Molotov Surprise - Peach
Evil Twin Brewing

Deep golden body. Sticky lacing. Smells citrusy and piney. Flavors are boozey, warming, piney, malty. Not really any peach. Mouthfeel is decent but the finish is lingering and overly boozey.

12 oz can poured into nonic batch 19 pint.

Orange-amber color with a finger of head receding to a thin wispy ring.

Quiet aromas of nectarine and bready malt.

Flavor is harsh, astringent, piney, grassy. The peach hides behind the astringency and grain acidity. Resins hang on for dear life. Hot alcohol, peach schnapps, and mowed grass finish the profile out.

Feel is hot and boozy, high carbonation, blast of resins, and a hot, resiny, starchy finish.

Overall this beer is pretty serious business. Seeing that it's 12 % is no surprise. It's very high alcohol and it means it. If you're looking for a harsh, heavy hitting IPA that will kill your sobriety with 2 cans, this is what you're looking for. This isn't polite, or juicy, or fruity. Hell, it's not even tasty. It's a harsh barleywine-strength IPA meant to be a fire in your gut. It's hot alcohol and harsh resins hitting one after another. It's what I'd consider the Steel Reserve of the IPA world.

12 ounce can into tulip glass; no can dating, but is a recent release. Pours slightly hazy deeep golden amber/light orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big juicy/light tart/tangy peaches, apricot, fruit skin, grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, pineapple, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, honey, toasted bread, light caramel, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Touch of booze in the aromas, but not overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, peaches, and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big juicy/light tart/tangy peaches, apricot, fruit skin, grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, pineapple, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, honey, toasted bread, light caramel, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness; and slight fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of peaches, apricot, fruit skin, grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, pineapple, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, honey, toasted bread, light caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, peaches, and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance; and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy, bready, sticky, resinous, rindy, and slightly slick balanced mouthfeel that is great. Lightly increasing warmth of 12%, with minimal booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic fruited DIPA! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, peaches, and bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the ABV; despite the fairly aggressive bitter/resinous/drying finish. Very similar to the base beer as expected, with added peach flavors. Great balance of juicy, dank, and earthy hops/fruit; with balanced bready malts. Not overly sweet/heavy for the ABV, with the moderate dryness. Not overdone on the fruit tartness. A highly enjoyable offering.

12oz undated can.

Pours hazy orangy-gold with a thick head and nice lacing. Booze and peach cough syrup in the nose with honey. Peach hop-schnapps. Medium bodied with a syrupy, slick mouthfeel. Honey-drizzled alcohol on the palate with peach cough drops and a big bitterness. Finishes with lots of boozy fusels and bitter peach cough syrup.

Yikes, this one's big, rough, and boozy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No bueno. Looks kinda brown. Peach? Slightly. Far too hot. Guess the molotov series hasn’t changed any in that respect regardless of peaches or whatever other adjuncts are added.

Yeah, they CAN be a bit spendy, but I am really digging the Evil Twin CANs as a part of The CANQuest (tm)! It seems like every time that I turn around, I find another one. Hey, keep 'em coming, I say.

From the CAN: "Despite the crudeness it's tricky to make an effective Molotov surprise. Despite its unruly nature it's tricky to resist a game of fruit themed beer roulette - spin the wheel of Evil Twin cause you're in for a fruity surprise."; "Imperial India Pale Ale with Natural Flavors added".

I Crack!ed open my last beer of Easter Break 2018 while having the NCAA Men's Final Four game in the background. I then performed a slow, gentle Glug into the awaiting glass as I CANtemplated the past four days. It was pretty successful all the way around, so I celebrated with an in-glass swirl that raised just under tow fingers of dense, foamy, tawny head with moderate retention. There was not much lacing as it fell to wisps so I briefly turned my attention back to the basketball game. Color was solid Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9) with NE-quality clarity & I breathed a sigh of relief since I prefer clarity. Breathing deeply of the beer, I got a shot of earthy malts & peaches, but I was unCANvinced that it was a DIPA. Surprise! Where were the hops? Mouthfeel was medium-to-full, not quite creamy, but on the approach. The taste was quite peachy with a fusel alcohol burn on the tongue, but I still was not getting a sense of hops and/or bitterness, bith hallmarks of the style. Finish had a very dry heat that was only slightly cut by the sweetness of the peach. Phew! This was determined to get me where I was going & in one quick hurry. My heart skipped a beat or two as I exhaled. This was no foolin' around!

Can from Beer Heaven. Deep golden orange color, thick head fades to clumps. Boozy malty aroma with a hint of stone fruit. Hops and booze move up to dominate the taste and palate, peaches linger to add some touches of sweetness. Tasty, and potent AF

 

 

The swift kick to the teeth that is the Molotov Cocktail sees yet another resurgence. As if this bomb of a beer isn't surprise enough on the palate, their fruit forward theme continues but this time on the backbone of peaches.

Amber gold and with frothy white cap, the ale captivates the nose with a host of orchard fruit aromas. Citrus, orchard and tropical scents tease the olfactory while a twinge of alcohol spice and botanicals suggests something stronger in both flavor and feel. Sweet maltiness splashes the tongue with a blend of poundcake, honey and caramel.

With much of the sweetness holding firm, the flavors splash the middle palate by releasing bold hop complexities along the way. Bright citrus flavors of grapefruit from hops lead the way, but those ripe nectarine flavors really kick this taste into gear. Lime and orange peel round the citrus while a rich blend of apricot, mango and peach nearly take on jammy proportions. Spicy and bitter, the monstrous ale turns the corner with the sharpness of pine sap, pine cone and a medley of herbaceous grasses.

Full bodied and hitting the palate with a strong curaçao liquor spice, a peppery sensation comes with a malty dry late palate with an afterglow of citrus rinds and tropical fruit punch flowing into a long and bitter aftertaste.