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Moylander Double IPA
Moylan's Brewery
- From:
- Moylan's Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,586 - ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #9,651 - Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 10.7%
- Reviews:
- 511
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 31, 2023
- Added:
- Apr 21, 2002
- Wants:
- 31
- Gots:
- 33
No description / notes.
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Ratings by hoody711:
Reviewed by hoody711 from Illinois
3.83/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.83/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
First foray into Moylander's - review will be written at opening of bottle and review half an hour later and amended as necessary.
A - poured into a tulip. Pretty, clear, light amber with a little bit of dark orange. Head is medium and settles to about a finger-breadth. Sticky and lacy.
S - sweet and peaty followed by a little bit of bitterness. I don't smell a ton of hops for a DIPA, but if it doesn't hit me in the face with citrus, I usually can't pick out the idiosyncrasies. I don't smell any booze for a 8.5%er. Reminds me a lot of Red Rocket Ale.
T - not at all what I expected. With the Scottish-like smell, I expected badness (personal preference). But this is very interesting. Sweet caramel and almost dark chocolate notes followed by a piney hop bitterness. There's a little bit of that Scottish blech at the end, but for the most part this is complex and good.
M - light-medium and a little oily. Somewhat sticky on the palate. Very little alcohol warmth - the hop bitterness does stick around though.
O - Pretty good here. The bottle is plastered with all the medals this beer has won. Personally I don't see it - there are plenty of DIPAs I would prefer. I don't think this would crack my top 25, but that isn't saying it's not a good beer. We'll see how a little warmth treats it - it was sitting in the back of the fridge. [Not much to add after waiting a bit. It actually seems to have gained a little brightness. Maybe a little apple is coming out in the taste as well, but I'm probably making that up.]
Dec 05, 2012A - poured into a tulip. Pretty, clear, light amber with a little bit of dark orange. Head is medium and settles to about a finger-breadth. Sticky and lacy.
S - sweet and peaty followed by a little bit of bitterness. I don't smell a ton of hops for a DIPA, but if it doesn't hit me in the face with citrus, I usually can't pick out the idiosyncrasies. I don't smell any booze for a 8.5%er. Reminds me a lot of Red Rocket Ale.
T - not at all what I expected. With the Scottish-like smell, I expected badness (personal preference). But this is very interesting. Sweet caramel and almost dark chocolate notes followed by a piney hop bitterness. There's a little bit of that Scottish blech at the end, but for the most part this is complex and good.
M - light-medium and a little oily. Somewhat sticky on the palate. Very little alcohol warmth - the hop bitterness does stick around though.
O - Pretty good here. The bottle is plastered with all the medals this beer has won. Personally I don't see it - there are plenty of DIPAs I would prefer. I don't think this would crack my top 25, but that isn't saying it's not a good beer. We'll see how a little warmth treats it - it was sitting in the back of the fridge. [Not much to add after waiting a bit. It actually seems to have gained a little brightness. Maybe a little apple is coming out in the taste as well, but I'm probably making that up.]
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.5/5 rDev -12.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -12.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
650 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 8.5%. Hazy deep golden to brown colour, moderate to low coarse head. Intense aroma of American hops, orange marmalade, pine and crystal malts. The flavour is intensely hoppy from start to finish, fruity, resinous and very bitter. Fairly sweet malts in the background. Long bitter aftertaste. Your tastebuds will never be the same again - at least not in an hour ...
May 30, 2022Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
4/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Bottle from Brewers Haven. Orange/ golden body with small soapy head. Appealing aroma leaning more on the hops, but also featuring a robust malt bill. Taste comes into full bloom with the hops, not overdone, but with a nice resinous flavor that lasts from start to finish. Balanced and delicious, slick, taste lingers.
Aug 06, 2016Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.77/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Hits the dark orange stride, good 1/2" white head on top. Aroma hit pine and citrus.
Heavier malt bill than the great ones have. Moylans always seems to roll that way. Lots of caramel and toffee. Sticky, warming alcohol presence.
Bomber format is expensive, would not repeat, even though a good, not great beer. Moylans is good when you want to feel like its the 90s again.
Apr 28, 2016Heavier malt bill than the great ones have. Moylans always seems to roll that way. Lots of caramel and toffee. Sticky, warming alcohol presence.
Bomber format is expensive, would not repeat, even though a good, not great beer. Moylans is good when you want to feel like its the 90s again.
Moylander Double IPA from Moylan's Brewery
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
724 ratings
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