Imperial IPA

Sam Adams Third Voyage: History & Hops

Samuel Adams Third Voyage joins Tasman Red in the new Small Batch Series.  As the label states: This series of limited edition brews represents some of our favorite small batch creations.   This double IPA is inspired by Capt. James Cook, Continue Reading →

DRAFT: Sam Adams Third Voyage

Another beer to aware of:  Samuel Adams “Third Voyage” double imperial IPA.

Availability:  22oz bombers, Draft.
Distro Area: Major Sam Adams markets

8% ABV

 UPDATE:  Bottle approval, released in November, 2011.  Part of the new Small Batch Series.

 

Anderson Valley Imperial IPA

Anderson Valley Imperial IPA.

The Imperial IPA was first created in honor of our second decade producing some of the finest beers in the world. This over-the-top brew is loaded with excessive amounts of malts to balance 20 separate additions of the finest Continue Reading →

Evil Twin’s Molotov Cocktail

Evil Twin Brewing (Denmark) is tossing you a hop bomb.  Or a Molotov cocktail.  This very imperial IPA is called by Evil Twin a “tour de force” of hops.

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Did you like Before, During, & After Christmas?  Maybe you thought it Continue Reading →

Posted in Bell's Brewing, Seasonal Return

Hop Fiends: Bell’s Oracle Ships, Oktoberfest Returns

Bell’s Brewing’s Oracle is headed back to shelves for it’s seasonal return, while Oktoberfest has already arrived.  Oracle is aggressively hoppy, but no honey to sweeten the finish (like Hopslam.)  All bitter baby!

Our take on the West Coast-style Double India Pale Ale, The Oracle places hop intensity first & foremost, making only the slightest concession to malt & balance. The fireworks start with the floral aromatic punch of two separate dry-hop sessions with Amarillo and NZ Pacific Jade. Resinous, citrusy hop flavors mixed with aggressive bitterness from a massive kettle addition deliver on that aromatic promise.

Style: Imperial IPA
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft. Limited late summer seasonal.
10% ABV

Oktoberfest is back for another fall run.  It’s still so hot its hard to get into the marzen swing of things.  (Cool weather is coming. It just has to be.)

Crafted as a flavorful session beer, Bell’s Octoberfest Beer is perfect for a week-long wedding celebration in Germany or the start of the Michigan autumn. As with Bell’s Lager Beer,Octoberfest spends a full six weeks maturing in the fermentation vessels. Unlike its cousin,Octoberfest trades in the assertive hop presence for a focus on a light caramel malt note, lending body without too much sweetness.

Style: Octoberfest/Marzen
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft. Late Summer/Fall seasonal.
5.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Sam Adams

Sam Adams Third Voyage: History & Hops

Samuel Adams Third Voyage joins Tasman Red in the new Small Batch Series.  As the label states: This series of limited edition brews represents some of our favorite small batch creations.   This double IPA is inspired by Capt. James Cook, an explorer and map maker who became famous sailing the globe.  Cook’s “Third Voyage” took place over the course over 3 years – 1776-1779.  This now infamous voyage was to discover the Northwest Passage, in which he was successful.  Cook was killed in an argument with Hawaiians during the voyage, on February 14th, 1779.  As a practice of honor at the time, Cook was disemboweled, baked and the bones removed as religious relics.  The beer however, has a slightly less morbid finish.

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This unique double IPA takes the style’s origins a step further.  IPAs were born out of making an ale that could sustain a long voyage.  For our take, we were inspired by the indomitable Capt. James Cook whose 3rd voyage made him the first to navigate a treacherous route from England to New Zealand to the Pacific Northwest . Using Cascade hops from each of these regions we crated a a brew that’s citrusy, earthy, and full of bold character.

Style: Imperial IPA
Hops:  Cascade from UK & New Zealand, Simcoe from U.S.
Malts:  Two-Row Harrington, Metcalfe & Copeland Pale, Caramalt, Honey Malt
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft.
Arrival: TBA

8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Sam Adams

DRAFT: Sam Adams Third Voyage

Another beer to aware of:  Samuel Adams “Third Voyage” double imperial IPA.

Availability:  22oz bombers, Draft.
Distro Area: Major Sam Adams markets

8% ABV

 UPDATE:  Bottle approval, released in November, 2011.  Part of the new Small Batch Series.

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Epic Beer

Epic Armageddon. Barrel Aged. All 18th Century Like.

Epic Brewing (New Zealand) took Armadeggeon IPA and put it into oak barrels.  Now headed stateside.  It started off with 2 tiny wood barrels so tasty it turned into a bottling run.

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In the beginning, there was Armageddon. Then an impish brewer put the beer in new oak barrels to age it for 8 weeks. This was to reproduce the original IPA of the 18th century. It may be too huge for this fragile planet so enjoy this beer like it was the last one on Earth. 

Style: Imperial IPA (oak aged)

Availability:  500ml bottles

7.25% ABV

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Southern Tier Brewing

Southern Tier Unearthly Headed For 12oz’ers

Southern Tier Brewing (Lakewood, NY) will be putting Unearthly IPA into 12 oz bottles for the first time.

At the Southern Tier Brewing Company, vigorously hopped beer is our standard and inspiration. We continue a commitment to innovation with our most aggressive offering yet. Unearthly is a manifestation of the brewer’s craft; skillfully balancing art and the forces of nature to produce a divine liquid. Delicately pour a taste into a fluted glass. Smell the enchanting aromas of the hops waft forward as your first sip divulges this beer’s fervent soul. To underestimate Unearthly is to trifle with the mysteries of the universe, so please consume wisely.

Style: Imperial IPA
Hops: Chinook, Cascade (Kettle), Styrian (Hopback), Cascade, Chinook, Centennial (Dry hopped)
Malts: 2 Row Pale, Cara pils, Red Wheat
Availability: 22oz, 12oz, draft bottles

11% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Anderson Valley Brewing Company, New Beers

Anderson Valley Imperial IPA

Anderson Valley Imperial IPA

Anderson Valley Imperial IPA.

The Imperial IPA was first created in honor of our second decade producing some of the finest beers in the world. This over-the-top brew is loaded with excessive amounts of malts to balance 20 separate additions of the finest Pacific Northwest hops to create what the late beer critic William Brand described as “The kind of beer that made California craft beer famous”.

As with all of our products, Anniversary Imperial IPA is never sterile filtered nor heat pasteurized.

Gold Medal Winner 2009 U.S. Open Beer Championships

Style: Imperial IPA
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft.

8.7% ABV,  100 IBU


by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Evil Twin Brewing

Evil Twin’s Molotov Cocktail

Evil Twin Molotov Cocktail

Evil Twin Brewing (Denmark) is tossing you a hop bomb.  Or a Molotov cocktail.  This very imperial IPA is called by Evil Twin a “tour de force” of hops.

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Did you like Before, During, & After Christmas?  Maybe you thought it poured brilliantly, and you loved of the arrogant amounts of hops wowed you.  This beer will knock your tongue off, essentially due to the obscene amount of hops that went down this explosive fella.  It’s a tour de force in hoppiness and by far the craziest beer made by Evil Twin… but not the last

Molotov Cocktail joins Disco Beer, Yin, Yang, Before During & After Christmas in the current U.S. lineup.  Future releases include  Monk Suffers Serious Sugar Rush on Barbados, Bikini, & Without You I’m Nothing.

Style: Imperial IPA
Availability: 16.9 oz bottles

13% ABV

by Reid Ramsay