Double Dog Double Pale Ale
7oz bottle poured into a tulip. Vintage 08 A-- Poured a cloudy orange amber color. No real head at all, just a thin layer of light brown film. On swirling the beer the head woke up. Got a half a finger of head that showed some resiliency. Stuck around for a bit before retreating back to film. Did leave a couple of rings of lacing with it. Color and head show full bodied and low carbonation. S-- Candied raisin, candied dates, candied citrus. Smells more like orange to me but get a bit of grapefruit. Very sweet and alcohol smell to this. T-- Very sweet in the front on the taste, followed by a rather large pine kick that did not last too long. Second and third tastes get a lot more of the pine and grapefruit. More it warms up the Carmel kicks in as well. M-- Low carbonation and very full bodied. As it warms up the classic DIPA tastes come in. Carmel, Grapefruit and Orange. Dates and raisin drop off. Hops have held up well for the age and the IBU's are quite there. Very big and very aggressive. Big bitter pine and citrus finish, quite acidic finish to this. D-- Alcohol is well hidden when drinking this. Will feel it though. Think of this more as a barley wine than a DIPA, due to how well it has aged and the hops have held up well. Not sure I could do a 355 ml of this. 207 ml is perfect and would not scare me off from wanting another in a few days. This was the 8 pack Canis Major pack that have been floating around Australia for over a year.