Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree IPA - Dark Horse Brewing Company

Florida9

Illinois

3.88/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: Very hazy dark copper. Pours with a good fingers worth of tight, tannish colored head that fades to a surface coating then a ring around the glass. Decent lacing.

S: When I first poured this, there was a huge nose of citrus and grapefruit. As it sat, it became more perfumed and the alcohol began to show through.

T: Sweet caramel malt. Orange. A mild bitterness. Alcohol really develops as this beer sits on the tongue.

M: Thicker side of medium with an odd balance between the syrupiness of the malt and the lightness of the alcohol.

D: Not what I was expecting, but still good. Hops are toned done quite a bit, while the alcohol is turned up. However, while the alcohol is rather prevalent, it is not distracting. IMO, the main flaw is the sweetness - I can handle the alcohol, but the sweetness is just too much.

Serving type: bottle

04-22-2010 00:20:53 | More by Florida9

headyhopzhead

Indiana

4/5  rDev -4.3%

06-18-2013 12:46:39 | More by headyhopzhead

Miller650

Indiana

4.5/5  rDev +7.7%

06-18-2013 01:20:46 | More by Miller650

williamjbauer

West Virginia

4.25/5  rDev +1.7%

06-18-2013 00:55:46 | More by williamjbauer

Rohkey

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +1.7%

06-17-2013 20:49:19 | More by Rohkey

phooky

New York

4.25/5  rDev +1.7%

06-17-2013 18:42:03 | More by phooky

alelover

Michigan

4/5  rDev -4.3%

06-17-2013 14:04:02 | More by alelover

pjkelley82

New York

4.75/5  rDev +13.6%

06-17-2013 00:31:53 | More by pjkelley82

jsurfs82

Ohio

4/5  rDev -4.3%

06-16-2013 20:39:52 | More by jsurfs82

GOGRANDE

Colorado

4.5/5  rDev +7.7%

06-16-2013 02:33:32 | More by GOGRANDE

Drknight

Virginia

4.25/5  rDev +1.7%

06-15-2013 16:22:44 | More by Drknight

SSchus87

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +1.7%

06-14-2013 03:10:02 | More by SSchus87

Mtooman

Ohio

4/5  rDev -4.3%

06-13-2013 23:14:56 | More by Mtooman

nitter

Ohio

4/5  rDev -4.3%

06-13-2013 22:57:48 | More by nitter

Budinetz

Pennsylvania

4.41/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

Poured a 12 oz bottle into a tulip glass.

Appearance - pours an amber/orange color with lots of foamy, light tan colored, head. Great head retention on this brew. Also seeing some nice lacing around the glass as I continue to sip.

Smell - Hints of coriander, sweet cane sugar, along with floral and citrusy hops. Not noticing a strong ether smell from the high abv AT ALL. This beer is 12%...right? As I continue to sip on this brew, I DO begin to pick up the ether smell from the high abv, but only when i swirl the last remaining 4 oz's and really stick my nose in the glass.

Taste - Explosions of citrusy hops, caramel malt and sweet stickiness. The hops really stick to the palete up front. I actually do not taste a bitterness until several minutes after my last sip. Delicious.

Mouthfeel - Very prickly at first on the tongue, but continues to mellow out as I sip. Lots of stickiness going on as the IBU's take over. It's like a party of hops in my mouth!

Overall - Overall a great DIPA! It has the punchy hop flavor up front but does not dissapoint on the back end. This stacks up to some of the best DIPA's I've had in my life! Very well balanced with caramelly malts and sticky hops. SO well balanced in fact, that it hides the 12% abv...well done Dark Horse, You had me at Crooked...

Serving type: bottle

06-13-2013 06:40:59 | More by Budinetz

teamwiggum

Wisconsin

4.25/5  rDev +1.7%

06-13-2013 02:21:32 | More by teamwiggum

abcramer

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +1.7%

06-12-2013 20:56:12 | More by abcramer

ColdWaffles

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -10.3%

06-12-2013 02:12:21 | More by ColdWaffles

I_BYE_MI_BEER

Michigan

4/5  rDev -4.3%

06-11-2013 17:32:45 | More by I_BYE_MI_BEER

CSQ1111

Kentucky

4.25/5  rDev +1.7%

06-10-2013 19:04:46 | More by CSQ1111

thaghost

Illinois

4/5  rDev -4.3%

06-10-2013 16:54:06 | More by thaghost

jarrgal

North Dakota

4/5  rDev -4.3%

06-10-2013 03:33:09 | More by jarrgal

jealmanzar

New York

4.5/5  rDev +7.7%

06-08-2013 18:34:10 | More by jealmanzar

thehappybelgian

Ohio

4.75/5  rDev +13.6%

06-08-2013 04:41:47 | More by thehappybelgian

SocalKicks

California

3.75/5  rDev -10.3%

06-08-2013 03:40:16 | More by SocalKicks