Thanks to a generous BevMo gift card, I impulsively picked up the newest 4-Way IPA variety box from Sierra Nevada. Two of the beers are and have been available in the past, so let’s see which of the two newbies are my favorite…
…and that honor goes to the coffee IPA by a nose. This was not a battle of the best however. I was not wowed by Know Good. There was some piney resonance there but the flavors just didn’t leap up. Kind of restrained and like many other IPA’s out there.
The Middle Ground had that extra ingredient which fueled it to a more two dimensional (close to 3D) mix of flavors and the coffee note also did not overly diminish the hops either.
Now I have to re-check out the Flipside Red IPA.