Destroyed in July

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

: Big Boss Bad Penny – Solid brown ale. Reminds me of Watership Brown by Red Hair

: Big Boss High Roller IPA – What can I say It’s a “balanced” IPA. If that’s your thing you’ll like it.

: Boulevard Single-Wide IPA – Solid relatively hop forward IPA. Kinda reminds me of 60 Min.

: Dogfish Head 60 Min IPA – Solid slightly hop forward IPA.

: Dofgfish Head 90 Min IIPA – It’s big and hoppy. It’s big and malty. It’s a beer you should try if you haven’t. It might have been the first IIPA that I ever tried; many, many beers and years ago.

: Founders Breakfast Stout – I love this fucking beer. One of the best stouts ever created.

: Founders Rübæus – I need to do a real review of this Raspberry wonder bomb. It is fruity as hell. A little tart and a little sweet . Purple. Awesome and refreshing.

: Heavy Seas Siren Noir – Chocolate and Bourbon and Oak. What else do you need?

: Sierra Nevada Hoptimum – Giant, bitter, and hoppy. This badass just drips with pine, citrus, and resiny goodness.

: Sierra Nevada & Boulevard Terra Incognita – Roasty and oaky with a bit of tarty sourness from wild yeast.

: Terrapin Wake and Bake – Awesomeness. Coffee all over this thing. Great way to start your day.

: Bells Two Hearted Ale IPA – Great IPA. It is one of my go to beers. Light, crisp, hoppy, and refreshing.

IPA DAY 2013

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Beer Destroyer

IPA DAY 2013 – Bell’s Hop Slam IIPA, Omnipolo Moebius IIPA, Dogfish Head 120 Minute IIPA

I hope everyone had the chance to drink some hoppy and heady beers yesterday for International IPA Day. I managed to make some time for a few tasty beverages throughout the day. I started IPA Day off right with a pint of Hopgasm from 5 Seasons Brewery Prado accompanied by a tasty pulled pork Cuban sandwich with french frys. I love some Hopgasm, it is big and hoppy with just the right amount of bitterness and malt. Yum. I want one right now. I wish the brewpub could sell growlers of that tasty shit… And we’re back.

Later in the evening I sat down with a buddy of mine to check out some bigger IPA’s that I’ve been meaning to drink. We started with the Moebius IIPA by Omnipolo brewery from Sweden. I thoroughly enjoyed this brew. It poured a nice hazy golden color that hinted at a fuller bodied drinking experience. When you smelt the beer your senses were slammed with giant pine and grapefruit aromas. Your nostrils do not lie because this beer beats up your pallet with pine needles and grapefruits. Loads of ’em. The bitterness is right on point too just when you think it might be to much it plateaus but keeps you hanging on the edge. This might have been my favorite of the beer of the evening.

The next beer in the tasting line up was a 2013 Bell’s Hopslam IIPA that has been aging for many months. This big ass IIPA is brewed with honey to off set some of the bitterness. It is a tasty brew but this one had sat around just a little to long. I don’t want to say that the age on this beer made it malt forward but it certainly lost lots of its hoppy appeal. On the nose there was a hint of spicy hop aroma that was dominated by a sweet malty fragrance. Once you dove in there was a muted hop presence as the sweetness from the honey took center stage. All in all it was still a tasty treat but not the hop bomb I was looking for.

The final beer in the IPA Day tasting lineup was a heavy weight. Dogfish Head 120 Minute IIPA is a giant IPA clocking in at 17.5% abv. From start to finish this beer was a battling for your senses. The bouquet slammed your nose three different ways. Super boozy, super hoppy, and super malty. This theme continued throughout the drinking experience as it turned my taste buds up to 11. This thing is a sipper if I have ever seen one. It is hard to say what aspect stands out most about this beer as your palate just gets hit with repeated overwhelming waves of tasty booze, hops, and malty sweetness. Either way it was a monster and I enjoyed it.

I hope you folks had a hoppy IPA Day too!

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.

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Destroyed in July

IPA DAY 2013

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