Double Daisy Cutter | Half Acre Beer Company
Brewed by:
Half Acre Beer Company
Illinois, United States
halfacrebeer.com
Style: American Double / Imperial IPA
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 8.00%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
Double Daisy Cutter is a monster version of the original Daisy Cutter Pale Ale. A heftier grain bill amps up the weight and double dry hopping insures there's enough hops to recede your gums.
Added by emerge077 on 05-20-2010
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Ratings: 961 | Reviews: 221
4.41/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.49/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
16oz can dated 7/31/17 ~2.5 weeks.
Pours a clear amber color with a 1 finger head. Good retention and lacing.
Smells of hops, mango, citrus fruit, and malts. Well balanced aroma.
Taste follows the nose. Bitter and malty. Not a lot of pine or hops. Some fruit tones.
Feel is medium, well carbonated.
Overall a very good DIPA. Prefer the galactic variant featuring galaxy hops but this is another fine offering.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
16oz can dated 7/31/17 ~2.5 weeks.
Pours a clear amber color with a 1 finger head. Good retention and lacing.
Smells of hops, mango, citrus fruit, and malts. Well balanced aroma.
Taste follows the nose. Bitter and malty. Not a lot of pine or hops. Some fruit tones.
Feel is medium, well carbonated.
Overall a very good DIPA. Prefer the galactic variant featuring galaxy hops but this is another fine offering.
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4.3/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.16/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.91/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.3/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours dark gold. Thin, short, Whitehead that Fades fast with super light lacing.
Smells candied orange, citrus peel, caramel malt, lightly grassy and lightly dank.
Tastes orange, citrus peel, light caramel malt. Followed by bready malt, Pine, tropical and Light peach. Finish is dry with pine and floral linger. Medium body and smooth medium carbonation.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours dark gold. Thin, short, Whitehead that Fades fast with super light lacing.
Smells candied orange, citrus peel, caramel malt, lightly grassy and lightly dank.
Tastes orange, citrus peel, light caramel malt. Followed by bready malt, Pine, tropical and Light peach. Finish is dry with pine and floral linger. Medium body and smooth medium carbonation.
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4.26/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Part of a flight because I couldn't decide between so many amazing hoppy brews. Stopped by the brewery on the way to the Cubs game.
Filtered. Meh. But damn this is a heavy hitter. Massive malt profile with plenty of juicy yet dank hops to finish it. Damn. This is a special beer. Glad I got to try it.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Part of a flight because I couldn't decide between so many amazing hoppy brews. Stopped by the brewery on the way to the Cubs game.
Filtered. Meh. But damn this is a heavy hitter. Massive malt profile with plenty of juicy yet dank hops to finish it. Damn. This is a special beer. Glad I got to try it.
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3.75/5 rDev -10.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.25/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.61/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bomber to tulip, the appearance was a rugged burnt orange/copper color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that fell off at a moderate pace. Slight messy lace. The aroma had some orange marmalade up front with some citrusy and earthy hops. Clean malt base. The flavor was moderately sweet through the prior mentioned aromas and bled into the aftertaste just as I thought it would - malty with a quick dry sweet sort of finish. The palate was about medium bodied with a fair sipping quality about it. Carbonation and ABV felt fine. Fairly smooth along my tongue. Overall, pretty good DIPA, a bit "old school" but worked for me.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bomber to tulip, the appearance was a rugged burnt orange/copper color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that fell off at a moderate pace. Slight messy lace. The aroma had some orange marmalade up front with some citrusy and earthy hops. Clean malt base. The flavor was moderately sweet through the prior mentioned aromas and bled into the aftertaste just as I thought it would - malty with a quick dry sweet sort of finish. The palate was about medium bodied with a fair sipping quality about it. Carbonation and ABV felt fine. Fairly smooth along my tongue. Overall, pretty good DIPA, a bit "old school" but worked for me.
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4.46/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
3.66/5 rDev -13.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours not quite clear dark golden with minimal head and lacing. Smells of grain, pine, and fruit. Taste is bready malt with pine and faint citrus hops. Feel is appropriate for the style, with some thick stickiness. Overall: This is the third Half Acre beer I've tried, and while none have been bad, they seem to lean more toward mass appeal and easily drinking than I prefer.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours not quite clear dark golden with minimal head and lacing. Smells of grain, pine, and fruit. Taste is bready malt with pine and faint citrus hops. Feel is appropriate for the style, with some thick stickiness. Overall: This is the third Half Acre beer I've tried, and while none have been bad, they seem to lean more toward mass appeal and easily drinking than I prefer.
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4.02/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A- Becher receives a cloudy golden brew from the tallboy. A frothy white crown forms on the beer rising up to about 1cm before slowly falling back towards the liquid phase. Sheets of lace form immediately with lace blanketing most of the glass.
