Before I get into my brief review of the quart sized “cannon” of a DIPA from Mission Brewery, here is my 2010 review dusty from the archives….
Pretty orange/copper color. Hop aroma is pronounced. Nice and malty with a good amount of hop heat to it. A good representation of the DIPA style without going overboard.
Horrible pun there at the end I know and yes that is a bottle opener in front of a can. Made for a prettier picture. 32Oz makes this one to share with a friend or two. It is strong. Really strong. It is not a subtle DIPA. I got some grapefruit notes from it but the predominant taste is a battle between the malts to keep up with the hops are mostly of the dank and pine variety to me.
The cannons are an interesting presentation and one that might make for a cool gift for the beer lover on your Christmas list or to share around the Thanksgiving table. Of the two that I sampled courtesy of the brewery, I liked the XPA better. The hops were more punchy and the wheat really let the citrus taste grow on you.
My non-beer side is reading a collection of 6-word memoirs from Smith Magazine. And thinking to myself that it is a lot easier in some respects to fine tune 6 clever words than writing 1700 per day for National Novel Writing Month.