Gypsy Stumper
Double Mountain Brewery & Taproom

Bottle from Whole Foods. Medium amber with huge fluffy head.Aroma is more malts than hops, kind of dusty. Taste leads with dry malts, mild astringent hops, woody, musty. English notes abound more ale, than IPA.

Bought a single 12 oz bottle at Fred Meyer. Bottled on Aug. 14/19...6 weeks old. (...kudos for providing the info!)

Pours clear copper. impressive glass lacing. upfront the taste is piney,bready, slightly bitter & not the 'sweet juicy' so common now. Elevated amount of malty backbone, showing up in the sweet aftertaste.
Housekeeping info is confusing....website shows this beer label (from a 500ml bottle) as: 7.5% abv, 80 IBU.
But the text right below that states: 7.0% abv, 80 IBU.
The label of the 12 oz bottle which I'm drinking says: 6.8% abv, 80 IBU.
Get it together, DM!!

Beyond that...I do like it. A more mature, slightly complex IPA. Nice.

Six pack of bottles purchased at Central Market in Mill Creek, Washington.
Bottled on 7/23/19. Poured in to a Samuel Smith pint glass.

Look- Slightly hazy dark copper color, massive dense off-white head which with great retention, nice lacing. solid carbonation streams as it sits.

Smell- Pineapple... lots of pineapple. Papaya, stone fruit (apricot and nectarine), pithy citrus (lemon, tangerine and grapefruit), sweet caramel/toffee malt. Light danky pine and grass.

Taste- Follows the nose. Light bitterness, really well balanced.

Feel- Medium bodied, lively carbonation. Semi-sweet, creamy and sticky.

O- Considering DM started brewing this in the early 80s, it's a really contemporary IPA IMO.

Nice classic pine and grapefruit zest meets sweet tangerine in a crisp, bitter, easy drinking bright gold beer. Classic and delicious Double Mountain.

Cheers.

Pint glass from a growler filled at Growl Movements Salem location.
$13
Pours a dark orange/amber colour with no head..this might have been because the growler spent several hours in trunk of car unsecured ( dumb)
Slightly citric,orange aromas along with a pretty substantial malt that smells like salted caramel not a bad thing!
OHHH taste is so very fruity ,..indeed mandarin and tangerine come to mind..then orange peel and caramel malts takes a back seat Very nice.
Mouth feel is good too..usually IPAs like this have thin bodies..this one is smooth and medium..all the way.
Very nice rare IPA here.

 

 

 

 

500ml bottle poured into tulip 29/3/17

A clear golden liquid, slow bubbles throughout, thumbs width of loose foam doesn't hang around that long but leaves lots of random lace

S orange peel, grapefruit, brown sugar, spruce, floral hops, has some fresh hops veggies notes even though I doubt this is fresh hopped being bottles in January

T still has lots of citrus and the hops haven't taken off with it, lots of brown sugar and sweet bread notes, gets rindy late

O leaning toward full, very gritty inside, nice bitter bit with citrus peel and pine lingers strong

I rather liked this one, nothings over the top but everything there, not something I'd drink all day but at the end of a long one this one would hit the spot...

 

 

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Clear gold with two fingers of white head. Swathes of lace.
Smell is slightly dank hops and bread crust malts.
Taste is slightly dank bitter hops with a good malt backbone.
Mouthfeel is light to medium with good carbonation. Finish is crisp dry and medium bitter.
Overall another fine brew from Double Mountain Brewery.

L: Cloudy orange copper
S: Freshy hops, fruity tangerine citrus
T: Too much fruit, sweet, lots of things going on, tangerine, grapefruit, too much juice- not a fan. Yeasty finish too... not IPA
F: crisp, normal