S- Bold citrus and pine hops off the top with notes of grapefruit, tangerine, orange, resin as well as slight mango, melon and floral hints. Based on the description and style, not the most pungent of aromas.
T- Follows up close to the smell with a bold dose of citrus and pine hopes with plenty of the oily citrus pith coming into play. Feels a bit on the generic side as it is hard to really pull on specific flavors but things like grapefruit, tangerine and orange as well as pine resin stand out. A touch of melon in there too. A fair sweetness but no caramelized malts here. Cereal, bread, cracker, raw barley and floral hints as well.
MF- Creamy and somewhat chewy texture in the moderately thick body. Rather puffy and feels very much padded on the palate even with a fairly high level of carbonation. Piney, orange peel bitterness lingers in the finish.
Tasty citrus and pine hops fall on the taste buds in moderate amounts with tangerine and grapefruit as the main players in this brew.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A- Becher receives a cloudy golden brew from the tallboy. A frothy white crown forms on the beer rising up to about 1cm before slowly falling back towards the liquid phase. Sheets of lace form immediately with lace blanketing most of the glass.
S- Bold citrus and pine hops off the top with notes of grapefruit, tangerine, orange, resin as well as slight mango, melon and floral hints. Based on the description and style, not the most pungent of aromas.
T- Follows up close to the smell with a bold dose of citrus and pine hopes with plenty of the oily citrus pith coming into play. Feels a bit on the generic side as it is hard to really pull on specific flavors but things like grapefruit, tangerine and orange as well as pine resin stand out. A touch of melon in there too. A fair sweetness but no caramelized malts here. Cereal, bread, cracker, raw barley and floral hints as well.
MF- Creamy and somewhat chewy texture in the moderately thick body. Rather puffy and feels very much padded on the palate even with a fairly high level of carbonation. Piney, orange peel bitterness lingers in the finish.
Tasty citrus and pine hops fall on the taste buds in moderate amounts with tangerine and grapefruit as the main players in this brew.
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4.27/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A: Poured from the can into a Duvel tulip. Body is light-orange with a half-finger white head. Nice amount of foamy lace left behind on the glass.
S: Modest citrus (oranges, orange peel, grapefruit) and tropical fruit. Some sweeter caramel malt too.
T: Overall impression: on the sweeter side of the spectrum. Orangey citrus, creamsicle, lemon zest, limes, and some generic tropical fruit, all over a honey-sweet malt. Finishes with a tad bit of lingering bitterness that provides a bit of balance. For a DIPA this is too sweet; but for a Double Pale Ale, it makes sense.
M: Medium to full-bodied; a little on the slick/oily/syrupy side, but not too much so.
O: Quite good
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A: Poured from the can into a Duvel tulip. Body is light-orange with a half-finger white head. Nice amount of foamy lace left behind on the glass.
S: Modest citrus (oranges, orange peel, grapefruit) and tropical fruit. Some sweeter caramel malt too.
T: Overall impression: on the sweeter side of the spectrum. Orangey citrus, creamsicle, lemon zest, limes, and some generic tropical fruit, all over a honey-sweet malt. Finishes with a tad bit of lingering bitterness that provides a bit of balance. For a DIPA this is too sweet; but for a Double Pale Ale, it makes sense.
M: Medium to full-bodied; a little on the slick/oily/syrupy side, but not too much so.
O: Quite good
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4.06/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16 ounce can into a tulip snifter. Had 12/15/16.
Pours a hazy apricot color, with a one and a half inch head on an aggressive pour, some soapy lacing. The smell brings lots o' citrus- orange, tangerine, pineapple, grapefruit, lime, some yeast, light malt, a bit dank as it warms. A fine aroma. The taste is dank at first, then citrus- orange, more grapefruit than the nose, pineapple, mango. The lime drops off. Malt, a sweet note on the finish, medium bitterness up front. Mostly smooth, a good, medium body, well carbonated.
Big aroma, good flavor, less hop bitterness than I expected. Very good for a pale ale, but I don't find it as special as others do.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16 ounce can into a tulip snifter. Had 12/15/16.
Pours a hazy apricot color, with a one and a half inch head on an aggressive pour, some soapy lacing. The smell brings lots o' citrus- orange, tangerine, pineapple, grapefruit, lime, some yeast, light malt, a bit dank as it warms. A fine aroma. The taste is dank at first, then citrus- orange, more grapefruit than the nose, pineapple, mango. The lime drops off. Malt, a sweet note on the finish, medium bitterness up front. Mostly smooth, a good, medium body, well carbonated.
Big aroma, good flavor, less hop bitterness than I expected. Very good for a pale ale, but I don't find it as special as others do.
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4.31/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.2/5 rDev -24%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.98/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Double Daisy Cutter from Half Acre Beer Company
4.21
out of 5
based on 961 ratings.
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25