  rDev -20.5%

05-17-2012 00:38:39 | More by bertram

rippedflesh89

New York

3.75/5  rDev -8.3%

05-05-2012 05:45:43 | More by rippedflesh89

dogfishandi

New York

3.1/5  rDev -24.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

on-tap at ebenezers ale house in west seneca, NY. served in a pint glass. i ordered this not realizing it was about 7 years old.

light bronze, burnt orange color. frothy off white retentive head, left a nice creamy layer. a little lace.

minimal hops. slightly herbal citric with a lot of biscuit and light caramel malts.

again, the hops are almost gone. herbal, light citrus with lots of biscuit and light caramel. some bitterness, but not enough to really fit the style. slightly buttery and slightly warming.

bigger side of medium bodied.

tastes a little off, and pretty bland. the hops are almost completely gone and i guess that was to be expected.

Serving type: on-tap

04-29-2012 05:16:32 | More by dogfishandi

TheRuss9585

Vermont

4/5  rDev -2.2%

04-13-2012 19:24:09 | More by TheRuss9585

oline73

Maryland

3.38/5  rDev -17.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Poured from the bottle into a standard pint glass.

Appearance: Pours a cloudy amber color with a finger of fluffy off white head that fades to a small layer on top of the pour and leaves some lacing. 4.5

Smell: Hop forward with a strong, sweet citrus presence. There is enough malt to back up the citrus bitterness. 4

Taste: Falls just short of the smell. Still hop forward, but there is a buttery quality that I beleive to be from the malt. Citrus peel hops throughout, but the buttery quality distracts from the hops a bit. Some warm alcohol along with some pepper in the finish. 3

Mouthfeel: Medium body with aggressive carbonation and a dry finish. 4

Overall: This is almost great, but doesn't quite get there. I enjoyed it, but probably woulndn't get another. 3

Serving type: bottle

02-14-2012 01:09:09 | More by oline73

spinrsx

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

22oz Bomber - from the Wegman's in Syracuse

Appearance - Slightly hazy amber/copper colour with a large size fizzy off-white coloured head. There an average amount of carbonation and there is some great lacing. The head lasted for over 5 minutes before it was gone.

Smell - Malts, caramel, hops, grapefruit, pineapple, corn

Taste & Mouth - There is an average amount of carbonation and I can taste caramel, hops, and malts. There is also some grapefruit and a fair amount of a pineapple flavour. There also seems to be a bit of a cherry sweetness and a bit of straw/hay. It ends with a pretty decent amount of hop bitterness.

Overall - The hops really linger on the taste buds with this one. The flavours are good but nothing along lines of a sculpin/pliny/hopslam etc. Still worth the purchase.. pick it up if you see it, especially if you like hops.

Serving type: bottle

02-01-2012 00:44:00 | More by spinrsx

Lawl3ss

Texas

4.03/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Lightly chilled 22 oz. bomber poured into an Ommegang tulip. No date on the bottle.

Look- Pours a murky tawny apricot color, the head on this one really stands out- The color of old ivory, it's a loose, sticky, glorious looking mess that clings to the sides of the glass for its life, leaving thick rings of foam as it slowly settles. Man, this looks tasty!

Side note- I've got a friend that calls this a "moustache beer", which he thinks is hillarious. Less so for those of us with moustaches.

Smell- Sweet fruity aroma with a hint of alcohol. More subdued than you'd expect from the 10% ABV. Agitation brings out some soapy/flowery notes and a piney hop twang.

Taste- Sweet fruit, hop bitterness, and alcohol duel it out in this one, emerging and re-emerging in turns; with a very light toffeelike malt that mellows it out a bit and comes out in it's own right towards the end. Aftertaste is like a slowly fading alcohol-hop somersault. I'd like this beer a tad bit more if the tastes were a bit springier- it's well balanced and quite drinkable, but it's missing that lip-smacking quality I look for in a DIPA.

Mouthfeel- Light for the style, moderate carbonation, and the ever-present head lends it nice creaminess on the sip. Coating, but not unpleasantly so. Very easy drinking for the ABV.

Overall- It's quite good, and very reasonably priced for the offering. I feel that the Middle Ages signature "Old World" toasty/toffee malt backbone does this one a bit of a disservice though, blunting the hop presence more than I'd like for the style. Nonetheless, it's a solid offering and one I've sampled and re-sampled many times. Also- the somewhat subtler flavor and relatively clean finish make this an excelent "dinner" beer that goes well with a wide range of foods (in my experience.)

I do remember liking this beer in particular at the brewery way back when, hopefully I'll get to revisit it and update this review at some point in the future.

Serving type: bottle

01-11-2012 07:16:08 | More by Lawl3ss

TheTrunkMonkey

New York

5/5  rDev +22.2%

01-02-2012 19:18:53 | More by TheTrunkMonkey

jpd7374

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -2.2%

12-31-2011 02:56:43 | More by jpd7374

CaptDavyJones

New York

4.13/5  rDev +1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Poured a hazy copper color from a 22 oz bomber, with ABV clearly printed on the label. There was no date of bottling anywhere.
Massive two finger foamy frothy head that takes forever to subside, leaving behind some really nice, sticky lace. This ale is visually very appealing.
Aroma is very perfume-like, very floral with sweet malts and some alcohol notes.
Taste upfront is on the sweeter side, with the hop presence becoming evident in the middle and exploding till the finish. The finish is surprisingly crisp and almost dry. The bitterness does not linger around in the finish. This is a very, very tasty and well balanced double IPA. The alcohol is also masked really well. The alcohol is definitely not felt on the palate.
Mouthfeel and drinkability are excellent. Just make sure you are not planning on doing anything after a bottle of this DIPA.
Definitely worth a try and comes highly recommended.
A solid brew from Middle Ages.

Serving type: bottle

12-09-2011 02:29:00 | More by CaptDavyJones

StonedTrippin

Colorado

4/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

fresh from the brewery. poured a stickey light amber color with a very light but tall white lace head into frosted middle ages glassware. smells like the full gamet of hops, pine, floral, citrus, resin. almost like a fresh hop ale, especially in the taste, which is lighter than the smell, less intense to a degree, and definitely in the mouthfeel, which is thinner and lighter than you expect from a double ipa. this i a very well done beer, despite its difficult to classify first impression. surprisingly well balanced for a double ipa, and absolutely worth the price at $5.99 for a 22oz. will be sharing this with family again very soon

Serving type: bottle

12-09-2011 00:08:33 | More by StonedTrippin