Monster Mash DIPA
Dominion City Brewing Co.

 

355 ml bottle served cool into a snifter. Canned September 19, 2023. Durand purchase.

Appearance - Hazy dark golden color with yellowy highlights and some honey brown in there too. Some sediment spills into the glass which is topped with a finger and a half of foamy white head.

Smell - Big citrus punch of orange and grapefruit. Mango undertones. Explosively fruity in aroma.

Taste - Nice citrus punch with orange leading the way and mango on the back end. Sort of bitter but not terribly so. Juicy.

Mouthfeel - Medium full bodied, very juicy with just the right heft and the right amount of dryness at the end. Satisfying carbonation. Crushable too.

Overall - With a fantastic nose, this is one of the best DIPA's I've had in recent memory, as the rest of the beer is equal to the initial thoughts.

A-Haxy orange with a sudsy head and sparse lacing
S-Aromas of candied fruit, prunes, and grapes. With a musky fragrance or earthy wood
M-Full body, low end carbonation with a heavy alcohol content quite apparent
T-Sweet upfront with overripe fruit coming through as if fermenting to create high level alcohol
O-Nice brew, but high level of alcohol comes out harder than I’d like. Advertised as DIPA but might be more of a triple overall

Pours a hazy orange color. Small head formation and light retention. Fruity, tangerine on the nose. Melon, mango taste. ABV nicely disguised. Overall a great DIPA.

 

Can: Poured a slightly hazy straw color ale with a large white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of juicy hops undertones of citrus is pretty enjoyable. Taste is a nice mix of juicy hoppy notes of citrus with some light wheat malt and some residual sugar is also apparent. Body is full with good carbonation. Enjoyable IIPA but maybe a tad sweeter then I would have liked