some damn good IPA's out there

[ColMan]

Just had a Hop Nosh IPA from Unita. Impressive stuff.

[Yonder_River]

Just had a Hop Nosh IPA from Unita. Impressive stuff.

Uinta Brewing. This IPA has been in my top three for over a year now. It is about perfect. Glad to see good beer coming from Utah.

Interestingly, it used to be Hop Notch just a few months ago until they got a cease and desist from some brewery in MA.

[Hugh Conway]

heh. local liquor stores clearancing all the old Uinta Hop Notch for $6.

[wildmanwillie]

I thought hop notch was pretty mediocre. I found it really sweet, without much hop bite.

It was hop notch, not hop nosh, so it couldve been sitting for too long and starting to get funky. Definitely didn't taste very fresh.

[Yonder_River]

Ya, must have been old. It has plenty of bite. Not like BA is the be all end all, but it rates in the 90's over there.

[joetron]

The Odell's IPA on nitro in the tasting room I had a few years ago still stands as the greatest beer experience of my life.

[fool]

Yeah, I agree. Elevated is my favorite. I just wish I could sit down with all three at the same time. Luckily I can get Heady relatively easy. It will be a long time before I can score an Elevated or Pliny again.

I just made a trip to NM and had a great time at La Cumbre's brewery (as well as Il Vicino and a new distillery right near there). I dug their Elevated but loved their Project Dank IPA: pretty damn hoppy and delicious. Elevated didn't taste like much after drinking the Dank.

[SchralphMacchio]

As much as I'm one of Knee Deep's biggest fanboys, I finally had the Batch 138 IPA and it wasn't my style. Tasted more like a Dogfish Head than a west coast IPA in terms of style of malt.


However, I cracked a Knee Deep Simtra on Saturday night, and I was awake at the beginning of the Clippers-Warriors game and passed out on the couch by the end. Besides the alcohol potency (11.2% or something like that), I love this beer's flavors. You've got to let it warm up a bit, and the dried papaya flavors open up quite a bit. Really great beer, one of the best year-round imperials out there.

Anyone tried the Green Flash Green Bullet yet?
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2743/92971/

[strawjack]

I just made a trip to NM and had a great time at La Cumbre's brewery (as well as Il Vicino and a new distillery right near there). I dug their Elevated but loved their Project Dank IPA: pretty damn hoppy and delicious. Elevated didn't taste like much after drinking the Dank.

great, another beer I won't be able to taste for a long time. oh well...

Nice to go out to two restaurant/bars this wkend and find Sixpoint brews available.

[~mikey b]

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[wildmanwillie]

Awesome beer. Upfront characteristics of an IPA with a bright citrusy flavor, and a heavy rye whiskeyish finish. Gotta find the bullet, big fan of big flash.

[SchralphMacchio]

^ When I put on my marketing hat, I understand the new labels completely. But I like the old labels so much better.

I also remember when Knee Deep's IPA was called "Knee Deep in Powder IPA," and kind of miss that too. What can I say, I'm old and resistant to change. Now where is my feather pen ...

[Fritz]

I've been digging Dry Dock Double IPA. Surprised about the amount of love for Odell IPA and hate for Lagunitas. I burnt out on Odell a while back, might have to revisit. I think Lagunitas Brown Shugga and Undercover are great. Not IPAs per se but there are a ton of "strong ales" and "barleywines" that I think are really just big IPAs.

[Hugh Conway]

Finally got to try some of Surly's offerings. Furious is Top Notch. Overrated is, perhaps intentionally, overdone.

[Name Redacted]

I've been digging Dry Dock Double IPA. Surprised about the amount of love for Odell IPA and hate for Lagunitas. I burnt out on Odell a while back, might have to revisit. I think Lagunitas Brown Shugga and Undercover are great. Not IPAs per se but there are a ton of "strong ales" and "barleywines" that I think are really just big IPAs.

After drinking a few six packs, from various stores, of the Odell IPA, I have determined that it is highly dependent on how fresh it is. Fresh, it is awesome, sitting on the shelf a few weeks, it is still good, but the citrus aroma fades to bring it down to above average.

As far as Lagunitas, The fact that they are the fastest growing brewery in the US makes them less appealing to the hipsters, while in actuality, they are still doing a pretty damn good job IMHO. I'm not really into the Hop Stoopid, but they definitely have a few solid entries into the category that this thread is based upon. I still stand by my comment that Daytime is a great beer, as is Lagunitas Sucks. I like their style.

[Hugh Conway]

WOW SHREDGNAR! YOUVE STUMBLED ONTO SOMETHING! IPA IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON FRESHNESS AND HOWS IT BEEN HANDLED! THANKS MAN!

[~mikey b]

shut up Carl

[Hugh Conway]

Eat a dick mike

[Name Redacted]

Once again, Hugh proves that he has no idea what he is talking about and is just regurgitating an opinion he picked up from the guy he sucked off in the bathroom some hipster beer bar last night.

[Hugh Conway]

Once again, Hugh proves that he has no idea what he is talking about and is just regurgitating an opinion he picked up from the guy he sucked off in the bathroom some hipster beer bar last night.

beautiful butthurt mountain "local". DUDE I HEARD YOUVE TASTED EVERY SOUR! CONGRATS MAN! SEND TELEMIKE YOUR NEWSLETTER!

O'dells gets sucked off in this thread because it's a very good beer that's crafted in CO, so all of the Colorado homers suck it off. Like shredgnar the cool beer hipster.

[Name Redacted]

Hugh, why don't you go upstairs and spend some quality time watching Days of our Live with your moma. Clearly you enjoy creating drama around inane subjects that can arouse you and only you. It's just beer man, it's not something worth arguing about.

[snapt]

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In my experience this thing lives up to its name. Oi Vey.

[Hugh Conway]

Hugh, why don't you go upstairs and spend some quality time watching Days of our Live with your moma. Clearly you enjoy creating drama around inane subjects that can arouse you and only you. It's just beer man, it's not something worth arguing about.

so why be a cunt, asshole? If you don't want one, don't be a douche, douchebag. You're the one who needs to wave your "mountain life beer expert" dick around with nebulous bullshit.

Now - what cases do you need to move shitstain? More Lagunitas? WHATS COOL!

[Hott Butt Mud]

shredgnar = Summit County local Miller/Coors distributor

[~mikey b]

aw

Carl got his wittle feewings hurt

pretty thin skin for such a douchebag