The Moylan’s IPA Face-off

Double IPA vs. Hopsicle Imperial Ale
Stats:
Double IPA: 8.5 %
Hopsicle Imperial Ale: 9.2%
We’d crossed paths with the infamous Moylan’s Double IPA before, sometime around 4/20 for our first round of beer reviews. In fact, it won over our taste buds over 5 other India Pale Ales. So, when we heard about the Hopsicle Imperial Ale, an IPA style that triples the hops– we were more than tempted. We just had to reopen the file and pit these beers against one another. ‘Clash of the titans’ and all that jazz.
The Double is an idyllic California brew that sniffs of Cascade hops and tastes almost like weed in its herby aftertaste. It’s thick and bitingly bitter, and from what we’d seen we knew it as the most iconic India Pale this state had to offer.
The Hopsicle, a self-described “triple hoppy imperial ale” seems to push the India Pale Ale moniker to the limits. Not only does it make use of something called “Tomahawk” hops, it has enough of a boozey syrup taste to almost match the hops flavors with sweet caramel notes. The beer has everything that makes a formidable beer freaks’ favorite. It even makes you burp hops.
Outcome: If you’re into strong beer than this contest is akin to, say, “Do I eat one tab of acid, or two.” Be safe.