For the full list of the Cigar City beers that were “unleashed” at the event and their descriptions click here
Note: The tasting notes below are in the order that I drank the beers. Also, the beers were on tap and served in 80z glasses.
Cubano Espresso Maduro: Dark brown in color with a thin espresso brown layer [...]
February 21, 2010
Categories: American Double IPA, American IPA, Craft Beer Advocacy, Russian Imperial Stout . Tags: Cigar City Brewing, Rattle n Hum . Author: barrybrew . Comments: Leave a Comment
Here I review one of the better Double / Imperial IPAs that I’ve has in a while. Definitely well balanced for the style, especially for a beer that clocks in at 99 IBUs and 9.5% ABV. If you can get your hands on a bottle I’d definitely recommend it.
February 16, 2010
Categories: American Double IPA . Tags: American Double IPA, Beer Review, Craft beer, Three Floyds . Author: barrybrew . Comments: Leave a Comment
Here I discuss the status of Season 4 of Barry’s Beer Reviews, my homebrew which is in the works, and some other things on my mind relating to craft beer, all while drinking a delicious bottle of Bell’s Hopslam.
February 1, 2010
Categories: American Double IPA, Craft Beer Advocacy . Tags: Beer Review, Bell's Brewery, Hopslam . Author: barrybrew . Comments: Leave a Comment
As a “Hop head” I struggle from time to time in picking go-to or favorite IPAs. Ninkasi Tricerahops fit into the group of IPAs they I would drinking on occasion for their fullness of flavor and total malt/hop balance. Upon first sip this beer reminding me of both Avery’s DuganA and Captain Lawrence Captain’s [...]
January 31, 2010
Categories: American Double IPA . Tags: Double IPA, Ninkasi Brewing, Tricerahops . Author: barrybrew . Comments: Leave a Comment
Tasting Notes:
Appearance: Pours (into tulip glass) a hazy orange to gold color with a nice off white head that sticks and left a decent amount of lace up the sides of the glass, Moderate carbonation.
Smell: Pretty balanced aroma for a Double IPA. As the beer warmed up the alcohol esters blended well [...]
December 17, 2009
Categories: American Double IPA, Beer and Food . Tags: Beer Review, Big A IPA, Big Beer Series, Double IPA, Smuttynose Brewery . Author: barrybrew . Comments: Leave a Comment
Tasting Notes:
Appearance: A very nice typical IPA color i.e. deep golden color with an orange-red tint to it and some carbonation clinging to edges of glass.
Aroma: Mmm…hops! A nice amount of citrus and pine, not much malt but overall a balanced aroma. More sweet citrus and bitter grapefruit came out as [...]
December 9, 2009
Categories: American Double IPA . Tags: Beer Review, Double IPA, Hopsickle, Imperial IPA, Moylan's Brewing . Author: barrybrew . Comments: Leave a Comment
With 15 varieties of hops this well crafted Double/Imperial India Pale Ale was very well balanced. The high ABV was well hidden too and the hop bite was no where near being overdone. In my opinion, what sets this beer apart from other beers of its style is that the citrus [...]
November 29, 2009
Categories: American Double IPA . Tags: Double IPA, Hop 15 Ale, Port Brewing . Author: barrybrew . Comments: Leave a Comment
100th Percentile out of 1036 Ratings on Ratebeer.com
6th on BeerAdvocate’s list of top 100 beers on Planet Earth
2nd on BeerAdvocate’s list of top 10 rated American Double / Imperial IPAs
Being a “hophead” presents some tough challenges. One of most difficult is being able to try the higher rated American IPAs and [...]
November 11, 2009
Categories: American Double IPA . Tags: Barry's Beer Reviews, Craft beer, Pliny the Elder, Russian River Brewing . Author: barrybrew . Comments: Leave a Comment
Appearance: Light amber/red color with a 1 finger off-white head probably due to me
using a snifter. Some fine bubbles on the lower portion of the glass.
Aroma: Some nice caramel sweetness from the crystal malts. Not too much bitterness in
the smell, but there was nice pink grapefruit, peach, and [...]
September 28, 2009
Categories: American Double IPA . Tags: Double Dog Double Pale Ale, Flying Dog ales . Author: barrybrew . Comments: Leave a Comment
I haven’t been blown away by the rye beers that I have tried, but the addition of rye to this highly hopped IPA added mind-blowing complexities to this fine brew. RYE MALT INFO: Characteristics Rye is a light grain that can be use in a small part of a mash to provide a unique spicy, [...]
September 1, 2009
Categories: American Double IPA . Tags: Bear Republic Brewing, Hop Rod Rye . Author: barrybrew . Comments: 1 Comment