A couple glasses of my hoppy wheat, celebrating fleeing my in-laws this morning, and moving the furniture in my office around this afternoon.
My English IPA
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This is the one I hit with 8 ozs of EKG and challengers in the last 20 mins. Turned out real bitter and hoppy but the caramel malt still shows up. Pretty much what I wanted from the grain bill. I coulda dry hopped it a bit more and probably shoulda thrown some fuggle into the late hopping mix on top of the other two, but overall it turned out really nice.
Two Brothers Hop Juice, might not be that fresh. Like many of their beers this fits in with being malty. Its a good beer,imperials are not really my thing though,Id rather have a Resistance IPA from them really. IM more of a 6-8%IPA kinda dude. I do enjoy the imperials on ocassion though. This ones above average for an imperial,its no Palate Wreker or Hoptimum or Hopslam though. More on the sweet/malty side,nothing cloying though. Its probably what you would expect for a semi-aged imperial ipa.
I just had a brew a few days ago called Hop Juice but it was from Left Coast. Is there another Hop Juice out there?
I just counted about 10 hopjuice ipa's at Ratebeer and have a feeling ther is more.
Ummmm yeah. This pretty much kicks A$$!!!! A huge thanks again to Nordeast. He was able to get me this. Even with my cold/ sinus deal going on right now this beer is amazing. Cheers
Jealous,never had any but guess I could brew some. Really odd its a midwestern beer,yet I cant get it anywhere.
mcbaumannerb said:Going to be tough to leave that other bottle alone!
How was it? I've got one sitting in the fridge, leave it alone or crack her open?
Founder's Imperial Stout.
It's pretty good. Not too sweet, nice and roasty.
odinsgift said:Pretty good
mcbaumannerb said:Going to be tough to leave that other bottle alone!
Ummmm yeah. This pretty much kicks A$$!!!! A huge thanks again to Nordeast. He was able to get me this. Even with my cold/ sinus deal going on right now this beer is amazing. Cheers
Really odd its a midwestern beer,yet I cant get it anywhere.
Considerably different hops in it though. Cant place them. Anyone know what they are?? (Doesnt help I am getting over some type of cold)
Abrasive Ale, AKA 16 Grit, D.V.D.A.
We brewed this beer originally at the end of 2008 as a farewell to growler sales. As usual, we underestimated the demand for the first Double IPA in Minnesota. We brewed the beer again in the spring and released it as a draft only beer. It was originally called 16 Grit, a size of abrasive grit used at the old Abrasive factory that once stood where the brewery now resides.
STYLE: Double Oat IPA
MALT: 2-Row, Golden Promise, Oats, Lite Crystal
SUGAR: Brewers Crystals
HOPS: Warrior, Citra
YEAST: English Ale
OG: 19.5° Plato
ABV: 8.8% v/v
COLOR: 8 ºSRM
IBU: 120ish
AVAILABILITY: Late December-March
Mother in law gave me two bottles for Xmas. One's gonna get cellared for a couple years (might try and do a vertical tasting in a few years). But this is quite tasty.
Is that one of the ones that Firestone Walker makes, or do they only make the TJ's Mission Street offerings?
I know this one's Unibroue (hence why it's always so good). I know some of the others are FW, I know some are Gordon Biersch. I don't recall which ones are which, or if there are any other breweries doing any.
I only know the Missions are FW. Not bad either. I haven't had any of the others, but I'm guessing if it's Uni, it's good $hit. I need to get over to TJ's more.
One of the few Unibroue beers that has eluded my grasp. What was it like?
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