Posts Tagged: California

California: Imperial IPA, Green Flash, San Diego

Posted by Alan McLeod on Thursday, September 11, 2008 in California, Big Hop Bombs - 3 comments

I picked this one up at C's Farm Market in Oswego a few months ago but this is no beer for the heat and the sweat: 101 IBU and 9% so it is safe to say this is a big hop bomb. I noticed that Stonch has said goodbye to his pub's summer ale. But that also means hello to other things. Like big hop …

California: Lumpy Gravy, Lagunitas Brewing, Petaluma

Posted by Alan McLeod on Friday, August 8, 2008 in California - leave a comment

A brown beer. A 7.2% special brewed just one time. But it has Frank Zappa on the label and that gives hope. I had a pre-punk dalliance with Zappa's orchestrated wit that The Sex Pistols and the Clash swept away with their powerful simplicity so this beer speaks back 35 years for me...though … read more »

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