Why is there so little head on this beer? I had to try and coax it out, but I wasn't even all that successful. Normally, a double IPA is going to have quite a thick head. Don't know why this is one is different, but it clearly is. The white head eventually goes down to absolutely nothing but a dusting on top of the orange-amber, nearly opaque beer. The aroma is really strange. It's fruits, but I feel like I'm getting so much alcohol that this is reminding me of a moonshine. At 9% ABV, this is high, but is nowhere close to that high. Don't know why I'm smelling it.First sip is a little caustic for a DIPA. It's not like it's creeping pine across the top of my mouth or attacking the tongue with carbonation or something. Instead, it's unapproachable on a more basic level like a pumpkin spice beer. I'm not implying that this has either pumpkin or spice, but it has the same difficult to approach nature, especially if you weren't expecting it. Well, let's see how a swig goes.
Tip-in is carbonation burn with tropical fruit rinds, pine, resin, and melon meat. The middle is virtually attacking the mouth with carbonation, tropical fruit husks, citrus fruit rinds, pine, resin, yeast, and possibly a machete. The finish is a mix of bitter on top of tartness with bitterness definitely taking over entirely for the trail off.
Bottom Line: I have to check, but this may be my least favorite double IPA.
1.5/5
