I think the graphic says it all…..
Also, the Facebook presence for El Segundo has a mention of a “Nuclear Power Plant”. Sounds dangerously overloaded with hops.
Review – Nelson Showers from Noble Ale Works
Unfortunately I missed the Citra version of Noble’s DIPA 2014 series. Part of the peril of not chasing after every beer. I just wasn’t in the right place at the right time. But I grabbed a bottle of the second in the series at Sunset Beer Co.. It pours a light orange to the point of yellow. There is a big aroma here. Spice hits the nose first. Cooking spice. The taste has that same bold spice note that is subdued by a touch of fruit. Mostly grape but that fades right back to spice. Strong and delicious.
Happy 3rd Anniversary by the way!
Who Do You Hop Love?
Do you like voting on something other than politics than this Saturday the 16th at El Segundo Brewery, you get the chance to have your VOTE heard! Here is the info…..
Whichever beer Wins.. We brew next.
The competition will be in two parts.
The Vote
$3 for a 5 ounce pour of each brew.
Vote for your favorite. Each vote counts as 50 points
One vote per guest.
The Volume
Every Ounce we sell of each beer counts as one point. Pints, growlers, bottles, tasters. Everything counts. So make sure to support your favorite!
Pints AND Growler fills all day long.
Winner gets brewed December 2nd and will be available after Christmas.
For those of you less inclined for DIPAs..
Tap list will also include:
Casa Azul
Vanilla Hyperion’s Stout
Smoky Hollow Scotch Ale (no growlers)
Blue House Citra Pale
The Perfect Storm
Oakshire Brewing Perfect Storm Double IPA is a great IPA name in my opinion and from the brewery description it sounds like a great bitter DIPA as well.
“Brewed in a single batch in May ’12, this ale shows gorgeous floral and citrus hops character – led by the amazing tangerine-intensive Zythos – with toasted nut bread, and figs from the warm malt profile.”
10th Anniversary of Ruination
Stone is not one to let an anniversary go by un-celebrated and the 10th year of Ruination is getting a special rendition of the popular BIG IPA.
A special label and amped up ABV along with what I assume will be plenty of hops will mark the occasion. I will be putting it on my to get list.
Two 5 Left and Primero Ano
Two 5 Left is a new Double IPA from El Segundo Brewing. Release date and anniversary is on 5/20. And you will notice that this label has a LAX motif in the middle as opposed to the more bucolic house and dog normally seen. A nod to the large airport to the north of the brewery.
Below is the information you will need to know to get your first taste of this anniversary brew and others on 1st anniversary day….
Review – Hangar 24 Double IPA
I purchased this bottle on Christmas eve and it tasted better than the tap! Hangar 24 is a rapidly growing brewery that is doing some great stuff and has a wonderful airport location. I have also been impressed by their Helles and on the other end of the spectrum, the big Pugachev’s Cobra Imperial Stout.
On to the review:
Deviant Dales
There are times when I can’t believe that I have missed a can’t miss beer. It’s a good problem to have though. Add another one to the list of beers that I hope to run across…Deviant Dales, “This beer is intended to be a sensory assault for hop lovers. At 8.0% ABV, four hop additions during the brew process, and a final wallop of excessive Columbus dry-hopping, this beer is meant to say one thing: MORE HOPS! Perfect for these cool winter nights, The Deviant is a returning favorite from the little brewery in Lyons, Colorado that started the Canned Revolution!”
I shall be dutifully checking the Oskar Blues section in my local beer stores.
Top 5 IPA’s
Happy #IPADay!
Last month, I tallied some figures about my first 1,000 beers that I have rated. So you know that my highest ranked IPA was the canned version of Punk IPA from BrewDog and that my favorite DIPA was the Kern River Citra.
Here are the other IPA favorites of the last two years…..
Russian River Blind Pig – better than PtY and more plentiful
Hair of the Dog Blue Dot – when fresh this has a great bite to it
BridgePort Hop Harvest – 2009 was a great year. Looking forward to 2011
Mikkeller Single Hop Nelson Sauvin – grape and IPA. And it works!
Mammoth IPA 395 – super spicy and herby.
a peaceful DIPA
In my 50 Beers from 50 States quest, I came upon the Peace Tree Brewery in Iowa and I sample their Hop Wrangler IPA. One of the best beers of 2010 in my book.
Now they have doubled and a half the Hop Wrangler to come up with…
