I hope you have been keeping up with the frenetic pace of One Batch Dispatches from Stone Brewing, cause another one is coming! With two New Zealand hops in tow.
One, Two Kiwis Before You
GigaWhat
Three Weavers is joining the DIPA 19.2 crowd with Gigaton filled with El Dorado and Chinook hops for “bright & dank flavors of pineapple, stone fruit and grapefruit.”
Beer Review – 15th Anniversary DIPA from Bootleggers
It has been some time since I had a beer from Fullerton’s Bootleggers Brewery. But I found a nice, big beer to break that bad streak on…
This beer comes across first and foremost as strong. Big pine and earthy bitterness dominate. When first opened, I did get an initial grapefruit nose but that faded off quickly. Getting a tiny touch of menthol here too. Quite a different DIPA than the current fruit forward styles but not really to my liking to be honest.
Austin the 3rd
El Segundo Brewing started Broken Skull’ing with an IPA then went to a pilsner and now is back to the hops with a Broken Skull DIPA. Probably best to not drink one before any kind of wrestling.
Review – Seeing Kittens DIPA from Almanac Beer Co.
Obviously the reason for reviewing this beer is the fact that there are fluffy kittens on the label for this DIPA from Almanac Beer Co. named Seeing Kittens.
El Dorado and Nelson Sauvin are the stars of this show and that first sip of the light orange / dark yellow West Coast DIPA leans into Concord grape notes. There is a nice bitter bite at the beginning before transitioning into the fruit notes. The 8% ABV is well hidden. There is a bit of pineapple and old school fruit punch as minor players in the flavor profile but the beer ends by finishing quite dry.
Double-Nosis
If you were a fan of a regular sized hop hypnotism, then you will like ….
Firestone Walker will be releasing Double Hypnosis. Styled as an Imperial IPA though it is only slightly above 8% ABV.
BDE
Party Beer Co. has a new DIPA about to land in their West Adams brewery, BDE.
A Pineapple 4th
Fruit fireworks for the Fourth courtesy of Stone Brewing…
This is probably more DIPA than IPA since it clocks in at 9%. So save for a nightcap.
Distorted
A heads up for fans of Nelson hops. King Harbor has a new West Coast – Double IPA – DDH in cans now.
DIPA Trippy
L.A. can be both a vacation trip or just a plain trip. So get a 4-pack of…
Trippy Town from Common Space Brewery and raise a glass to the vibrancy of this city.