Another Double? Why not.

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

Founders Double Trouble IIPA

IPA’s and IIPA’s rock. That’s a fact. So I thought I’d pop up another one that you should be drinking right now. Founders Double Trouble is a crisp and easy drinking IIPA. This brew smells and tastes wonderful. When you pour it up you get a nose full of grapefruity goodness. The flavor follows up with more of the same but with a bit of tropical/mangoishness (yep, mangoishness is a word) to it. It is a smooth DIPA. It should be on the shelves of your local beer store so you should head on down there when you are done reading this sentence.

Mountain Top Treats

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

This tasty treat was enjoyed on top of a mountain.

I love beer. Oh, and the woods too! A couple of friends and I did a mid week backpacking trip last week and we made sure to haul along some good beers to enjoy fireside. Our little trek covered some miles through the mountains of Georgia and Tennessee and we ended up atop Big Frog Mountian.

Among the many beers that weighed me down on the hike one of my favorites was Gubna by Oskar Blues Brewery. This is a robust Double IPA that is tucked away nicely in a can for convenient transportation. Some people might refer to this beer as an “Onion Bomb” and I would be one of those people. But I mean that in a good way! This beer has a nice dank & oniony hop profile going on and I love it. It is refreshing but with some meat to it. It may sound intimidating or gross with my description but it’s fucking tasty so stop being a wuss and pick up a 4-pack.

Beer break on Hemp Top Mtn.

And what ever you do, don’t touch my dogs beer. Cheers. PACK IT IN, PACK IT OUT!

Hate to see you go but I love to taste you leave.

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

My last lonely bottle pre-consumption and excretion.

MMMmmm… Everyone loves a Hopslam. This big ass double IPA is brewed with some honey that knocks down the bitterness and adds the tiniest bit of honey flavor. The brew drips of hoppy citrus and pine flavors. It’s one of those beers that are becoming a pain in the ass to get your hands on(I’m looking at you KBS) with the craft beer scene blowing up the way it is. Maybe im just greedy for wanting to stock pile cases of this heady brew. Alas, I have finished my last bottle of Hopslam and have already donated its processed remnants to the sewer system, lucky sewer, I’m sure it still tastes of hoppy honey goodness on the way out. Any who, this is a beer that I’m sure you have heard of and that you definitely need to taste. It is one of those beers that has become a living legend and is highly sought after. This is a once a year release that comes out around Jan/Feb each year. BUT! It is American Craft Beer Week this week so you just might be able to find it on draft at an event near you! There is hope! If you run accross it in ATL please drop me a line so I can pour it in my face hole. This is one of those rare beers that actually lives up to the hype that it is surrounded by. It is a bucket list beer. You should be drinking one right now.

I’ve got a six pack of the Mondays.

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

A balanced IPA from Monday Night Brewing.

Monday Night Brewing has been contract brewing for a while and now just started brewing and bottling at their NEW facility in Atlanta, GA. One of the three flag ship beers they produce is the Eye Patch IPA. It is a balanced(slightly malt forward) IPA with a spicy and mildly citrus hop profile. The bottles that I tried seemed to be heavy on the carbonation compared to their draft counter part.

Destroyed in April

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

A few highlights of the destruction that happened in April.

: Brew Free or Die IPA by 21st Amendment Brewing Company. This is a nice hop forward IPA leaning towards the west coast style.

: Lower De Boom Barleywine by 21st Amendment Brewing Company. A big beer in a little can. This a great format for a beer of this caliber abv. This beer tastes somewhere between an American style and English style barley wine. It has a nice hop bite with a bit of sweetness.

: Freckle Belly IPA by Back Fourty Beer Company in Gadsden, Alabama. Balanced IPA, nuttin crazy.

: Insanity Oak aged barley wine by Weyerbacher. It’s a big one!

: Heresy Imperial Stout aged in Whiskey Barrels. Some tasty shizzz.

: Hops Session an ?Anglo-American? IPA by White Birch Brewing. This was kind of a malt bomb for an IPA, I was surprised.

: Up the Creek IIIPA by Thomas Creek. This thing is big a sweet like an English barley wine.

: Mosaic single hop red rye IPA by Terrapin Beer Co. is smooth and slightly sweet with a hint of blueberry on the nose.

: Hopzilla by Terrapin Beer Co. Big hoppy mofo.

: Lowryeder IPA by SweetWater Brewing Company. I bombed several of these with wet citra hop cones. They then exploded with hoppy goodness in my glass.

: So Fine Red Wheat Wine 16 Anniversary beer by Sweet Water Brewing Company. If you like a big sweet barley wine or wheat wines then you need to try this tasty treat.

: Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale by Stone Brewing Company. This is a ballsy timeless classic from the west coast.

