Posts Tagged: Big Hop Bombs
Big Hop Bombs: Un*Earthly, Southern Tier, New York, USA
Posted by on Saturday, May 6, 2006 in - 13 comments
Can these guys make a bad beer? • This ale pours a light tan foam and rim over bright cherry-amber ale. You pick up heat from the first whiff. Check the bottle. Yikes 11%. I thought it was a Double IPA - but no...it's an Imperial IPA. Good thing the Mets and Braves went to 14 innings. Another …
Big Hop Bombs: Hop Wallop Ale, Victory Brewing, PA, USA
Posted by on Monday, November 28, 2005 in - 3 comments
A quiet weekend around here as I was off in central New York state picking up some more beer to keep your insatiable appetite for my views on brews fed...or at least watered. Also quiet because I've been muttering under my breath about another digital camera that has died on me. For the short term …
Big Hop Bombs: Big A IPA 2005, Smuttynose, NH, USA
Posted by on Monday, October 31, 2005 in - 8 comments
I am looking forward to sipping this one. The brewer's notes over at the Smuttynose website say this one has 120 IBU or international brewers units and here is why: • “After being forced to smell the glove at last years' GABF by judges who declared the Big A just not big enough, Stash decided to …
Big Hop Bombs: XP Pale Ale, Bear Republic, Healdsburg, California
Posted by on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 in - 1 comment
This brew provides a great education in the timing of hop additions. I know you were sitting there day after day wonder when I was going to mention the importance of the timing of hop additions. Well, this is the day because this brew provides a great education in the timing of hop additions …
Big Hop Bombs: Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA, Delaware USA
Posted by on Thursday, May 26, 2005 in - 7 comments
...perhaps one of the best IPAs in America... • We were this close to staying at a hotel between the Dogfish Head Brewery and the beach at Lewes, Delaware...this close...then I bailed on the great southern credit card run and opted for the nearer north-east of New England. I would have learned … read more »
Big Hop Bombs: Ruination IPA, Stone Brewing, California
Posted by on Thursday, October 14, 2004 in - leave a comment
Nothing but an ale most masterful could claim this name. 7.7%. Light wine. It smells like opening a bag of hops pellets and tastes like licking one out. This is a BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEG brew and meant to be. If you do not like hops this is not the beer for you. If you can not contemplate beauty in the …
