any IPA fans?
SN does an excellent job. I just had the Celebration ale and it is an excellent combination of malt and hops. That beautiful amber color and yeasty and hoppy nose just smell like Christmas and Thanksgiving. Not a hop monster but enough bitterness to satisfy an IPA lover.maskaggs wrote:Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA this evening. Not bad - Sierra Nevada does OK for itself.
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I have the Bigfoot Barleywine from each year going back to 2005. Need to host a vertical tasting. Hop and malt overload, but perfectly in balance...SRD wrote:SN does an excellent job. I just had the Celebration ale and it is an excellent combination of malt and hops. That beautiful amber color and yeasty and hoppy nose just smell like Christmas and Thanksgiving. Not a hop monster but enough bitterness to satisfy an IPA lover.maskaggs wrote:Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA this evening. Not bad - Sierra Nevada does OK for itself.
Regards,
Regards,
Tim
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I like beer of all styles, but was branded a hophead long ago.
A few notables available in the Chicago area and possibly elsewhere:
Goose Island - India Pale Ale (great example, but then again these folks know how to brew)
Three Floyds - Alpha King (listed as an American Pale Ale, but the line between the two styles can get fuzzy in my opinion)
Two Brothers - Resistance IPA (aged in giant French oak vats)
A few notables available in the Chicago area and possibly elsewhere:
Goose Island - India Pale Ale (great example, but then again these folks know how to brew)
Three Floyds - Alpha King (listed as an American Pale Ale, but the line between the two styles can get fuzzy in my opinion)
Two Brothers - Resistance IPA (aged in giant French oak vats)
Sign Me Up!TRBeck wrote:I have the Bigfoot Barleywine from each year going back to 2005. Need to host a vertical tasting. Hop and malt overload, but perfectly in balance...
Andy
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Andy, if you can get to DFW, you're welcome! I don't have many friends in the area who'd be up for such a monumental tasting, so it keeps getting postponed. At this point, the 2005s are begging to be opened...
Goose Island is great stuff. I hope it stays so under new corporate direction. I have a brother in Chicago, and I'm always tempted to ask him for help obtaining this brew, since we can't get it here in Texas. However, he's a teetotaler, and asking him to buy on someone else's behalf is not a great idea.
Regards,
Goose Island is great stuff. I hope it stays so under new corporate direction. I have a brother in Chicago, and I'm always tempted to ask him for help obtaining this brew, since we can't get it here in Texas. However, he's a teetotaler, and asking him to buy on someone else's behalf is not a great idea.
Regards,
Regards,
Tim
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Pliney the Younger is rated the #1 beer in the world by Beer Advocate magazine. Pliney the elder is rated number 6 I believe. Both should be fantastic.Dapper Dad wrote:I've got my California recon team working on some "Pliny The Elder" and "Pliny The Younger." It's a surprise for a friend of mine, supposed to be fantastic. Anyone ever experienced it?
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Re: any IPA fans?
I remember when IPA was the cheap beer we drank when we could afford nothing better as students! Enough change from a quid for a packet of crisps!changabang wrote:As in India Pale Ale? Discovered this heavenly ale at a local brew pub a few years back, and now, when I'm in the grocery store, I find myself seeking out new craft libations to try out. We have local favorites Long Trail, Magic Hat, Harpoon and Smuttynose, all pretty decent refreshments. What, if any, are your favorite IPA's from your neck of the woods?
OK, last week my wife was kind enough to bring home some Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA. I usually have the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale but this Torpedo Extra was not disappointing.
This weekend she surprised me with some Smuttynose IPA from Portsmouth,NH, and once again I was not disappointed.
I just turned 60 and sippin' that Smuttynose and looking at those two ol' boys on the label made me feel like I was there laughing along with them. Very nice.
Cheers,
This weekend she surprised me with some Smuttynose IPA from Portsmouth,NH, and once again I was not disappointed.
I just turned 60 and sippin' that Smuttynose and looking at those two ol' boys on the label made me feel like I was there laughing along with them. Very nice.
Cheers,
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Were I to find another bottle of Sierra Nevada in my hand, I would undoubtedly run a hand over my 1 day stubble and imagine myself among the mountain men, beflanneled and toting an ax, looking forward to the beer awaiting me after a day's work. Then I'd remember I'm a pudgy grad student in Northern Indiana and grab another beernteeman wrote:OK, last week my wife was kind enough to bring home some Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA. I usually have the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale but this Torpedo Extra was not disappointing.
This weekend she surprised me with some Smuttynose IPA from Portsmouth,NH, and once again I was not disappointed.
I just turned 60 and sippin' that Smuttynose and looking at those two ol' boys on the label made me feel like I was there laughing along with them. Very nice.
Cheers,
Regards,
Mike
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I love that lable.maskaggs wrote:Were I to find another bottle of Sierra Nevada in my hand, I would undoubtedly run a hand over my 1 day stubble and imagine myself among the mountain men, beflanneled and toting an ax, looking forward to the beer awaiting me after a day's work. Then I'd remember I'm a pudgy grad student in Northern Indiana and grab another beernteeman wrote:OK, last week my wife was kind enough to bring home some Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA. I usually have the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale but this Torpedo Extra was not disappointing.
This weekend she surprised me with some Smuttynose IPA from Portsmouth,NH, and once again I was not disappointed.
I just turned 60 and sippin' that Smuttynose and looking at those two ol' boys on the label made me feel like I was there laughing along with them. Very nice.
Cheers,
By the way, I have noticed Bell's Two Hearted showing up on draught lately. Check the taps at your local, because it is a thing of beauty.
Andy
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