Imperial IPA

Beer Camp: Sierra Nevada Two-Headed Ruthless Rye IPA

New entry into Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp: Two-Headed Ruthless Rye.

Style: Imperial IPA (w/ Rye)
Availability: Draft only, Limited
Arrival: Handful of kegs made

9.7% ABV 

Read more: Sierra Nevada Beer Camp

Odell Tree Shaker Imperial Peach IPA Bottled

The peachy, hoppy offering from Odell Brewing (Fort Collins, CO) is officially bottled. The imperial IPA arrives in early April, 2013.

Style: Imperial IPA (w/ Peaches)
Availability: 750 ml bottles Arrival: TBA

9.7% ABV 

Brooklyn BLAST! Bottles?

Brooklyn Brewing’s Blast! was promoted from the Reserve Series a while back to year round status. The imperial IPA has been a hit. Hop heads love it. By the looks of it, the brewery plans on Continue Reading →

New Belgium Searches for Rampant IPA Mascot [VIDEO]

New Belgium Brewing introduces their new Imperial IPA, Rampant, and searches for the perfect mascot to represent it.

“The hop profile heavily features Mosaic and Calypso, bringing stone fruit flavors to the front seat. We’re talking peaches, apricots, things like that. Centennials are in there Continue Reading →

Posted in Highland Brewing, New Releases

Highland Revives Imperial Kashmir IPA

Highland Brewing (Asheville, NC) has just bottled and will be releasing an boozy version of Kashmir IPA. Imperial Kashmir was last brewed in 2007. This version clocks in at over 10% ABV. When the brewery says aggressive, they mean it.

An aggressively hopped and higher gravity version of our Kashmir IPA. Six hop varieties added at seven different times in the brew kettle, hopback, whirpool, and femienter contribute to its complexity This Imperial IPA also differs from our traditional Kashmir with the addition of over 60 pounds of dry hops per 50 barrels. In all, over 200 pounds of hops are used in each 50-barrels batch ofthis limited release. The robust, malty and delightfully intense hop flavors and aromas are best enjoyed with an extremely stiff upper lip. 

Style: Imperial IPA
Hops: Magnum, Fuggle, German Select, Styrian Golding, Willamette
Malts: 2 Row Brewers, Munich, Malted Wheat, Flaked Barley, Carapils

Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: April, 2013

10.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Sierra Nevada

Beer Camp: Sierra Nevada Two-Headed Ruthless Rye IPA

New entry into Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp: Two-Headed Ruthless Rye.

Style: Imperial IPA (w/ Rye)
Availability: Draft only, Limited
Arrival: Handful of kegs made

9.7% ABV 

Read more: Sierra Nevada Beer Camp

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Odell Brewing

Odell Tree Shaker Imperial Peach IPA Bottled

The peachy, hoppy offering from Odell Brewing (Fort Collins, CO) is officially bottled. The imperial IPA arrives in early April, 2013.

Style: Imperial IPA (w/ Peaches)
Availability: 750 ml bottles Arrival: TBA

9.7% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Green Man Brewing, New Beers

Green Man IPA 12oz Bottles

Green Man IPA

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Brooklyn Brewing

Brooklyn BLAST! Bottles?

Brooklyn Brewing’s Blast! was promoted from the Reserve Series a while back to year round status. The imperial IPA has been a hit. Hop heads love it. By the looks of it, the brewery plans on taking this baby to bottles this year.

We brew our beer in New York, about halfway between the hop fields of the Pacific Northwest and the hop fields of Kent, England.So in the rambunctious IPA we call BLAST! we use earthy English hops to bring the noise. British and German malts brace up a beer that’s beautifully hoppy, strangely quaffable and oddly compelling. You won’t even know what hit you. 

Style: Imperial IPA
Availability: Draft (Year round), 12oz bottles, Soon
Arrival: Bottles – TBA

9% ABV

 

 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in DC Brau Brewing Co, New Releases

DC Brau Releases Armageddon Cans On Green Weekend

Armageddon is upon us again. In a hoppy can form. As we mentioned before, DC Brau’s On the Wings of Armageddon arrives this Saturday. The imperial IPA will be released in 12oz/4 pack cans.

Upon first sniff there are dominate aromas of citrus, white grapes and grapefruit with light bread and biscut notes. After the first sip we taste a mellow bitterness that only grows as more is consumed…

Style: Imperial IPA
Availability: Draft, 12oz cans
Arrival: (3/16/13)

9.2% ABV

Read more: Canned Beer

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Belgium, Videos

New Belgium Searches for Rampant IPA Mascot [VIDEO]

New Belgium Brewing introduces their new Imperial IPA, Rampant, and searches for the perfect mascot to represent it.

“The hop profile heavily features Mosaic and Calypso, bringing stone fruit flavors to the front seat. We’re talking peaches, apricots, things like that. Centennials are in there too, rounding out the aroma with a big citrus blast. Rampant also offers a sturdy malt backbone to balance the flavor in such wonderful way. It is a really great beer, like really great. Rampant leaves a hoppy zing in your mouth for a while after completion, and that’s a good thing, because it makes you want to drink another Rampant. “

Style: Imperial IPA
Arrival: March 4, 2013
Availability: 12 oz bottles

8.5% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay