Here's one I've had before, on tap at Acadia, last year, accounting for my seven Untappd check-ins. I didn't get a keg (yet) this year, because I already have enough double IPA kegs on tap or hanging around. So, I made sure to pick up a can in a store, before it's too late, so it can make it's debut in the Nib.
Hazy, dark golden/amber color, slim white head.In the nose: Citrusy. Dank. Ominous.
In the mouth: Huge bitter bite from the first sip. Citrusy snap joins the attack. Plenty of malt to back it all up. Alcohol buzz comes popping in to catch up to the hop blitz. It all comes together. I love a good double IPA, as any regular reader knows, and this is one I'd return to again and again.
Crop Circus Double IPA features a huge, juicy hop profile typical of New England-style IPAs, but without the pulpy haze. Instead of a bracing hop bitterness, this beer opts to focus on smooth hop flavors and aromas brimming with tropical fruit and fresh citrus that result from the use of multiple cutting edge (alien?) hop technologies, including cryogenically separated hop resins and aromatic oils (aka "cryo hops"). While this hefty DIPA clocks in at a 8.4%, it goes down exceptionally smooth and finishes with only a touch of lingering hop bitterness. To put it succinctly, it's out of this world. Get it before it leaves the planet!
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