Weyerbacher Double Simcoe Double IPA

Weyerbacher Double Simcoe is one of those dank, pithy double IPAs that oozes resiny hop goodness. I just tapped a keg of it, probably the second time I've done so, but first since leaving notes on this blog. And I'm looking back at notes from the first time I had a bottle, received in trade, way back in July of 2006:


Appearance, a clear, blushing apricot color, under a blessedly big head, creamy colored, lots of lace.

Huge, wide open aroma, blasts out fresh grapefruit, lime, mango, with a slice of pineapple on top. Beautiful stuff! Gorgeous. A treat to breathe into the nose.

Taste: why not? ...mmmm, yes! Forceful entrance on the palate, vast flavor, dripping with oily hop flavor, fantastically tasty fruit character, and persistent feel on the tongue. Long lasting hoppy finish, big in the body. Caramel malt rises up in prominence and the sweet, bready taste is a keen companion to the hugeness of the hops.

This is almost perfect, I nearly think. The 9% is hardly noticed. Wait, ...there it is, okay...

Great texture, great flavor, vibrant and memorable.

Eight years later, guess what, I still like it.