Tag: IPA
First Beer of the Weekend – 5/1/2015
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Today's Required-Unwinder is "The Calling" DIPA from Boulevard. Got this in the growler at our local filling station. It pours a bit more orange than last week's offering, but still well within the standard IPA sp...
First Beer of the Weekend – 4/17/2015
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Shutting down the work week with this glorious nectar. The deep orange pour immediately tells you that this ain't your grandpa's IPA. This is fresh and interesting. There is an amazing note of sweet grapefruit and ...
RIP Stone Ruination
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If you haven't heard yet--it's going away...sort of. There’s still one more beer that will be exiting production for eternity and, as hard as it is to say good-bye, the time has come. Spring 2015 will see the last-ev...
Pabst used to make an IPA, apparently.
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I'm too young to have even heard of this beer, I guess. But yes, at one point Pabst was brewing up one of the boldest beers in the US. But it fell away from the memory of most after it halted production of Ballantin...
Honey Badger DIPA doesn’t give a…
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Just in time for football season. Marin Brewing Company announced this week the release of their newest beer, Honey Badger Double IPA. The latest hoppy creation is the result of a collaboration with San Francisco-ba...
A hoppingly pointless poll
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The Full Pint has a poll for "The Best" imperial IPA. All of the usual suspects are represented. My opinion? The best imperial IPA is the freshest one you can get. I had my first Pliny the Elder recently at a ...
Flying Dog Raging Bitch on True Blood
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Sam Merlotte is not wrong about this one. "It's pretty fucking good." It's good to see one of my go-to beers featured in any way, let alone on HBO.
Tallgrass Ethos IPA – Beer of legend
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I'm a big fan of their Buffalo Sweat stout--just about the creamiest stout you'll ever have in a can, as well as their 8-bit Pale Ale which is fantastic for its packaging alone. I'm naturally excited about this new o...
Happy 10th Birthday Stone Ruination IPA!
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Hop heads rejoice! In celebration of Stone Ruination IPA's 10th birthday, Stone Brewing Company is releasing the cleverly-named (...not) Stone Ruination Tenth Anniversary IPA, a 10.8% abv bitter hop monster! Normal Ru...