Session # 166 Stone | Ruination IPA Imperial IPA | Escondido, California | 7.7% ABV One year ago: Ballast Point Sculpin I’ve been asked numerous times to review a Stone beer. It’s not that I’ve had anything against the brewery, but I just somehow never had them on the show. Well through good luck of [...]
Archive for the ‘Imperial IPA’ Category
7 Mar
Lompoc C-Note IPA
Session # 151 | New Old Lompoc | C-Note IPA | 6.9% ABV American Double / Imperial IPA | Portland, Oregon | Rating: 84/100 One year ago: Avery Black Tot The first beer this week comes from Portland, which is one of my top three favorite beer cities. The brewery is New Old Lompoc and [...]
19 Jan
Firestone Walker Double Jack
Session # 133 | Firestone Walker | Double Jack | 9.5% ABV American Double/Imperial IPA | Paso Robles, California | Rating: 95/100 One year ago: Goose Island Bourbon County Stout Receiving beer from Firestone Walker is always a good experience. Their newly released American Double/Imperial IPA called Double Jack is no exception. The only way [...]
3 Nov
BrewDog I Hardcore You
Session # 120 | BrewDog/Mikkeller | I Hardcore You | 9.5% ABV Imperial IPA | Fraserburgh, Scotland | Rating: 93/100 I tend to drink IPAs more than any other style of beer, but it’s been nearly two months since I’ve had one on the show. On one hand that feels a bit strange, but on [...]
12 Aug
Wachusett Larry
Session # 102 | Wachusett |Larry | 7.5% ABV Imperial IPA | Westminster, MA | Rating: 92/100 One thing that should be pretty apparent to most beer geeks by now is that the west coast owns the craft beer market when it comes to producing some of the world’s best (and hoppiest) IPAs. They are [...]
