Dank Demon Imperial Dank IPA
Great Lakes Brewing Co.

 

 

 

Pours gold but looks amber in a glass, with a two to three finger foamy head. Aroma is all pine, all the time. There are overtones of citrus but they ride over the notes of pine and are more subdued. Taste is deeply pine, with what I detect as an orange aftertaste This brew is moderately bodied, quite juicy and aggressively hopped. Worthy of the title and your try.

Poured from a 16 oz can bought in Ohio.

L - Copper colored beer that is just a tiny bit hazy. Off-white head piles high, and then persists in rocky-looking piles and thick lacing.

S - Strong hoppy aroma of pine and citrus. It smells inviting for the DIPA style, but it is not overly pungent, despite the Dank name.

T - Good flavors for a DIPA, with strong citrus and pine hops balanced well by sweet malt. The sweetness combines with the sharp, green flavors to yield a candy-like impression.

F - Thick body, with some silkiness and moderate carbonation. Super strong hops bitterness and moderate alcohol bite.

O - This is a good DIPA but I was hoping for more aromatics, given the name.

Pours a slightly cloudy amber with a big sudsy head. Smell is piney, herbal fresh hops. Nice hop bitterness up front and through to the finish. Very bitter in the finish. Resinous. Dank. Earthy. This is a hop profile I enjoy. Lots of malt backing this up. Full bodied. A little warming boozy spiciness? This is one I'm inclined to like just on personal taste. I do think it might go a little too far- it sacrifices a lot of drinkability- I wouldn't want two of these.

On tap, pours a deep clear copper. The beer is well named. It's a dank and bitter old school IIPA. Makes a really nice change from the hazies now and again.

 

 

 

Had this from a can.
A: pours an amber body with a thick, light tan head with excellent retention and lacing.
S: sweet, citrus hop notes with some sweet alcohol and toffee notes.
T: sweet, dank hop taste with alcohol and sweet toffee notes. Some hints of vanilla.
M: full bodied and smooth.
O: solid feel and taste combo; excellent DIPA.

This was definitely piney and resinous in taste. This is actually one of the best IPA's this place makes I think honestly. I think ill look forward to this one each year.

I got a 4pck of cans of this beer from a beer store in Mount Vernon, Illinois. It poured a clear amber with thin off white head that is leaving a nice lace. The scent had fresh pine hop notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with dank bitter pine resin presence. The mouthfeel was medium in body and had good carbonation. Overall it is a good beer.

Phenomenal Imperial IPA! DD is a dank-hoppy-resinous, and pallette wrecking goodness!

Poured out of a 16 oz. can into my tulip glass, this beer pours a medium copper color with a nice white head that's about 2/3 of an inch thick when first poured. Pretty good head retention. Head settles eventually to a thin to medium sized ring lining the inside of the glass along with a few spots of surface coating of foam dotting the beer's surface here and there. Pretty good lacing. Aromas of some bready malts and resinous, dank, piney and grapefruit citrus hops. Has a bready, biscuity malt taste upfront w/ some caramel sweetness that's followed by the aforementioned piney, resinous, and citrus hop flavors. While there is good balance here overall, the hop flavor certainly do tend to dominate the overall flavor profile a bit. Has a crisp, yet smooth and slightly creamy/frothy, medium to full bodied, fairly dry mouthfeel w/ moderate carbonation. Has a fairly dry aftertaste as well, and the flavors do coat and then linger inside my mouth after each sip. A good beer here.

Eric

 

 

Bitter galore

Single can from Party Town

Golden ale white head with wonderful lacing

Robust earthy smells, pine, apple.

Toasted malt with a slight nutty flavor. Smooth feel. Maybe some apricot. Some apple peel tartness. Yep, dank. Crisp with a lingering bitter finish. Bold flavors, which don’t fully work well together, but makes this a sipping brew.

Different and in good enough ways to revisit.