Beer Camp Double IPA

[Beer-lord]

Opened the bomber I got yesterday and realized it's actually more than a bomber in size.....actually 24 oz instead of 22.....nice!
It pours with a nice, creamy white head. It's a bit lighter in color than I expected. The nose is semi tropical with some citrus as well.
It doesn't taste like a 8.5% double IPA.I don't really get any grapefruit like many have said and do notice a bit of orange but it's a very well balanced flavor with the bittering from front to back that stays even.

It's hard to believe this beer in this size was only $4.99. It's a good beer, not great but very good. There's nothing that would stop me from keeping a few in my fridge but they have all but disappeared.

[Inkleg]

Just ran across one of these today, it's in the fridge chilling.

[Kealia]

Wow, I really wonder if I had a bad bottle. My smelled like skunk - nothing tropical or citrus in it at all.
I know tastes differ, but this sounds like a completely different beer than I tried.

[jivex5k]

Sounds like UV exposure Kealia.

[Beer-lord]

Wow, I really wonder if I had a bad bottle. My smelled like skunk - nothing tropical or citrus in it at all.
I know tastes differ, but this sounds like a completely different beer than I tried.

I have a second bottle I got for RedBEERd so we'll see what he thinks when he drinks it.
Don't get me wrong the nose wasn't 'in your face' but no way was this skunked at all.

[BlackDuck]

Gotta keep an eye for this....I haven't seen it yet.

[Beer-lord]

I wanted the 12 pack but they're all gone here and I'm guessing it's too late now.

[Kealia]

Oh, and I guess when you're a moderator you can open your own thread on a topic even though one already exists, huh? Like my thread wasn't good enough for you...


To clarify my original thoughts - I'm not sure the beer was 'skunked' in the sense that we think about UV exposure but I suppose it could have been. What I smelled was just so far from tropical or citrus that I assumed at that point that it was a new/experimental hop that I wasn't familiar with. In a way it almost reminded me of the cat pee smell that some people attribute to Citra (Simcoe??) but I've never smelled it from those hops.

I just know that me no likey. And honestly, it's been a while since I've not liked an IPA. It reminded me of when I couldn't stand IPAs- one sip and pass.

[Beer-lord]

I'm doubly sorry.....sorry you didn't like it and sorry I didn't post in the original thread. I thought the original thread was about the 12 pack of collaboration brews. My bad. Mia culpa!

[Kealia]

Your penance:

[Beer-lord]

We might be able to work something out in the near future when I get my stocks up. I do have some dark beer I could send you tomorrow.

[Inkleg]

I do have some dark beer I could send you tomorrow.

[Kealia]

Don't encourage him, Jeff. It just makes him worse.