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New Beer Blog Samuel Adams Latitude 48 IPA Deconstructed (2014)

In this beer blog, we are going to get into my second Samuel Adams IPA sampler pack. If you read my earlier beer blog posts on this East Coast Craft Brewery, you know the history of this craft brewery. If you have not, please, read them to get to know this craft brewery. Let us get into these six different single hop IPA.

Latitude 48 IPA

This beer is one of their everyday six-pack bottles. It has your normal IPA amber to copper look to it with a white constant head. The taste of this IPA gives a nice hop taste with nice bitter ending. You can taste beer from the front of the pallet which gives off sweet to bitter tastes notes. The aftertaste is something I really do not like about this beer. It has a dry hoppy bitter finish. For what Samuel Adams is today, this is a well made beer. I hate to say it because I know it is a slap in the face to any brewmaster but this is a nice beginner IPA for people wanting to get into this great beer style. Overall a nice drinkable and easy drinking beer for the beer style. This IPA is better than their Rebel IPA.

East Kent Goldings IPA #1

It has a clear copper color with a white constant head on this English IPA. The smell has a heavy floral notes. The taste has a floral to earthy notes. The aftertaste is an earthy dry hop finish. It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This single hop IPA is brewed using only East Kent Goldings. These classic English hops create a mellow bitterness with earthy, floral, and apricot notes that are balanced by a subtle malt sweetness.

Mosaic IPA #2

It has a clear copper color with a white constant head. The aroma has a pineapple to citrus notes. The taste has a pineapple to a slight smooth caramel notes. It is has nice bitter hop aftertaste. It is a pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This single hop IPA is brewed using only Mosaic hops . These distinctive American hops contribute subtle fruit notes of pineapple and Mandarin orange along with hints of eucalyptus. These delicate notes are complemented by the sweetness of the malt.

Hallertau Mittelfrueh IPA #3

It has a clear copper color with a white constant head. The smell has hints of citrus to piney notes. The taste has a light carbonation to some notes of piney and citrus. The aftertaste is a dry hop finish. It is a pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This single hop IPA is brewed using only Hallertau Mittelfrueh Noble hops from the Halletau region of Bavaria. These hops create a soft bitterness, along with delicate citrus and resinous pine notes that are balanced by a subtle malt sweetness and body.

Simcoe IPA #4

It has a clear copper color with a white constant head. The aroma has a heavy grapefruit notes. The taste profile is a heavy grapefruit notes with a dry crisp grapefruit dry hop finish. It does not hang around like #1 to #3. It is a pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This single hop IPA is brewed using only Simcoe hops that bring a distinct punch of grapefruit character and piney notes. The subtle malt sweetness helps balance and round out the concentrated hop character.

#5 Zeus IPA

It has a clear copper color with a white constant head on this IPA. The smell has an earthy notes. The taste is an earthy to piney notes with a dry bitter hop aftertaste. It is kind of drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This single hop IPA is brewed using only American Zeus hops, which create an intense piney and resinous character. This brew leans strongly towards the hop character, but is balanced by the malts sweetness.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.samueladams.com

Twitter: @SamuelAAdams

In the end, we are going to break this IPA sampler pack down. Being a huge Hophead, I am always looking to try new IPA’s in the market or retry old ones. I love when craft breweries take one IPA and mess around with it. I like to try different hops or malt with one recipe. Samuel Adams did that with Latitude 48 IPA, which is one of their everyday IPA six-pack and their best everyday IPA. I have had their newer IPA, which is Rebel IPA, and I am not a fan of it. It is not an American IPA. It is English IPA. I feel Rebel IPA is something that one of the mass-produced beer companies. Latitude 48 IPA is a nice gateway drug into craft beer and IPA world. They did a great job on some of these beers but there are a few in this pack that I could do without. I will give them credit for the effort on these brews. #1 is a pretty good English IPA but nothing close to Goose Island IPA and Brooklyn East India Pale Ale. The more that I start thinking about #1 is pretty good version of IPA than Brooklyn East India Pale Ale. I like this one. #2 has some nice tropical notes that the hops kick off in this brew. I love that in this beer. This is one of the best one in this pack. #3, I can do without this IPA. This was a bad mix with this hop. I just found Hallertau Mittelfrueh is a good hop with other hops. By itself, it is just not good. Maybe, it is this brewery. I just do not know. #4 is average but it is growing on me. I love this hop, which is Simcoe Hop. I am starting to think that the malty backbone in Latitude 48 is not mixing well with these other hops. This brew did grow on me. The last one #5 is really good along with the aftertaste. It keeps me coming back for some more. I normally get on any brewery about their aftertaste on IPA. I do not know why but this aftertaste makes me keep drinking more of this beer. The best beer #2 in this pack. The worse is #3. Overall, this is average IPA pack. They did an awesome job like three years ago. The last two years they did different IPA styles that I passed right by in the store. I give them credit for trying and make sure we still call Samuel Adams a craft brewery still. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser16@gmail.com

