Disheveled Dave
Spiteful Brewing

Bottled March 2016; drank 4/2/16 @ the Yarchives.

Cloudy orange appearance.

Minimal off-white head; decent lace.

Grapefruit & caramel notes in the nose.

Medium mouthfeel.

Grapefruit & caramel flavors; no booze heat.

Too much caramel & very simple. Boring but drinkable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22oz Bomber
$9.99
Binny's - Willowbrook.

Batch #393

Disheveled Dave is one pale IIPA. It pours the palest of golden with a touch of orange scattered about if nowhere enear the light. Tiny bubbles rush to the head from what seams like every surface of the glass all the while bolstering the finger high cotton white foam. Each drink leaves behind thin sheet lacing to decorate the glass. Dave might look disheveled but this beer is purdy.

The nose is slammed full of citrus and tropical notes. Candied orange peel and marmalade start things off before ripe pineapple tangerine pop to the forefront. Orange leads the way with this beer. It's very fresh without the bitter elements as if it was just plucked off a tree. The malt base is all pale as it gets with a simple sugar cookie sweetness with some cotton candy remnants. Very nicely done!

The orange pops. It's big off the bat and doesn't screw around. While the candied peel and marmalade are still present there's also a pithy aspect to the flavor. Tangerine, from rind to fruit, plays a large role as well. Tropical suggestions begin and end with mild, ripe, and complimentary pineapple. The malt profile, again, is simple, pale, and sugar cookie forward.

There's nothing I hate more, well almost nothing, than a syrupy, viscous IIPA. This beer is the polar opposite of that. It's the easiest drinking beer I've ever come across at 9%. This beer literally drinks like a 5% pale ale. The body sits a touch below moderate with a silky feel and surprising bitterness. A backend dryness accentuates the bitterness and bumps it higher on the scale to moderate+. This beer is danger.

Desheveled Dave is another winner from the folks at Spiteful. Do these guys release a beer that's mediocre? Not that I've found. This is a shocker with the saturated orange and tangerines qualities and amazingly drinkable feel for the abv. I'd buy this again at $10 a pop.

The nose is nothing to write home about....but in turn I was impressed with the overall taste. Nice citrusy...tropical...mangoy hop flavored, but not overpowering. I will look to purchase again for sure.

 

Pale gold and orangey. Ample foam, drippy lacing, broken surface skim.
Aroma is citrusy, orangey, and pungent, though not overly so.
Zesty orange and tangerine, moderate hop bitterness that's manageable.
Seems a little lighter bodied than the many other Spiteful DIPA's, which is a welcome twist.
Overall it's very drinkable, clean and dry with a dominating citrusy hop profile.