Well here we are finally – a whole week dedicated to my love for hops. Why only a week Ginger Beard? I don’t know, either. I could easily do a month’s worth of hop sessions, but the truth is that you’d all get bored and I would be bloated beyond belief. LOL! So here are three hopped up monsters I’ve been excited to share with you for quite a whole now. First up is the Mikkeller 1000 IBU Imperial IPA. It’s created a bit of controversy on the Internets, and for good reason. WTF is with 1000 IBUs? Who cares? Bring it on is what’s up. Now…I’m not going to say I had an out-of-body experience drinking this gem, but I came damn close. As most of you hopheads can attest, we are constantly looking for the hoppiest beers on the market. Well my friends…I’ve found it. This bad boy is a hopocalypse if I’ve ever tasted one. You are immediately met with an mushroom cloud of hop aromas out of the glass (definitely some centennial and simcoe), and just behind that is a good amount of sweet caramel malt aroma. And then the flavor just pummels your mouth…DAMN DUDE! It’s crazy, but much more balanced than you would expect. After all, it’s only 9.6% ABV – yes only – this should be an 18% beer. Anyway just go get one and enjoy the mayhem…seriously! To purchase from The Wine and Cheese Place, just click here.
Check out all sessions of The Hopry here.
This beer can be found in these states.
On the iPod: New Order “Ceremony”
Brewery: Mikkeller
Beer: 1000 IBU
Style: Imperial IPA
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
ABV: 9.6%
Rating: 97/100
Posted by Paul on April 26, 2010 at 2:32 PM
Thanks for the mention. We do ship all over the country with the exception of a handful of states.
The Wine and Cheese Place, St. Louis MO
http://www.wineandcheeseplace.com
Posted by thehopry on April 26, 2010 at 7:13 PM
Good to know… I really need to make a trip out to your shop. I’ve heard very VERY good things about it.
Posted by Brent on April 26, 2010 at 7:02 PM
Big props to Wine and Cheese place!
Kansas City folks also have a oasis in the beer desert called Gomer’s Lee’s Summit. They have several cases of the 1000 IBU for sale there. Aaron does a good job keeping the good stuff in stock.
Mark, it was good meeting you at Harry’s Country Club. I’m all about getting the good stuff to KC, so I’ll be in touch with you soon. There may be some free beer in your future!
Posted by thehopry on April 26, 2010 at 7:11 PM
Is was good to meet you as well. My wife and I had a great time tasting the Dieu du Ciel products. She has been dreaming about the Scotch Ale since we left. As for Aaron, he is definitely the man. I go to him as much as possible. Even if he does work on the other side of town from me…
Posted by builderofcoalitions on April 27, 2010 at 11:28 AM
“Fridge the Hops” might just be my new favorite saying. Found you via Wine & Cheese’s blog and now you’re on my RSS feed.
I had the same reaction to this beer. There was concern that it would be undrinkable, but Mikkeller really did an outstanding job balancing the hops and malt and somehow kept the ABV down.
Posted by thehopry on April 27, 2010 at 7:09 PM
Thank you. Glad you’re here. As for “FRIDGE THE HOPS!” click the Campaign tab at the top of this page. Feel free to contribute or discuss…
Posted by theReaper16 on April 30, 2010 at 1:52 AM
For what its worth, I just drank a bottle of 1000 IBU that was ordered from The Wine & Cheese Place and it was suuuuuuuuuuuuper malty.
Posted by thehopry on April 30, 2010 at 10:36 AM
You know what’s interesting to me? I had one of these again this week and the high end hops are dying out very quick in this thing. There is definitely a ton of malt, but the first one I had (this review) didn’t seem as malty simply because of the insane amount of hops masking it. But yeah, definitely a lot of malt in there.
Posted by theReaper16 on April 30, 2010 at 10:40 AM
Oddly enough that bottle I had last night made for a fairly tasty American Barleywine. The malt flavors were deep, smooth, and accentuated by the lingering pine and orange from the hops.
Posted by Lenny De Losier on May 7, 2010 at 6:42 PM
Is that a new table your sitting at?……Nice!!!
Posted by thehopry on May 7, 2010 at 8:25 PM
How the hell did you know?
Posted by Paul on May 28, 2010 at 6:57 PM
Did you see that Mikkeller posted your video review on his website!!!!
http://www.mikkeller.dk/index.php?id=41&blog_id=147&land=1
Posted by thehopry on May 28, 2010 at 11:02 PM
I did… Got tons of hits as a result which is always nice…