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Atwater Brewery Blueberry Cobbler Ale

In this beer blog, we are going to get into another beer and I am thinking the last one from Atwater Brewery. If you read my earlier beer blog posts, you know the history of this Detroit craft brewery. If you have not, please, read them to get to know this brewery. Let us get into this fruit beer.

It has a black color with an off white color head. The aroma has a heavy blueberry notes. The taste has a heavy blueberry notes but not really balance beer. The aftertaste has a dry bitter finish but not from the hops. It is kind of drinkable.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

Nothing says autumn like this refreshing ale brewed using local blueberries from our home State of Michigan. It’s beer just like Grandma would make, if Grandma was a brewmaster. Prost!

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.atwaterbeer.com

Twitter: @atwaterbeer

In the end, I do not know why I keep doing this to myself. This craft brewery is not really good and they only really put out one good beer. The one good beer is just an average beer. I am talking about Java Vanilla Porter. Their Dirty Blonde could be in the talk of a good beer or not. The point that I am getting at is this craft brewery makes some pretty bad beers. They are not constant all around their beers. Their IPA’s, I refuse to drink even if they are the only craft beer in the bar. I was thinking maybe their fruit beers might be good. I was completely wrong. I mean really wrong. This blueberry ale is not balance at all. It is not really good. It is missing something. I can not put my figure on it. Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Anchor Brewing Anchor IPA

In this beer blog, we are going to get into our first brew from Anchor Brewing. It is one of their two new beer, which is Anchor IPA. Anchor Brewery started brewing in 1896 in San Francisco. Ernst F. Baruth and Otto Schinkel, Jr brought the brewery from Gottlieb Brekle, who came over from Germany. The brewery struggled throughout the 1950’s and finally in 1965 Frederick Louis Maytag III brought about 50% shares in the brewery to save it from closing. He later brought the rest of the shares in the company and moved in to its current location in 1979. In 2010, Maytag sold the brewery to Keith Greggor and Tony Foglio. They kept on pushing the brewery forward. Today, they brew several different beer styles. They released two new beers in the last two years. They are California Lager and this one Anchor IPA. Let us get into this IPA.

It has a clear bright copper color with a white constant head. The aroma has floral and earthy notes. The taste is an earthy with hints of malt. The aftertaste has a dry hop finish. It is kind of drinkable beer to drinkable.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

The California Gold Rush lured thousands went to “see the elephant,” a 19th-century metaphor for the hopeful but risky pursuit of happiness, adventure, and fortune. As early as 1849, India Pale Ale prepared by British brewers for export to India by adding dry hops to barrels of hoppy ale – was also heading west, from England around the Horn to San Francisco. Thirsty ’49ers savored imported IPAs, but it wasn’t until 1975 that Anchor, America’s original craft brewery, pioneered the revival of dry-hopped handmade ales. Now, that tradition fast-forwards to an adventurous new brew: Anchor IPA. Made with 2-row barley malt and fresh whole-cone hops, its bright amber color, distinctively complex aroma, spiky bitterness, malty depth, and clean finish unite to create a uniquely flavorful, memorable, and timeless IPA.

Here is a description from their website (www.anchorbrewing.com):

The California Gold Rush lured thousands west to “see the elephant,” a 19th-century metaphor for the hopeful but risky pursuit of happiness, adventure, and fortune. As early as 1849, India Pale Ale – prepared by British brewers for export to India by adding dry hops to barrels of hoppy ale – was also heading west, from England around the Horn to San Francisco. Thirsty ‘49ers savored the best imported IPAs, but it wasn’t until 1975 that Anchor, Americas’ original craft brewery, pioneered the revival of dry-hopped handmade ales. Now, that tradition fast-forwards to an adventurous new brew: Anchor IPA™.

