The Double
Building 8 Brewing (BLDG8)

Tallboy can into pint glass. Came recommended by the guy working at the liquor store, with whom I go to with every question I ever have about anything. I would let this guy pick my lotto numbers for me. I would let this guy name my firstborn.
Hazy pink-gold in color. White 2-finger head. Clouds of delicate lacing and lingering ring. Smells faintly of pine and pineapple. Flavor is grapefruit-forward and bitter. Dry finish, leaves a little resinous taste in my mouth, which is always welcome and appreciated. Good beer!

16oz can. No date. Sample from the brewery. Thanks, O'Brian!

Clear, bright, golden with a thin creamy lace that sticks here and there and hangs out until the end. Clean nose with notes of pine, grapefruit, and bread. Body is lighter than expected, and I dig it. Crisp and super creamy too. Grapefruit right out of the gate. Zest, rind, flesh, and juice. All of it. Bitter. A little dank. Sticky resins. Pineapple and mandarin orange. Some toasty malts with a hint of caramel helps to round things out a bit, but the hops dominate and continue to assault the palate. A bit peppery in the dry finish. You know it's coming, but that 8.2% creeps up on you.

Don't sleep on The Double. It's a damn good West Coast-style Double India Pale Ale from an East Coast brewer. If I had local access, it'd easily become a go-to DIPA for me. I wish I had more!

 

 

Bready toasty caramely malt, white grapefruity bitterness, orange citrus, lemon pith, tropical fruit notes like pineapple, passionfruit, yellow mango, green leafy earthy herbal pine

 

 

 

Poured from a 16 oz can into a teku glass.

Pours a foggy amber color with 2 fingers of fluffy off-white head. The head has excellent retention, leaving a few spots of patchy lacing before settling into a blanket of foam.

The aroma brings plenty of grapefruit, orange rind, and sticky pine. The malt is present but only just.

The flavor is all about that earthy pine, with notes of grapefruit, orange pithe, and overripe mangoes. There's some sweet caramel malt hanging out in the back.

The feel is medium bodied with pretty lively carbonation. Nicely crisp, yet creamy with a bitterness that gently coats the tongue.

Overall, a great West coast style DIPA that is deliciously fruity with a bitter hop punch that knocks you in the teeth. Nicely balanced and drinkable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Had this on tap at Seymour in Greenfield. The beer had a burnt orange appearance with a large head that dissipated over time, leaving some patchy lacing. The aromas were mostly a yeasty-bready smell with a bitter flavoring to the taste. I did like how well carbonated the beer was; very crisp and great body. Overall, I found the beer ok, but pretty refreshing.