Day 32: 02.01.10 Moylan's Hopsickle

Moylan's Brewery

Novato, California


Hopsickle Imperial Ale


Style: Double/ Imperial India Pale Ale
Availability: Limited - Summer
Format: 22oz
ABV: 9.2%
IBU's: 100+
Malt: American 2 Row Crystal Malt 15L & 45L Acidulated Malt
Hops: Yakima Chinook, Simcoe, Columbus, Cascade, Ahtanum
Yeast: White Lab #001 - Chico


Bottle text & Info:
This is a "Hop" tribute, worthy of a King's Imperial Court! Enjoy the blast of fresh Tomahawk, Cascade and Centennial Hops as they stimulate the taste buds in a truly imperial fashion. Pucker Up!


Tasting Notes:
First off. Let me say. HAPPY ONE MONTH!, BEER BLOG! You've been a good to me and its been fun to watch you go. Couple more months and we'll have you on a regular sleep schedule. Ok. Moylans Hopsickle. Let's do it:


Pours a bright peach color with some slight hop haze and large singular bubbles rising. A generous off white head shows good retention and then without warning completely disappears. Whoa. Smells like shoving your face in a barrel hops. This is a good thing. So much going on here. An fantastic Cantaloupe note followed by red grapefruit, orange rind and wild flowers. Body is slick but not syrupy showing some incredible lacing clinging to the glass through the session. WOW. A total assault on the taste buds. Grapefruit, grapefruit and more grapefruit. Bitter from start to finish -  this guy is an absolute bruiser and a total assault on your tastebuds. It's a good thing my father-in-law's a dentist because I think i just tore all the enamel off my teeth. I love my DIPA's so this wasn't enough for me to wave the white flag. Hell no. In the words of the Alstrom bros, "I want my DIPA's to bring it and this one brought it"... and then some. 
I would like to see the price come down on this is a bit. 10$ a 22oz is steep! I love that Moylans is a super small craft brewery that is owned and operated by beer nerds brewing for beer nerds. Go to the beer/specs page of their website to see what i'm talking about. I mean who puts up a PDF spec sheet on each beer. That's what i'm talkin about Moylan's. A fitting beer to celebrate one month!