Their other brews are excellent too.
Posted on 02/28/2014 12:06:06 PM PST by Pontiac
THINK YOU DON'T like IPAs? Too bitter, too intense? Many are. Tongue-numbingly resinous and paint-thinner strong, today's double and triple India Pale Ales have a few devoted, if masochistic, fans. But to those of us more interested in grace than grandeur, IPAs can be hard beers to love. Or even swallow.
No longer. Showcasing new and experimental breeds of hops, the latest pale ales offer a welcome change of pace: nuanced flavor.
So get them while you can: a fleeting, flickering burst of tropical sun in a northern winter.
1. Great Lakes Chillwave Double IPA (9.4% ABV): Hop-of-the-moment Mosaic bursts through this beer like a splash of mango nectar. It comes on like fruit soda but finishes with an IPA's bracing bitter kick.
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/johnny
And Troeg's Nugget Nectar is a heck of an IPA. As well as the IPA from Brooklyn Brewery.
Sam Adams...great marketing, bland microbrews overall. Summit from St. Paul is much better, and as a company just a couple years younger.
But I did try the mix-pack of Adams’ pale ales and was happy enough that I’d buy it again if I found it. Probably wouldn’t buy a 12 of any of them individually, though.
My newest favorite is the He’brew mixed pack of IPAs...Hop Manna is an absolutely fitting name and the Rye IPA is wonderful as well.
Their other brews are excellent too.
Have you tried their Tornado?
When I was growing up, Labatt’s IPA was the beer that all fathers of teenagers drank at home because they knew we wouldn’t touch it.
One of my all time favorite IPAs! Can’t find it in Maryland. But I was blessed with a delivery of Fulton SCoV (and Surly Furious, and several other styles from vaious Minnesota breweries) from friends who drove here in January - just ahead of a winter storm that followed them.
>> Great Lakes Chillwave Double IPA (9.4% ABV)
Way too high ABV for first-timers. I suggest staying under 7% which is still strong. The alcohol intake is about twice that of a light beer. So if you’re accustomed to consuming pints of light beer, be advised.
Pinging the Ohio list..
Bought & Brewed most of them all last 12 years or so...best of the lot so far...KBBA...Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale...a bit strong and a bit pricey...I have taken to using it as a mix together with SNPA...maybe a touch of Torpedo, but not much...IPA can be and mean anything one wants it to.....my own McG’s is fine for me...but I do use mostly store-bought!
Used to brew...just extract brewing...and...the Mr Beer...2gal containers are just right for experimenting...one I get a recipe down where I’m satisfied w/it...5 gal buckets are fine...
Jus’ Plain Dick
*****
Titan IPA (Great Divide Brewing Compnay,Denver CO) and Stone IPA (Stone Brewing Company, Escondido, CA) are two of the best.
A pale ale is NOT an IPA.
Torpedo?
I have a few Torpedos in the fridge. I was just wondering if you wrote Tornado in #26 and meant torpedo.
Does SN have something called a Tornado?
It’s been a long time since I had one, I didn’t like it, so I probably got confused. Anyway, I had to stop drinking altogether because of the migraines. I really miss the regular Sierra Nevada and also Long Board.
I will have to put Smutty Nose IPA on my wish list. Thanks
Well that is the point of the article pointed out in the first line of the article.
Many people are turned off by the trademark intense hoppyness of the IPA. The Great Lakes IPA was mellowed for the typically bland beer taste that Americans have developed post Prohibition.
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