BlackStack Red Bottoms Gold Top DIPA.
8.8 % ABV. BlackStack Brewing, St. Paul, MN.
Once more, a sample. I wouldn't have bought this due to the price and the inevitable disappointment.
Vaguely hazy (of course), bright yellow coloring, long-lasting ivory head, looking lovely.
In the nose: Softly citric, slight sweetness, echoes of the tropical, pineapple and papaya.
In the mouth: Brisk, brief bitterness, then all is juicy and just a little sweet. flashes of citrus, some orange, lemon, grapefruit mingle with the standout sweetness of the tropical notes. Medium bodied, light, smooth and utterly lacking in any of the qualities I'd ascribe to a double IPA.
It's a delightful enough drink, but 'tis no DIPA. Bring on the bitterness, load up on the hops!
I, for one, don't want a Double IPA that's been "smoothed out."
I will suggest a new name for this kind of beer: Imperial Hazy Not-really-an-IPA.
Try as I might, I can't help but gripe. These things they call DIPAs, they just aren't that anymore.
Our friends & fellow merchants in murk, Track Brewing Company, from Manchester, UK were kind enough to let us borrow their Gold Top treatment to bless this collab. Mosaic, Strata & shiny new Riwaka from New Zealand with healthy portions of protein heavy grains & a dash of milk sugar to smooth things out. As a wise woman once said: "these bloody hops were expensive indeed.
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