Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Moylan Hopsickle

It's an imperial IPA, what more do you want? Maybe a bottle opener?

Moylan Hopsickle = 9/10
Ratebeer 3.94 99th percentile
Beer Advocate A-

True to form: big citrus and sweet pine peak out of this mixed up hop soup. It is teeters on the good side of too hoppy, but oddly not very astringent. Each painful sip is very dry with mouth puckering resins, citrus and pine. The malt flavours are unknown due to an intense hop barrage. If I had to guess: floral and caramel. It stays long on the tongue with a resinous tingle. Sure to separate the true hop head from the wannabes.

Taste +4
Aftertaste +2
Alcohol Content +1 9.2%
Value +1
Appearance +1 (beautiful colour and OK label)

Unearthly Imperial IPA
Hop Stoopid
Half Pints Humulus Ludicrous

2 comments:

Pedle Zelnip said...

"It's an imperial IPA, what more do you want?"

Maybe *where* you managed to get it from? My local liqour store once got a limited shipment of Moylans beer a couple years ago and I've been trying to get my hands on some again ever since. Great stuff.

Unknown said...

Sorry Pedle. This is an old review. Check the Cook Street CBAW they get Moylan in sometimes. Also check Hillside.