[Joshatdot]

Rogue - Dad's Little Helper Malt Liquor (17* Plato, 10* L, 77 AA, 25 IBU)
- Not much aromatics at all
- Whoa! not what I was expecting for a Malt Liquor
- Taste is almost sweet, kind of apple-ish, no hoppyness, not much grain or malty
- Light bodied, clean after taste
- This is really good! 9/10!

 

[AmanGeorge]

I had Dogfish Head 120 minute IPA over the weekend - it was truly excellent, one of the best (if not the best) beers I've had. It was very smooth, incredibly aromatic, not very carbonated at all, and very sweet - it almost tasted closer to a tawny port than a beer. Despite being 20% abv, it went down very smooth and wasn't blatant about being so alcoholic. Fantastic stuff.

 

[MD1032]

Quote:

Originally Posted by AmanGeorge /img/forum/go_quote.gif I had Dogfish Head 120 minute IPA over the weekend - it was truly excellent, one of the best (if not the best) beers I've had. It was very smooth, incredibly aromatic, not very carbonated at all, and very sweet - it almost tasted closer to a tawny port than a beer. Despite being 20% abv, it went down very smooth and wasn't blatant about being so alcoholic. Fantastic stuff.

I saw that on the shelf and couldn't believe anyone could charge $10.00 for a 12-ounce bottle. How could any beer possibly be worth that much??

I think the best value DIPA is probably the Lagunitas Hop Stoopid. $5 for a bomber, and this is a serious DIPA. Really hard to beat at that price point.

 

[Billyk]

Awright some more Hop Stoopid, with a name like that how can you loose!

How about Hop Devil from Victory? another hopped up brew that I like, love the logo too!

 

[Joshatdot]

Full Sail Grandsun of Spot IPA (6% ABV)
- Light hoppy, spicey aromatics
- Initial taste is strong front of bitter hoppyness
- Slight metalic grainy, & malty flavors too
- The strong bitter hops mostly sweep away, but still lingers around
- Leaving a crisp, light & slightly smooth feel, light flowery hoppy after taste
- Very close to Stone IPA & Ruination IPA, but with a lighter flowery hoppyness taste
- I like it alot, 8.5/10

 

[Joshatdot]

J.K.'s Scrumpy Hard Cider, Unfiltered & Organic (6.0% ABV)
- Mmmmmmm, apple sweetness aromatics
- OH MY GOODNESS THIS IS AWESOME!!!
- It's just like drinking apple juice, with alil bit of hard cider bite
- I can see myself chugging this all day it's so darn good!
- It is USDA Organic, Gluten Free, No Sulfites Added, Unfiltered Appletasic AWESOMENESS
- For a non-hoppy beer, I love this! 10/10!!!

 

[Joshatdot]

Aspall Dry English Draft Cider (6.8% ABV)
- Light apple aromatics
- Very clean & lighty colored, light bodied
- Dry apple taste, not sweet, kinda like dry champagne or martinelli's sparkling cider
- Very bubbly/carbonated
- Different that's forsure from JK's Scrumpy Hard Cider
- I like it too, mebby not as much..8.5/10

 

[Joshatdot]

Deschutes Brewery - Hop Trip Pale Ale
- Sweet/Flowery Aromatics
- Semi-sweet flowery hoppy taste, light bitterness
- Aftertaste cleans up very well, hardly any bitterness, a slight sweet-flowery lingers
- Light silky smooth bodied
- I really like this, 8.5/10

 

[Joshatdot]

Boulevard Brewing - Double-Wide IPA
- Light Flowery hoppy aromatics
- Initial taste is flowery-bittery hoppyness, semi-sweet malts, then a mild spicy hoppy finish
- Mmmmm, this is also very good, abit more semi-sweet flowery than Stone IPA/Ruination
- Comes corked like champagne, 8.5/10

 

[Joshatdot]

Lambic Peche
- 1st of all its corked! Had to open it like wine.
- Initial smell is a bit like cheep malt liquor beer...that was odd
- Taste is nothing like malt liquor
- Semi-sweet peach flavors, bubbly CO-2, finish is also peachy sweet
- This one is different: corked, 1st smell is malty (like Old English 800), but is peachy sweet & bubbly
- Not bad, different 7/10

 

[Joshatdot]

Lambic Cassis (Black Currant)
- Also Corked (forgot to mention that is capped too, and corked like wine)
- Odd smell, I don't think I've had Black Currants before..so the smell is odd
- Taste is like...weird...almost like a cheep wine cooler, but more of a wine taste
- I don't like it much, the taste is very odd to me
- 4/10, but I can drink it, just very odd tasting.

 

[Joshatdot]

Hale's Ales Red Menace Big Amber Ale
- Light hoppy & grain aromatics
- Taste is IPA-ish, light bitter & slight flowery hops
- Smooth medium body feel
- Also slight hoppy spicey finish
- I like this, 7.5/10

 

[Joshatdot]

Samuel Smith's - Winter Welcome Ale (6.0% ABV)
- Hardly any aromatics, hints of malt
- medium-light malty (like honey) & light spice taste
- light bodied, pretty clean after taste
- I was expecting a thicker heartier ale, but I like this
- I would buy it again, 7/10

 

[Joshatdot]

Stone - 13th Anniversary Ale (9.5% ABV)
- Malty alcohol & hoppy aromatics
- Medium-heavy malty & hoppy flavors
- Unique malty & strong alcohol flavor...not too overpowering, but malty & hoppy & alcohol
- Medium body, same but lighter malty & hoppy after taste
- If you like medium-heavy malty, hoppy & strong beers, you'll like this.
- If I wanted to get CRUNK and wanted a microbrew instead of rot gut beer, I would get this
- Not quite sure if would buy again, 6.5/10

 

[chobint]

speaking of stone...

I had my second ruination ipa ever last weekend. Not that it's news, but man what an amazing and hoppy beer. Right down my alley.

Anyone able to offer any suggestions on other beers in the same genre (pale ale, ipa, etc...) that might be worth trying?

To name a few that I've tried and enjoyed:
Great Lakes Pale Ale (prob my fav pale ale)
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Celebration Ale and Bigfoot
Stone Arrogant person Ale and Ruination IPA (prob the best IPA I've tasted so far)
Various others