Holgate Hopinator

Style:Double IPA
Alc %:7
Brewery:Holgate Brewery
Country:Australia
Tap/Bottle?:bottle,330ml
Where/When:Home, Sept 2010
Cost:$8approx
Rating:6/10

Off white head. Leaves just a little layer of bubbles.
Ruby copper colour.
Nice sweet malty nose. Definate fruit- grapefruit. A little toffee. Now it's been in the glass a while i get a little bit of pine.
Rounded malt up front. Burnt toffee is sharp on the tongue with residual bitterness.
If a I savour a mouthfull I get the pine & grapefruit but otherwise it seems all malt.
From my experiance of some US 2IPA's I've had- this is pretty similar- the malt/burnt toffee is very bold. So, it's true to style in my mind.
Creamy, fresh and well carbonated.
Overall the burnt toffee was just a little over powering for me- so not something I would drink more than a bottle of at a sitting.
Not as good as I'd hoped for.

Arcadia Ales Hopmouth Double IPA

Style:American Double/Imperial IPA
Alc %:8.1
Brewery:Arcadia Ales
Country:Michigan, USA
Tap/Bottle?:bottle
Where/When:09
Cost:approx $2
Rating:5.5

Nice off white head that sticks around
pours v dark, copper brown colour
light bit of sweet citrus on the nose
big flavour of course
apricot and molasses up front
slight bit of funkyniss with that molasses
v little bitterness, but it seems a little burnt like
juicy in the mouth
overall i don't care for this... too funky