[deadrock]

American IPA beers seem to go over board with the hops to the point of grapefruit being the dominate flavor. However, Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA is fantastic. Myyyyy word.

According to a premier beer website(I can email you the name of it), it ranks 21 out 100 of the top beers in the world.

Just like Cali. wines took over the world, American beers are in another dimension.

[goodwithagun]

Have you had their 120? Woo! Intense!

[kingu]

Maybe if my local brewery starts bottling again, I’ll have to send you probably one of the best double IPAs in California. Only problem is we keep draining the brewery before they can bottle. ;) I’m surrounded by hop head breweries, and lucked out that the closest one is actually brewed by someone who thinks that hops are a flavoring that should be in balance with the heavy grain bill brew.

[DemforBush]

“American IPA beers seem to go over board with the hops to the point of grapefruit being the dominate flavor”

I tend to agree. I’ve tried several of the craft brewery IPA’s and I found most of them to be out of balance, flavor-wise.

Now, if that’s what the “hop heads” like, that’s their business. That’s the great thing about having all these choices. But sometimes I get his vibe that it’s sort of a hipster equivalent of eating hot wings with nuclear/atomic/death sauce. A buffalo wing drenched in ghost peppers isn’t going to taste like chicken anymore, it’s going to taste like “hot”. But it’s the trendy thing to do and brag about. And an IPA that is swimming in hops isn’t going to taste like much like a Pale Ale of any variety. But if it’s the trendy thing...

Just MHO, of course. Each to their own!

[Steve_Seattle]

"American IPA beers seem to go over board with the hops . . ."

Ding Ding! We have a winner! They seem to think that just dumping a bunch of hops in the beer makes it special.

[DAC21]

“according to a premier beer website(I can email you the name of it), it ranks 21 out 100 of the top beers in the world

Rated 95 points (world class) on the Beeradvocates website. One of the few good things coming out of Delaware. It is pretty good, but expensive, so much so they sell it in a 4 pack.

[N. Theknow]

Dogfish 90 is awesome!

As are Cigar City Brewing Jai Alai

and Sierra Nevada Torpedo.

Both available from our local liquor stores and supermarkets and my local watering hole for after golf and after bicycle riding.