businesstime
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Anyone know why these two IPA's seem to taste so much more bitter than other IPA's? Is it the bittering hops they use, less malt, etc?
Stone and Smuttynose
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schristian619
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Stone prides themselves on their bitterness. They use a 90 minute boil, a large 90 minute hop addition and the rest at flame out or dry hop. Don't know about Smuttynose.
Sigafoos
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Greg Koch hates your tongue and wants to punish it. Ruination is BDSM in a bottle.
bmorris1
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Smuttynose also uses Simcoe and Amarillo, which may add some of the "different" flavors than your used to.
I personally love the Smutty IPA, it is a nice change of pace from the other IPA's out there.
I personally love the Smutty IPA, it is a nice change of pace from the other IPA's out there.
I tried Ruination once. Meh. It was good beer, but the hops were just ok. I prefer to be Slammed by my hops.
schristian619
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True Ruination is not the hop bomb that it claims to be as far aas most are concerned. Stone really focuses on the bittering. There are much more hoppy beers out there, especially when it comes to aroma and flavor additions. I love Stone, but I'd rather have a pliny and a ruination any day.
Stone has a policy of not using Cascades for any beer and I believe uses Centennial and Columbus.
I love Stone beers. But I love Smuttynose too and they're east-coast so they get a lot of my biz!
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