2014 Devil Dancer with no hop flavor!?

No, just had one a week ago. A loads of malt in that beer, but plenty of hops to BALANCE it. I like it with a little age on it, as it seems too boozey when young.

 

You mention no hop flavor in the thread title but then mention no hop bitterness in your original post.. I would say those are not one and the same... As a matter of fact some of my favorite IPAs have plenty of hop flavor without much hop bitterness. Are you saying it has no hop flavor AND no hop bitterness or only one of the above?? Sorry, just asking for clarification..

 

Maybe just rude TLC prior to purchase? It happens...

 

Are you sure you aren't tasting hops? Mine don't have the upfront dankness they had the first few weeks, but that was a couple of months ago. I had one during the "WBAYDN #666" thread a few days ago.

The main flavor was still citrusy, spicy hops; very acidic with all those alpha/bitterness acids at 12%. A little bit of malt, but nowhere near even the palest American barleywines I've had.

 

Dissenter is much more of a traditional IPA/IPL; Devil Dancer is very unique IMO/IME.

And you're forgetting my favorite, 7 weeks or so from now -



Cheers

 

The bottles with "zero" hop flavor were capped late, when everyones back were turned the hops snuck out. You gotta keep an eye on those hops, they are sneaky buggers.

Seriously though, it is likely you and not the beer. I have had several Devil Dancer anywhere from fresh to years old, I have never had a bottle with "zero" hop flavor. With the amount of hops used in this beer it is simply not possible. This is a big beer, there is a lot of malt flavor and it may be rather sweet but i guarantee there is some hop flavor and bitterness there. This sounds like a textbook case of Lupulin Threshold Shift.

 

Yes, I had a definite hop presence. It sort of reminded me of an American Barleywine; kind of like Bigfoot.

 

The Devil Dancers I've tried have definite hop presence with both identifiable hop flavors and noticable hop bitterness. Given my experience with highly hopped, high ABV IPA, in about 9 months I'd expect the hop bitterness would be all gone but even then there would still be noticable hop flavors mixed in with the malt flavor.

 

I second this motion - but will add that it was extra sweet.

 

Well worth it. But was shut out last year myself....

 

I agree. Triple IPAs like this one get close to Barleywine area. I didn't get much hop flavor compared to the sweetness but still enjoyed the brew.

 

Time for a palate cleansing...

 

Problem with hoppy high ABV beers is that sometimes the alcohol overpowers the hops.

 

I remember the first time I had it in 2011 it tasted like straight menthol. I have never been a fan.

 

I'm hoping they bring the ABV back down to 2012 levels. I thought last years was way too hot and overshadowed the great fresh hop flavors.

 

Drinks like a Barleywine...I agree.