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Double Daddy
Speakeasy Ales & Lagers
- From:
- Speakeasy Ales & Lagers
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #2,076 - ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #24,195 - Avg:
- 3.66 | pDev: 13.66%
- Reviews:
- 337
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 20, 2022
- Added:
- Aug 15, 2005
- Wants:
- 15
- Gots:
- 71
Doubling down on malt & hops, Double Daddy raises the stakes. Double Daddy pours a fiery orange with a lasting creamy white head. Triple dry-hopped with Pacific Northwest hops, the aroma is lush and floral with notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pine, and spice. Fresh pale malts and an orange marmalade tang balance the bold, bitter hops and lean mouthfeel.
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Ratings by BrewerB:
Reviewed by BrewerB from North Carolina
4.16/5 rDev +13.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
4.16/5 rDev +13.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
Poured a hazy, medium golden color with some paler straw-like highlighting. Formed a tight, white head that left an attractive lacing on the glass and retained well.
Aroma included very prominent pineapple-like fruitiness. Some clean malt underlying. Light esters. Dried apricots noted later in the session and an alcohol presence as the beer warmed. Lightly grassy.
Flavor was focused on a strong fruity character that included apricots, pineapples, grass, and hints of tangerine. Medium to medium-high bitterness felt low for the style. Some esters carried through from the nose. Alcohol noticed but still very drinkable, well-masked by fruity hops and malty sweetness. Medium-dry finish.
Medium-bodied, moderately-high level of carbonation with some effervescence. Smooth. No hop-derived astringency.
Dangerously drinkable IIPA. Fruity hops that show pineappple and dried apricots pairing nicely with light esters, malty sweetness, and a fairly dry finish. Could stand to have an increased bitterness. Hop flavor and malty sweetness felt appropriate for the style. Could easily drink 2-3 pints or more which says a lot for a 9.2% ABV beer.
Aug 03, 2008Aroma included very prominent pineapple-like fruitiness. Some clean malt underlying. Light esters. Dried apricots noted later in the session and an alcohol presence as the beer warmed. Lightly grassy.
Flavor was focused on a strong fruity character that included apricots, pineapples, grass, and hints of tangerine. Medium to medium-high bitterness felt low for the style. Some esters carried through from the nose. Alcohol noticed but still very drinkable, well-masked by fruity hops and malty sweetness. Medium-dry finish.
Medium-bodied, moderately-high level of carbonation with some effervescence. Smooth. No hop-derived astringency.
Dangerously drinkable IIPA. Fruity hops that show pineappple and dried apricots pairing nicely with light esters, malty sweetness, and a fairly dry finish. Could stand to have an increased bitterness. Hop flavor and malty sweetness felt appropriate for the style. Could easily drink 2-3 pints or more which says a lot for a 9.2% ABV beer.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by stcules from Italy
3.03/5 rDev -17.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
3.03/5 rDev -17.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Deep orange lightly veiled. Off white foam, a lot.
Malty and caramel nose, full. The grassy and citrus hop.
In the taste a shovel of malt and caramel. Chewy.
Then a lot of hop bitterness. Grapefruit and piney.
A bit heavy and it lacks of elegance. Full body, bitter aftertaste.
Unbalanced, chewy.
Dec 10, 2020Malty and caramel nose, full. The grassy and citrus hop.
In the taste a shovel of malt and caramel. Chewy.
Then a lot of hop bitterness. Grapefruit and piney.
A bit heavy and it lacks of elegance. Full body, bitter aftertaste.
Unbalanced, chewy.
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
2.92/5 rDev -20.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.92/5 rDev -20.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Clear orange-rust color.
Off-white head; strong lace.
Malty grapefruit nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Boring but balanced, this has a vague citrus & malt combination but fails to excite.
Mar 06, 2019Off-white head; strong lace.
Malty grapefruit nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Boring but balanced, this has a vague citrus & malt combination but fails to excite.
Rated by baldy00 from Connecticut
3.64/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
from the tap, in a pint glass, translucent, honey colored, mild citrus on the palette
Mar 28, 2018Reviewed by Dope from Massachusetts
3.67/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.67/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
No bottling date that I could find.
A: Pours a very cloudy dark orange. Good sized fluffy off-white head though. Good head retention and a smattering of lacing.
S: Huge sharp fruity hops. Citrusy mainly. Tangerine in there as well as some pungent dank spicy hops.
T: Again, big hops up front. Tangerine, citrus and a huge dose of dankness. Spicy pine in the middle and finish. Kind of an odd combination. Bready malt and then more of that dankness and pine in the aftertaste.
M: Medium bodied, sharply bitter. Very oily.
O: Kind of an odd beer. Weird combination of hops and with odd flavors. Strange random bitterness and a very oily mouthfeel, like someone poured hop oil into this thing. It's very muddled as a result. It's okay but not something I'd seek out again.
Dec 09, 2017A: Pours a very cloudy dark orange. Good sized fluffy off-white head though. Good head retention and a smattering of lacing.
S: Huge sharp fruity hops. Citrusy mainly. Tangerine in there as well as some pungent dank spicy hops.
T: Again, big hops up front. Tangerine, citrus and a huge dose of dankness. Spicy pine in the middle and finish. Kind of an odd combination. Bready malt and then more of that dankness and pine in the aftertaste.
M: Medium bodied, sharply bitter. Very oily.
O: Kind of an odd beer. Weird combination of hops and with odd flavors. Strange random bitterness and a very oily mouthfeel, like someone poured hop oil into this thing. It's very muddled as a result. It's okay but not something I'd seek out again.
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.99/5 rDev +9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This was poured into a snifter. The appearance was a nice looking transparent amber color. Carbonation was seen at the beginning moderately rising and then as the beer warmed up, there was none seen. The head was about a finger’s worth of white foaminess. Lacing clung nicely all around the glass. The smell had a moderate bittersweet citrus and piney hops being graced with a nice set of grassy hop oils. Light sweet onion arranges itself in and around the aroma. The taste was mainly bittersweet all around. Sweet onion, grassiness, pine and citrus blend eloquently and give off a nice sharpness on my tastebuds. A light citrusy aftertaste runs into a nice sweet finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionable feel about it. Carbonation ran fairly smooth to allow the bittersweet to become the harshness trying to wreck the palate. Overall, this was a well done DIPA. It does everything it’s supposed to do.
Jul 01, 2017Rated by jahbless from Pennsylvania
3.27/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.27/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Disappointing DIPA. I expected something with a darker color and smoother taste. Oh well, I guess I'm just not a fan of west coast IPAs.
Jan 27, 2017Reviewed by Skrumpy from Oregon
3.52/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Apparently they lowered the ABV from when it was added to BA. Maybe that improved it a bit? I would not call this a poor beer, but it's not outstanding either. Cloudy and orange with a creamy head - lots of lacing. Aroma is light tropical fruit and some bread like malt. A bit of the alcohol vapor present. Flavor is grassy hops, pine and some biscuit malt, but the balance seems off. Still some alcohol burn in it & a thin mouthfeel. Bitter aftertaste. Alright overall, but Not one I would drink again unless it was free.
Dec 02, 2016
Double Daddy from Speakeasy Ales & Lagers
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
715 ratings
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