Thanks to Jeff from Lugwrench Brewing for turning me on to Trinity Brewing and their tasty IPA!
Now the largest and smallest states are checked off the list.
new from the HUB
Hopworks Ace of Spades (Gold Medal winner in the Imperial IPA category at the 2009 Great American Beer Festival) was released in bottles on April 13th at the awesome Belmont Station.
The label says, “This hopped out beast had Amarillo, Cascade and Centennial hops, added at every point; mash tun, first wort, kettle, and dry hop. All the green goodness results in a beer with a huge citrus hop aroma, flavor and deep clean bitterness.”
AS if that wasn’t enough for organic beer lovers, Hopworks is releasing another IPA called Google Gigabit as a pitch for the company to choose Portland as its destination for new high-speed fiber optics lines. Check out The New School blog for the complete story.
Review – Isekadoya IPA
Hop-portunity Knocks
You can label me a west coast hop junkie if you want but even the most jaded bitter hater has to love this name….
This is part of a series of bottles from renowned can brewers, Caldera from Ashland, Oregon. They also have a Lawnmower beer out and a big dark malty beer is in the works along with an uber smoke beer.
(I love the 33 Beers) Get their tasting book! HERE
50 from 50 – Washington
MY FIRST LAZY BOY BEER!! I love their logo and their IPA ain’t half bad either.
New NW Beers – part 1
Ballard’s Bitter was one of the early craft brews back when I was a young lad. A lot of beer has been brewed since then and Redhook seems to be losing favor among the beer geeks.
But there appears to be signs of life this year. New releases are coming. I hope it portends better to come.
50 from 50 – Maryland & New Hampshire
Clipper City has a great special series of beers under the moniker, Heavy Seas. Here is my review of the imperial pilsner.
Then I travel via the highway of beer to New Hampshire for a first taste of Smuttynose. Since I am an IPA freak, I selected their regular version. Hopefully, I will build on this with more beers from the Smuttynose folks.
0 Dark 30
The rise of the Cascadian Dark! Oakshire makes some great stuff. Especially the Overcast Espresso Stout. Now here comes their take on the black IPA.
Sly Fox IPA
Loyal readers are now probably sick of my chirpy introductions to beers that I want to try. How I only seem to really love special reserve beers or canned IPA’s. Sorry folks! Here is another one from one of the canning pioneers Sly Fox…
“Available only in 22oz bottles at present, Rt. 113 was the beer customers most requested be added to the brewery’s canned releases.
Rt. 113 will join Pikeland Pilsner and Phoenix Pale Ale as year-round releases and also still be packaged in the 22oz size.”
Review – Alpine Beer Co. Duet
IPA. How I love those initials. When it is done right, there is nothing better. This one is right up there in the top 20.