Double Coulter IPA "Dos Cone Es"
Cismontane Brewing Company

 

 

 

Pleasantly surprised. This is much more like a barleywine than an IIPA. In fact, according to the bottle it says a rye barleywine ale. Very sweet and amazing tasty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A- Pours a cloudy amber with minimal head that leaves a small amount of lacing.

S- Some caramel, pineapple, pine notes. It has a very sweet smell.

T- Taste follows the nose to a tee. It is sweet with caramel pineapple and pine. Not much bitterness for a IIPA.

M- It is a bit dry with little carbonation.

O- Very good beer especially if you like your IIPA's on the sweet side.

 

 

 

500 ml bottle. Pours a nice warm red-tinged amber color. Cloudy, lots of sediment towards the bottom of the bottle. Medium light khaki head. Creamy. Good retention and lacing. Lots of hops and rye in the aroma. Hops are a mix of pine resin, grapefruit and pineapple with a little bit of blackberry and wildflower. Big caramel note. Lots of spicy, doughy rye flavor. Taste is fairly sweet. Lots of caramel and rye. Big piney hops. Good dose of bitterness but not overbearing. Some booze. It's a bit much but for a 11.5% DIPA/ASA, I'm not going to criticize too much. Finish is floral, bitter and sweet with caramel. Lingering pine flavor. Mouthfeel is thick and a bit low on carbonation. Good beer, but it still suffers from the common flaws of big (>10% abv) hoppy beers.

Pours a beautiful copper - amber with solid head retention and ample lacing. A little cloudy, appearance is similar to solidified resin, which forshadows the taste.
Nose resembles wood resins with a little pineapple, with some hop dankness mixed in.
The taste is amazing - intense dank resins and pineapple, with a pleasant bitterness on the finish. Very lively mouthfeel with some nice acidity from the alcohol.
I had this beer first at an IPA fest at Far Bar and it stood out above the others. That my local Whole Foods has it on tap is pure heaven. An obvious comparison would be to Pliny the Younger considering it's weight class: Younger has more citrus hop character, is smoother and more drinkable. Dos Cones (it's plural) has a more intense, resiny character with a more tropical hop profile. Both are hard to stop drinking. From looking at other reviews, Dos Cones seems to show much better on tap.