Beer Style: American/ imperial IPA
Taste: extremely hoppy; slightly bitter
Aroma: sweet malt mixed with hops
Look: light brown
Alcohol percentage: 8% aba
This is my first beer review, which I hope to do on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. I will try to review a variety of different beers including commercial beers, my personal homebrewed beers, and friend’s homebrewed beers. If you know a beer I should try or brew beer yourself, please send it to me for a review.
I am a fan of big hop aroma and flavor in a beer, but I believe that some IPAs and double IPA’s go too far into the bitter category. This beer exists in a nice in-between realm. It is made with a hop extract, which according to the bottle is not something that is normally recommended in craft brew. It has a deep hop scent and a nice hop flavor, that doesn't quite match the aroma. I think it is an easy drinking beer for a 8% aba beer. After drinking a full 22 its bitterness becomes evident. The only other beer that I’ve had that has this strong of hops and flavor was a special release beer that I had at the Anderson Valley Beer festival, that Lagunitas tapped on limited release because they dry-hopped the keg and it was incredible.
I enjoyed this beer, and I enjoy many Lagunitas beers because of their hop content, their flavor and their individual mythology.
Grade: A-
