Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale - Moylan's Brewery

adam42381

Florida

4/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 22 ounce bomber into a Duvel tulip. No freshness info on bottle.

Appearance: Pours a clear copper color with orange highlights and a 3 finger fluffy light cream head. Nice lacing.

Smell: Sweet citrus, candied fruit, caramel malt and resinous hops. Much maltier and sweeter aroma than I expected.

Taste: This one features the biggest explosion of hops I've ever experienced. Piney hops up front followed by bitter citrus in the middle before ending with a touch of bready malts, a touch of alcohol and more palate wrecking hops at the finish. Aftertaste is dry, very bitter and long-lasting.

Mouthfeel: Medium-to-full-bodied with a good amount of carbonation. Very sticky on the tongue. The mouth feels like it's coated with hop oils.

Drinkability: Decent drinkability. Due to the nearly overwhelming bitterness, it's harder to finish an entire bomber by yourself.

Overall: Good beer overall. Moylan's seemingly set out to destroy palates with this one and I'd say they accomplished that goal. I would definitely recommend trying this one.

Serving type: bottle

06-26-2012 21:14:00 | More by adam42381

Hermthegerm

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

05-24-2013 00:28:22 | More by Hermthegerm

scottyu27

Virginia

5/5  rDev +21.7%

05-22-2013 13:14:49 | More by scottyu27

CrazyDavros

Australia

3.63/5  rDev -11.7%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Pours amber with a fading head.
Nose shows big citrus fruit with orange marmalade and tangerine alongside soft pine and resinous hops. Also some clean malt and soft booze.
Very aggressive flavours. Massive pine and grapefruit with just a little malt underneath. Very sharp bitterness in the finish mixing with the booze. Almost harsh.
Nice moderate carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2013 09:16:37 | More by CrazyDavros

stanowsf

Connecticut

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

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jbeervt

Vermont

3.5/5  rDev -14.8%

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touchmeimsac

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -2.7%

05-20-2013 13:45:12 | More by touchmeimsac

Gschaf

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -8.8%

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Photekut

Azerbaijan

4/5  rDev -2.7%

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Pensfan0782

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -8.8%

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2beerdogs

California

4.5/5  rDev +9.5%

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Slatetank

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +9.5%

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powdersoldier

Washington

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

05-16-2013 15:10:46 | More by powdersoldier

zonker17

Illinois

4/5  rDev -2.7%

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Popp24

California

5/5  rDev +21.7%

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drummermattie02

Texas

4/5  rDev -2.7%

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pschie1

Louisiana

4.5/5  rDev +9.5%

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ScottieD

Connecticut

4.5/5  rDev +9.5%

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leftoverburrito

Oregon

3.75/5  rDev -8.8%

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Kelp

New Hampshire

4/5  rDev -2.7%

05-04-2013 23:26:48 | More by Kelp

JMScowcroft

Vermont

4.49/5  rDev +9.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Moylan's Brewery - Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale

Look - Pours a copper amber tinged with a glorious soapy head. Full sticky lacing. A little rambunctious in the carbonation.

Smell - Bitter citrus grapefruit/lemony hops with rich malt underneath. Mouth-watering.

Taste - Malts get overridden by a wave of blasty hops. It seems like it's about to fade out but it comes back in like the tide, getting more and more potent over time. Holy moly!

Mouthfeel - Even with the hop assault and high ABV this is quite drinkable. Sticky smooth malts, only slightly boozy but it stays quite smooth.

Overall - Solid hop blast. Hops heads will thoroughly enjoy. Definitely recommend.

Serving type: bottle

05-04-2013 12:12:08 | More by JMScowcroft

strib

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +15.6%

05-03-2013 02:43:22 | More by strib

troy138

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -2.7%

05-01-2013 23:12:01 | More by troy138

TheBrewo

Michigan

3.96/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

We pour a dark brew of burnt sienna, with lighter hues of orange let through around the top. It holds a one and a half finger head of toffee colored bubbles, showing decent retention into a massive aggregate of soapy bubbles. This is easily reproducible. Thick, geographic patterns of lacing are left all around the glass. Clarity is low, as a thick, cidery haze permeates the beer, with flecks of tiny sediment found here and there. Carbonation appears to be active. The nose is very malt forward, with deep toffee, roasty caramels, and salty molasses. These notes are, however, met by big hoppy qualities of pine and raw grassiness, with a nice amount of mineral and earthiness to them as well. Otherwise the aroma is fleshed out with browned apple sweetness, light maple sugars, warmed cinnamon, clove, vinyl plastics, iced tea tannins, and soft lemony citrus. With warmth comes a cooled milkiness, with a bit more to the acidic side of the balance, along with more herbal spiciness of hops, and an interesting curry and turmeric heat. Our first impression is that the flavoring is much more bitter than expected, with a surprising robustness to the hops that was hidden by the big malty aroma. As we sip, the taste begins with heavy caramel sugars that are quickly cut by impressively bittered soapy and citric hops. The booze is also immediately apparent, with additional dryness coming from that aromatic tannic quality and dried walnuts. The peak is the mildest moment of the sip, with mineral water wash, rock salt, cooled stone, and earthy hops. Pulling to the finish are further notes of bitterness through plastic phenols, herbal clove dust, bittered mineral, chalky yeast, fusel booze, and a surprising cooling smoothness of buttery diacetyls with warmth. The aftertaste breathes of chalk, yeast, bittered soapy, earthy, herbal, and somewhat piney hops, lemon rind, mineral, roasty coffee-like malts, and raw clove. The body is full, and the carbonation is medium, but soft. Each sip gives big slurpability, with nice cream and froth through the middle, and pleasant finishing pop and smack. The mouth is left bone dry and chalky following an initial syrupy coating and cooling. The abv is appropriate, and the beer is a quick sipper.

Overall, what we enjoyed most about this beer was the aroma. With warmth it seemed that every time we sniffed it became a different beast. At first there was this seemingly impenetrable wall of caramel sugariness, with malts all day long. As it progressed the hops blossomed before your eyes, giving appropriate bitterness, fruit, and twang. Through the taste is where they pull the old switcheroo, with the hugely puckering, bittered hop onslaught of hops across the tongue to follow. This was definitely unexpected, and kind of threw us a bit. Otherwise the sip is soft and nicely contributory, and this is sipping, sharable beverage.

Serving type: bottle

04-26-2013 22:47:31 | More by TheBrewo

Kenai4

Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +9.5%

04-26-2013 02:30:57 | More by Kenai4