Hopulence West Sixth X Ethereal
West Sixth Brewing Company

When IPA becomes standard, then imperial IPA becomes something more. Understanding the need for more affordable luxuries, the breweries of West Sixth and Ethereal team up for a beer of elegance, boldness and power.

Hopulence pours with a reasonably hazy golden amber pour that resides underneath a cottony white cap. As a fruity, herbal and piney nose rises, the first sips of caramel, toast and nuttiness adds a fine graham cracker character to the beer's malty foundation. The hops wait no longer as they rebound from a perfumy scent into a bold fruit flavor of grapefruit and mandarin orange with hints of pineapple, mango and apricot. Trending swiftly bitter, the late palate shows continued hop development into pine, herbal grasses, peppery resins and alcohol spice.

Medium bodied and dangerously drinkable for such strong ale, this hop bomb is just as bitter as it is fruity and floral- a truly oppulent taste that most hop heads have been waiting for.

Pumpkin in color with bubbly white head. Nose is pine. Taste unfortunately had a buttery taste to it. Nice bitterness the taste ruined this beer. I think the piping maybe the problem.