Anchor IPA™ is made with 2-row barley malt and fresh whole-cone hops, its bright amber color, distinctively complex aroma, spiky bitterness, malty depth, and clean finish unite to create a uniquely flavorful, memorable, and timeless craft IPA.

The elephant you see on Anchor IPA™ was hand-drawn by our label artist, James Stitt. To “see the elephant” was a popular 19th-century expression that originated with a tale that predates the California Gold Rush.

There once lived a farmer who had heard of elephants but had never seen one. He longed for the day when he might catch a glimpse of this rare, exotic creature. When the circus came to town, he loaded his wagon with fresh produce and headed to market. On the way, just as he’d hoped, he came across the circus parade, nobly led by an enormous elephant. The farmer was ecstatic, but his horses were terrified. They reared and bucked, overturning his wagon and scattering its precious contents in the road. “I don’t give a hoot,” exclaimed the farmer. “I have seen the elephant!”

The elephant became the universal symbol of the Gold Rush, as evidenced by the journals, letters, and sketchbooks of the forty-niners. Whether or not they struck it rich in the diggings, those plucky pioneers would forever treasure their California adventure as the defining moment of their lives. Have you seen the elephant?

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.anchorbrewing.com

Twitter: @AnchorBrewing

In closing, I am always interested in what Anchor Brewery puts out in the beer world. I have a problem living in Michigan. It is hard to find Anchor Beers. I have to always ask for it. I could not find this beer so I had to go to Chicago. Their Wholesaler here in Michigan is not very good. They worry about Michigan craft beers, which is fine, as long as they are good. Most of them are not very good. I am a huge hophead so this beer was on my radar. This beer lives up to the IPA’s. I would not say this IPA is an American. I look at it as English IPA. It is right in the middle between the two beer styles. I get why it is American IPA because they use American hops or yeast. There is a ton of Malty depth. It is pretty complex there and then add the hops on top of it. The hop selection takes this beer to another level of complex flavors. I do enjoy it and I hope to try this IPA and their Liberty Ale side by side. Of course, if I can find them in my market, I might have to ask for both of them at my local beer store. I recommend this beer. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Starr Hill Brewery Northern Lights India Pale Ale

In this beer blog, we are going to get into another beer from my beer trade. It is Starr Hill Brewery Northern Lights India Pale Ale. If you read my earlier beer blog posts, you know the history of this East Coast Craft Brewery. If you have not, please, read them to get to know this craft brewery. Let us get into this IPA.

It has a cloudy copper color with a semi white head on this IPA. The smell has a floral to piney notes. The taste of this medium body is a light carbonation piney notes with a caramel notes finish for the aftertaste. It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a descriation from their website (www.starrhill.com):

A classic American-style India Pale Ale, Northern Lights weighs in at 52 IBUs and 6.5% ABV. Characterized by its full-flavored bitterness and poignant citrus-floral aroma, a perfect blend of barley and hops make this a very balanced IPA. For the craftbrew connoisseur, Northern Lights is a deliciously crafted piece of the heavens.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.starrhill.com

Twitter: @starrhill

Closing, there is only been one beer that was pretty disappointing for me from this craft brewery. I have liked just about everything that I had from Starr Hill. I was pretty excited to see this beer in my beer trade. I love the hop notes from the aroma and taste. The other thing that I like about this beer is the IBU’s. It is pretty low. I could drink this beer about half the day and have to switch to something else or stop drinking. This is a great beer. I highly recommend this beer. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Ballast Point Electric Ray IPL

In this special set of beer blogs, we are going to get into the first of twelve beers from Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp sampler pack. You will notice a theme throughout these beers. The name of the beers and beer styles is taken from the partner craft breweries. The first one that I picked is partner Ballast Point Brewery. It is Electric Ray IPL. Ballast Point Brewery was founded in 1996 by Jack and Yuseff. It came from a home brewing supply shop that they opened in 1992. The themes of this brewery is coming from the sea, water, or ocean. They brew several different beer styles but they are known for their IPA’s like most West Coast craft breweries. Let us get into this IPL.

It has a clear light copper color with a constant white head. The aroma has floral to grapefruit notes. The taste has a light carbonation grapefruit notes with a dry grapefruit finish for the aftertaste. It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

This nautically named India Pale Lager combines intense cirtusy, floral American hops with the clean, classic malt body of a blonde lager.

