Name – Samuel Adams Longshot Double IPA
Country – United States
Type – Double IPA
Appearance – Poured a very cloudy amber to copper color with a big slightly off white head that stuck around awhile and left a good amount of lacing on the glass.
Smell – Big hop smells with grapefruit and some pine notes to it.
Taste – As you would expect it has a big hop taste. Big grapefruit hops at that. Nice malt backing to it to even things out well. Very slight alcohol burn.
This is the second of the Longshot pack I got and by what the bottle cap says this was the overall winner in the contest and I can see why. Nothing fancy was done with this one just a straight forward and honest double IPA. Great look, smell and taste to it with nothing being left behind and nothing going over board. I really enjoyed this one.
Overall Grade – A
6 Comments
Been hearing lots of good things about this DIPA. I’m gonna have to go buy some and try it.
June 3, 2009 at 8:32 amIt is definitely the best out of the pack. If you can get singles of it I would say go for it because the Cranberry Wit and Bock are so so.
June 3, 2009 at 8:34 amI enjoyed the complex hop usage. The use of so many varieties gave the brew a rich rather than thin hop flavor!
June 3, 2009 at 9:36 amIt is definitely a good one and glad that it was the overall winner out of the three in the pack.
June 3, 2009 at 2:05 pmI think it is the best one. Of course, it’s not surprising that you liked the IPA the best 🙂
June 3, 2009 at 4:43 pmNope not surprising at all. I love my big hop IPAs.
June 3, 2009 at 4:46 pm