Double Jack - Firestone Walker Brewing Co.

Maxwell

Massachusetts

4.2/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

The beer pours a beautiful golden orange like copper with a thin white head that dies away quickly but does leave slight and thin lacing. The beer is hazy and pretty opaque but really beautifully coppered. The beer smells big and boozy with lovely wet floral hops heavy with pine and hints of citrus and mango. Malt presence isn’t really apparent in the smell but there is a good alcoholic bite that suggests the 9.5%. The beer tastes wonderfully of citrus pine hops and nice light backbone of sweet pale malts, though there is a staled medicinal septic taste around the sides and it lingers in the mouth. Perhaps that is the aspirin taste that some reviewers are found of referencing. The afterburst of fruity hops after the swallow is fantastic and tropical, bringing to mind mangoes, pineapples, oranges, and grapefruits (all the appropriate hop-fruit analogs!). The alcohol is well hidden in the taste with just a nice warming as it goes down the gullet and a slight bite as the beer first touches the mouth. Mouthfeel is smooth with a slight bite from the carbonation at the beginning that swiftly mellows out to leave the tongue cloying with sweet bitters and slightly oozing with saliva. The sides of the mouth feel strangely dry considering how wet the tongue feels. Overall this is a great DIPA. It’s a little unbalance with a ton of terrific hops but not enough malt to cut back on the medicinal bitter sting, but it still tastes great that hide all but a ghost of the 9.5% alcohol. Plus who can complain about more hop flavor? Great hops in this beer.

Serving type: bottle

08-12-2012 22:21:19 | More by Maxwell

Bubbalito

Virginia

4.5/5  rDev +3.2%

05-22-2013 02:01:57 | More by Bubbalito

ackeeper

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -2.5%

05-21-2013 21:00:20 | More by ackeeper

dcloeren

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +8.9%

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VirginiaJeff1

Virginia

3/5  rDev -31.2%

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Busker

Connecticut

4.5/5  rDev +3.2%

05-21-2013 18:01:39 | More by Busker

PlinyBeMiney

California

4.5/5  rDev +3.2%

05-21-2013 07:36:15 | More by PlinyBeMiney

CosmoHopHead

Kansas

4.5/5  rDev +3.2%

05-21-2013 04:35:44 | More by CosmoHopHead

MikeCactusGordon

Ohio

4.59/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75

22 oz bomber
Monks Pub in Chicago
5 weeks after bottling date

A- light bronze w/ thin head

S- citrus hops

T- mango, pine, honey, bready, grapefruit. Slight lemon. Earthy malt balance.

M- dry, above average bitterness.

O- very good and would recommend. In the conversation w/ best in class depending on your preference.

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2013 04:08:52 | More by MikeCactusGordon

hopkrid

Florida

4.75/5  rDev +8.9%

05-21-2013 00:25:20 | More by hopkrid

ikantspel

California

4.8/5  rDev +10.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

12 oz stubby into a duvet tulip

Bottled 1.30.13

Pours a honey golden color with a small beady head

Aroma of heavy citrus zest, pine, earthy tones

Wow. Amazing strong yet subtle hop taste, with lemon peel, and a great pine aftertaste

Pliny who? This was awesome

Serving type: bottle

05-20-2013 23:30:03 | More by ikantspel

Dyelawn

Maine

4.25/5  rDev -2.5%

05-20-2013 23:27:15 | More by Dyelawn

ericwa1154

Texas

5/5  rDev +14.7%

05-20-2013 21:55:34 | More by ericwa1154

yokken

Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +3.2%

05-20-2013 21:45:00 | More by yokken

kingmaker

Louisiana

3.75/5  rDev -14%

05-20-2013 19:55:16 | More by kingmaker

Kmat10

Alberta (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev -2.5%

05-20-2013 03:53:41 | More by Kmat10

Ctrauty

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev -2.5%

05-20-2013 01:34:25 | More by Ctrauty

IPAFan521

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +3.2%

05-19-2013 23:33:21 | More by IPAFan521

OCdrummer7271

Texas

5/5  rDev +14.7%

05-19-2013 23:12:33 | More by OCdrummer7271

MarshallMan

Kansas

5/5  rDev +14.7%

05-19-2013 22:29:34 | More by MarshallMan

AOShabaz

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +3.2%

05-19-2013 21:34:34 | More by AOShabaz

Tertullian007

Missouri

4.25/5  rDev -2.5%

05-19-2013 17:59:47 | More by Tertullian007

tom10101

Quebec (Canada)

4/5  rDev -8.3%

05-19-2013 17:05:09 | More by tom10101

Kreko7

California

4.25/5  rDev -2.5%

05-19-2013 15:49:20 | More by Kreko7

ShawnMH

Indiana

4.25/5  rDev -2.5%

05-19-2013 15:20:20 | More by ShawnMH