Double IPA
Persephone Brewing

 

Persephone Brewing 'Double IPA' @ 9.0% , served from a 650 ml bottle purchased for $8.50
A-pour is a light gold from the bottle to a slight hazey gold in the glass with small white head leaving a streaky lace along the pint
S-citrus , pineapple , grapefruit
T-somewhat smooth , clean & crisp tasting
MF-ok carbonation , full bodied
Ov-nice overall DIPA
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Got on trade! 650ml bottle served at 4deg C in a draught glass

A- Opens well and pours a tiny 1/2" high head that is gone in a minute or two. Expected though. Medium to dark gold colour and unfiltered

S- Nice hops and malt here. Sweet.

T- Sweet and hop heavy. Traditional DIPA. Heavy on the c hops. Has nearly no heat all to it. Sweetness gets on you after a while. Would be a nice serving at 12oz.

M- Creamy going down then dries out. Starts to get a sickly sweetness so watch out

O- Nice brew. I like it. Would buy again but not go out of my way for it. Worth trying

Food Pairing

This nice little brew went well with........ Tempura shrimp sushi and tempura fish sushi. I had some tuna sashimi on the side and it was all lovely!!

Enjoy!!!

9% abv, 85 ibu, 650ml bottle.
A - little hazy dull light orange yellow with half finger head, lacing.
S - citrus, tangerine sweetness, honey, grassy, mint, grapefruit, floral, little caramel, dank, earthy.
T - mild carbonation. surprising light body than i expected from such style. coating malt sweetness, juicy, spice, and then punch of the hops, lingering harsh big hoppy, which i appreciated, that at least the bitterness somehow keep on style to DIPA. dry, short lasting.
O - would i say its a drinkable DIPA? standard DIPA (or hop juice?), lack of complexity, lack of depth in flavors, refresh & fruity noses. i like it, but prob not getting again, especially its relatively exp.er than other same style.

Poured from a 650ml Bottle.
A: Pours a clear Golden Amber with a very thin white head but pretty good lacing.
S: Very nice floral nose with a hint of honey there.
T: Well a big bitter hop hit that i like.
F: Somewhat of a flat low carbonation feel.
O: Pretty good DIPA but i feel it needs a bit of work the hop bitterness is there but i seems to me that is all they give to this IPA

Got this one from Rutger this past summer. Cheers! Drunk a day after I got it in August.

From a bomber into a snifter

APPEARANCE: Pours a 2+ finger, medium looking, creamy white head with excellent retention. Clear safety orange in color with lower levels of carbonation. Head fades to a splotchy wisp and leaves lots of lacing down the glass as it empties. Good looking for sure.

SMELL: Caramel malts, grapefruit, passion fruit, citrus notes and honeydew melon. Bold, fruity and very enticing. Loved this nose on this one.

TASTE: Grapefruit, passion fruit and caramel malts up front. Flavorful stuff for sure. Big finish with a bold and lingering aftertaste of tropical passion fruit, citrus, grapefruit, hop bitterness and some honeydew melon sweetness as a solid balancing backbone. Very fruity, hoppy and flavorful. Really hits the spot.

PALATE: Really, really good stuff. Lots of fruity hop character and balanced bitterness. One I thoroughly enjoyed and would revisit often if it were available to me. Seems like some other reviewers had a different experience than I did, but the bottle I had could compete with the best of them. Thanks for the brews Rutger!

 

Couldn't' get through my bottle. Pungent floral aroma and flavour with almost no sweetness from the malt bill. Extreme bitterness (which I enjoy if done well) that was off putting.

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a nice golden brass colour with a 1/2 inch white head that fades quickly. Good lacing. Strong floral, piney aroma with a hint of fresh bread. First taste is a strong grapefruit and resinous pine. After swallowing, flavours of apricot and sweet malts start to come through to mellow out the strong hop bitterness. A very nice DIPA for a new brewery.

 

 

 

Thanks to Kump for sending this as part of CanBIF 2014. Served in a tulip.

A - A finger-plus of white foam settles to a collar, wisps, and a few splotches of lace. Transparent golden body.

S - Classic DIPA with a good dose of pine and grapefruit hops with a bit of spice to it as well. Some sweet caramel and sugary malt, with a hint of alcohol in the periphery. Smells very fresh, but balanced in more of an East Coast US kind of way.

T - Taste is pretty similar, with a good balance of hop flavor, sweet malts, and lingering bitterness. Alcohol is better concealed here, and the bitterness doesn't get too excessive, which is a nice touch; sweetness lingers on the palate.

M - Medium-full body, with lingering hop oils and resins. A tiny bit of warming, but nothing excessive for 9%. Lower, but pleasant carbonation. Perhaps a bit heavier than I'd prefer from the style, but not out of line.

D - Assuming this is a rotating brew and not from January - I'll update the availability. I slowly worked through a bomber while working on a computer program. Probably not a beer I'd buy often, particularly since I've been spoiled by America's greatest DIPA, but a pretty decent local option and proof that Canada is slowly catching up to the US in the hoppy department. Still, it's a great beer circa 2009.