Denogginizer Double IPA
Drake's Brewing Co.

Pours a semi clear amber with thick head.

Smell is fruity and intense. Notes of pine, grapefruit, peach and caramel.

Taste is intense, fruity and fiery. Notes of pine, grapefruit, orange, citrus peel, caramel and peach. Powerful bitterness.

Mouthfeel is medium sot full, chewy and well carbonated.

Overall, an intense DIPA/TIPA that manages to be quite balanced.

 

 

Drank out of a pint glass.
Basically clear orange color with a full frothy head.
Smells of sweet malt.
Nice smooth full mouth feel.
Nice balance of sweetness and bitterness.

I don't know if there was something wrong with this can. It was in date and nothing seemed off. It looked the part smelled the part, felt the part, but when I tasted it, it fell flat. It was soapy the bitterness was just bad and it tasted dirty. Maybe the yeast was infected or something but it didn't taste right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pushing ten percent in alcohol and built in the West Coast style, Drake's Brewing isn't pulling any punches in their Imperial IPA. Brace yourself!

Pale amber and reasonably hazy, the foggy honey-like Denogginizer strikes the nose with bold citrus, stone fruit, tropical fruit, floral aromas and a bold peppery spice as its foamy head beings to build. Sweet in its early impressions, the malt influence applies a coat of honey, caramel and toasted nuttiness to seem like granola.

As its flavors flood the middle palate, the hops blast the palate with a classic and resinous taste of grapefruit and orange while secondary flavors of pineapple, apricot and dragonfruit as the strong esters and fruity hops intertwine on the tastebuds. As the stubborn malts start to dissolve, the hop bitterness grows into a peppery, spicy and resinous taste of pine sap, citrus peels and gin-like botanicals as the session starts to wain.

Full bodied and drying to a malty-dry status, the decidedly bitter beer seems even more so because of the spicy alcohols that keep those gin-like impression flowing through a long and bitter aftertaste. It's a good beer, just nothing to lose your head over.

Deep copper in color. Thick off white head. Very good lacing. Nose is piney and slightly citrus with a sweet caramel hint. Taste was slightly caramel and pine. Good bitterness, not as much as I prefer though.

 

 

Pour is a very amber color with the two finger foam head that isn't very retentive.

All I can really smell is a sweet (malty?) Aroma that I cannot identify.
Taste is of hops and a light hint of apple. Finishes with mild bitterness and leaves minimal lacing.

Denogginizer
By Drakes $14.99 sixer at San Francisco Target (bottled 04/19/22) poured into a juice glass at the hotel

A-A careful pour results in a 1-1/2 finger frothy off-white head atop a slightly hazed golden-orange body with loads of carbonation. Awesome fluffy rings are left behind as the head holds near a full finger throughout.

S-Big and hoppy, though lots of malt backbone too. Grapefruit and sweet dough. Leafy, leathery, some herbal and medicinal notes.

T- As the aroma suggests. Big grapefruit hops. Sweet, doughy and husky malts. Also leafy tobacco. Kind of biting at points, both boozy and hoppy.

M- Medium full body. Bone dry. Hoppy bite. Hints of booze warmth.

O- A big drinking double ipa. Bold and complex. Edges toward harsh at points.

9.75 abv 91 ibu

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