As ever, San Diego’s Ballast Point looked the sea for inspiration. A play on the fish’s scientific name – Torpedo California – Electric Ray pays homage to our Hop Torpedo, the source of much of this beer’s big flavor. Its massive grapefruit and floral notes deliver a high-voltage hit of hop flavor.

Here is a description from their website (www.beercamp.sierranevada.com):

As ever, San Diego’s Ballast Point looked to the sea for the inspiration behind Electric Ray. A play on the fish’s scientific name—Torpedo californica—this beer pays homage to our mutual home state, as well as to our Hop Torpedo, the source of much of the big flavor in this high voltage, hop-forward Imperial Pale Lager.

Ballast Point brought their homebrewing dreams to the big leagues and started brewing professionally, but they never forgot their roots. They still run a successful homebrewing supply shop in San Diego. A love for hops and the ocean inspire incredible brewed and distilled offerings, and their one-of-a-kind labels boast some beautiful, and sometimes gnarly-lookin’, fish.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.ballastpoint.com and www.sierranevada.com

Twitter: @bpbrewing and @sierranevada

Closing, it is kind of fitting the fact that there would be IPL in this pack. IPL is a growing beer style in the world of IPA’s. I love the fact they named it after Electric Ray because of Ballast Point (BP). BP using fishes and everything in the water to name their beers. I really love the packaging and how it explains the back story of the partner brewery. I love how it explains their thoughts on why they picked this beer style. Of course, being a Hophead, I had to pick one of the India Pale Ale or Lager. I love the aroma and the taste profile that this beer offer. This is one of the best beers in this pack. I realize this is the first one I had in this pack that I am doing a write up but when I am finish this review up. I will already had about half of this pack. I recommend you getting a pack if you can find one. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Local Option Brewery Morning Wood

While in Chicago, we are going to sample another brew, which is Morning Wood, from Local Option Brewery. If you read my beer blog posts a few days ago, you know the history of this small but upcoming craft brewery. If you have not, please, read Sweet Leaf review to get to know the history of this Chicago craft brewery. Let us get into Morning Wood.

It has a jet black color with a semi white color head. The aroma has a heavy coffee notes. The taste has a sweet malty to coffee notes. There is a slight caramel to caramel liquor notes but really fate to weak. The aftertaste is a sour coffee notes. It is a sipping beer.

Here is a description from their website (www.localoptionbier.com):

Local Option Morning Wood: Local Option Morning Wood is an oak-aged coffee ale developed and brewed by Local Option Bierwerker. Fresh American oak used during the aging process and Dark Matter’s El Salvador San Jose pulp-natural coffee aromatically drive the beer; while remaining subtle components of the beers’ complete flavor profile. The amber-colored, medium-bodied, and extraordinarily well-balanced ale was first unveiled at the Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beers in November 2011. Morning Wood’s taste is delicate and should be appreciated by beer drinkers of all palates.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.localoptionbier.com

Twitter: @localoption

Closing, I like this beer and I mean I really like this beer. I love how they took an amber style beer. Rather then, what most craft breweries do and they take porter or stout. I love when craft breweries think outside the box. This craft brewery did that idea with this brew. I love the coffee notes and it is not overpowering the rest of the beer. It is a nice balance and I will be looking for this beer in bottle in my market. I will be back to the brewpub. I love their brewpub from their food, beer, service, and music. I highly recommend this beer. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Lagunitas Brewery Tour

While in Chicago, I had a chance to get by the new brewery in Chicago from Lagunitas Brewery. I want to thank my boy, Tony for the hook up. Everyone was great at the brewery from tour guide, bar, to Jack. I had several different beers but I did not have time to take tasting notes. I really do not want to guess, however, I saved all the photos of the beers and during the brewery tour. You will see them below. If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this West Coast and Midwest Craft Brewery. Let us get into this brewery.

Undercover Investigation Shut-Down Ale

Imperial Red Ale

Brewery tour!!

