Big Pig Double IPA
The Gamble Mill Restaurant & Microbrewery

Served on tap in a snifter

Appearance – The beer is served a clear orange amber color with a thick billowy white head of foam. The head has a good level of retention, slowly fading to leave a decent level of foamy lace on the sides of the glass

Smell – The aroma of the beer is biggest a nice bready smell with notes of tropical fruits of mango and pineapple as well as tangerine and some grapefruit hop. Along with the bready nature of the aroma so too comes some other hop tastes of a pine and lighter floral nature, giving a nice sweet and fruited hopped aroma.

Taste – The taste on this one follows the nose very well. It starts out with a big bready and doughy flavor, which creates a base body for the brews other taste to sit upon. Right from the start there are nice flavors of a tropical fruit nature with tangerine, mango and pineapple as well as some other lighter fruit flavors of a peach and apricot. These fruits fade even so slightly as the taste advances being replaced by some light caramel flavors. As for the hops, they start out with a more mild intensity, being mainly of a grapefruit nature. As the taste advances the grapefruit grows stronger and is joined by some floral and earthy flavors. A bit of a boozy flavor joins the taste at the end leaving a rather moderately hopped but well balanced and warming flavor to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is on the thicker and creamier side with a carbonation level that is on the average side. For the bready and moderately hopped and boozed tastes of the beer the feel is fantastic as it makes for a slow sipping, but still somewhat refreshing feel overall.

Overall – A very tasty and balanced double with just enough alcohol to keep you in check. Quite well done.