: Enjoy By 05.17.13 IPA by Stone Brewing Company. Fresh pine and dirty dankness beat up your pallet when you sip this bad boy. You need to get on this Enjoy By biz cause its so good. Hurry up and drink ’em if you got ’em because they will self destruct on the 18th!

: Ruthless Rye by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.

: Celebration by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. I love this fresh hop IPA.

: Bigfoot Barley Wine by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. Another one by Sierra Nevada that I can’t get enough of. If you haven’t tried it, you need to. Seriously.

: Gangway IPA by Red Hare Brewing Company. This beer grew up when the brewery started canning it because that is when they started dry hopping the beer and it really stepped this balanced IPA up a notch.

: Gubna Imperial IPA by Oscar Blues Brewery. This oniony IIPA will kick your mouth in the nuts!

: Lagunitas Sucks by Lagunitas Brewing Company. Lagunitas doesn’t suck cause they brewed this badass west coast style IPA. Maybe a IIPA? it’s on the cusp.

: Maximus IPA by Lagunitas Brewing Company.

: The Big DIPA by Heavy Seas Brewing Company. This is a smooth, malty, earthy, oaky, spicey, herbal treat. This taint no west coast IIPA.

: Curmudgeon’s Better Half by Founders Brewing Company. Old Ale Brewed with Molasses and Aged in Maple syrup Bourbon Barrels. This was fanfuckingtastic. I can only hope to try this one again if it makes it back my way. It went awesome with my breakfast btw…

: Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) a Chocolate and Coffee Bourbon Barrel aged breakfast stout by Founders Brewing Company. Dude, do I really need to say more than KBS?

: Breakfast Stout by Founders Brewing Company. This is my year round pre-noon goto stout. You’ll have to stock it up tp make it year round yourself though as it is only a seasonal. Double Chocolate, Coffee, Oatmeal, Oh my.

: Backwoods Bastard by Founders Brewing Company. Another Barrel aged winner from the fine folks at Founders.

: All Day IPA by Founders Brewing Company. I have been drinking the shit out of these. They go down way to easy. Light body and citrusy hop flavor.

: Russian Roulette Black IPA by Evil Twin Brewing. It was a big roasty black IPA.

: The Corruption IPA by DC Brau Brewing.

: Racer 5 IPA by Bear Republic Brewing Co. This was a little maltier than expected being from the west coast but it was damn good.

: The Bollocks IIPA by Brash. A malt forward IIPA.

Peppercorn IPA

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

SweetWater IPA cask with peppercorn and centennial hops

Cask of SweetWater IPA aged on peppercorns and centennial hops.

I made it over to the SweetWater Brewery this past Wednesday and they had an interesting cask of IPA. The cask contained peppercorns and centennial hops which thoroughly enhanced this beer. Spicy peppercorn dominated the nose and palate while the centennial hops made a more modest appearance. If you have time to drink some beers on Wednesday nights then SweetWater is a good place to be. Every hump day they pour unique casks of heady brews that are worth fighting the traffic for.

Can’t stop the Hop

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

Whats left of a SweetWater Lowryeder Hopped in glass with wet Citra Hops.

I can’t stop putting hops in my beer now. I destroyed two SweetWater Lowryeder‘s that I hopped up with a few fresh citra hop cones. It’s to bad that its not harvest season yet cause I could do this every day. The hops tend to cloud the beers a bit as well as adding little yellow hop “flavor crystals” that float around. With the wet citra hops you get a nice combination of citrus and pine. The wet hops also add a layer of spicy heat to the finish, makes me wonder if hops rate on the Scoville scale at all.

Hoppilicious Bigfoot

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

A glass of Sierra Nevada Big Foot with Wet Citra Hops added to the glass

Big Foot hopped up with some wet Citra hops.

I decided to amp up an all ready big brew(Sierra Nevada Big Foot) by throwing in some Citra hops that I had in the freezer; the Citra hops were wet hops left over from harvest season. I made sure to stash some in my freezer for future use. I swirled and squished the hops a bit in the beer to force some of tasty fresh hop goodness into the beer immediately. After it sat for about 5 – 10 mins it was like i was drinking a completely different beer. It tasted like a malt bomb of an IPA with the fresh citrus notes battling the malty finish. The fresh Citra flavors hung out for a while after sipping and left my pallet begging for another swill.

Smooooth, Dark, and Full of Bourbony Goodness.

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

Heresy sitting on a bourbon barrel.

Werebacher Heresy conforms to my ideals of a tasty bourbon stout… any beer drinker that denies this must be a heretic!

let’s get things rolling…

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

Cask of SweetWater IPA O PEEL. IPA aged on orange peels.

A cask of SweetWater IPA aged on orange peels. In this cask the typical hop notes on the nose where mellowed out with mild orange aroma. The flavor came off a bit malty for a SweetWater IPA; the orange peel came through in the end and left a good bit of peely tartness.

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