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.lagunitas.com

Twitter: @lagunitasbeer

Closing out, I had a great time at the brewery and I will be back there when I am back in Chicago. I might have to eat and get beer to go. As many of you know, I am a huge fan of this craft brewery. I always throw their IPA into my line up of regular IPA’s. I was able to get turn on to other beers that they make. I will be checking them out and adding them to my line up of beers. For example, I am adding Daytime IPA. I will be switching back and forth with their IPA and Daytime. As far as the brewery tour, it is like every other craft brewery tour. This craft brewery is set up for expanding and they are growing it everyday. It is also set up awesome for brewery tours unlike other craft breweries. The whole tour is on a catwalk above the craft brewery. You can see everything. I highly recommend jumping on this craft brewery tour. If you know their beers, I would still make a point to checking this brewery out. This brewery is very important for us on the eastern part of the country. We will be able to get fresher and enough of their beers for the demand in this area. It also gives us a chance to get their beers cheaper. I highly recommend checking this brewery out in Chicago. They have great food, service, and of course, great beers. Thanks again, Tony! Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Local Option American Muscle Double IPA

While in Chicago, we are going to sample American Muscle Double IPA from Local Option Brewery. If you read my beer blog review on their Sweet Leaf from yesterday, you know the history of this craft brewery. If you have not, please, read them to get to know this craft brewery from Chicago. Let us get into this Double IPA.

It has a slightly clear copper color without a head on this Imperial IPA. The aroma has hints of earthy notes. The taste is a nice smooth earthy notes with a dry hop finish. It pretty drinkable for an Imperial IPA.

Here is a description from their website (www.localoptionbier.com):

American Muscle – New World Double IPA is massive hop-bomb brewed by the Local Option Bierwerker. Aggressively late-kettle and dry hopped with four quintessential varietals of American hops; this beer is built like houses used to be built. A strong malt backbone balances a rich, flavorful palate of citrus fruit with floral and earthy notes. No adjuncts or extracts of any type were used in this beer.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.localoptionbier.com

Twitter: @localoption

Closing, this is by far my favorite beer from Local Option Brewery. I love the name and packaging. I love the hop selection and the strong malty backbone to cut through those hops. This beer is pretty drinkable for Imperial IPA. It is pretty extremely and scary drinkable. The craft beer drinker needs to be careful at how much he is drinking. This is an awesome beer and I will be looking for it in package in Michigan. I hope some bottles make it to my market. I highly recommend this beer and this brewpub if you are around the Chicago area. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Dogfish Head Burton Baton Imperial IPA

While dog sitting, I had a chance to sample Dogfish Head Burton Baton Imperial IPA. If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this East Coast Craft Brewery. If you have not read them, please read them to get to know Dogfish Head Brewery. Let us get into this IPA.

It has a clear dark copper to almost bronze color like with a nice white constant head. The aroma has a slight earthy, oak, vanilla, and citrus notes. The taste has a nice smooth slight vanilla notes along with an oak and citrus notes. The aftertaste has smooth oak and vanilla notes. It is a nice sipping beer.

Here is a description from their website (www.dogfish.com):

ABV:

10.0

IBU:

70

Availability:

Year Round

Original Release Date:

11/2004

This oak-aged hybrid has been gaining popularity over the past few years and is now available year-round.

For Burton Baton, we brew two “threads,” or batches, of beer: an English-style old ale and an imperial IPA.

After fermenting the beers separately in our stainless tanks, they’re transferred and blended together in one of our large oak tanks. Burton Baton sits on the wood for about a month.

When enjoying the Burton Baton, you’ll find an awesome blend of the citrus notes from Northwestern hops melding with woody, vanilla notes from the oak. The wood also tends to mellow the 10% ABV of Burton, so tread cautiously!

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.dogfish.com

Twitter: @dogfishbeer

Closing, I did not realize this brew is all year-long now. I always thought this was a seasonal. I am pretty happy to see Dogfish Head realizing the demands for their beers. It is a nice sipping and relaxing type of beer. This is a beer you will not be able to pound a few down in a day. There is some nice notes from oak, vanilla, to citrus notes. This is right way of making Oak IPA. There is a brewery in Michigan called Round Barn. They make similar beer called Oak IPA. I believe and it is not really good. I give them credit for trying. Dogfish Head Brewery did this beer right and gives the hopheads a little different. I recommend this beer and it should be pretty easy to find now since it is all year-long. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Hop City Brewery Hopbot IPA

In this beer blog, we are going sample a beer from a little craft brewery, who is Hop City Brewery, from Canada. This is one of their new beers and it is Hopbot IPA. There is really no history about this craft brewery. I do know they are from Canada and by looking at their website they are a young brewery. The article where I found the description below says they are part of the Moosehead Brewery. This beer is not listed on their website. Be careful, there is a brewery in the south named Hop City too. Let us get into this IPA.

It has a clear copper color with constant small bubbles. The white constant head is showing itself off on this IPA. The aroma has a nice citrus notes to hints of sweet malt. The taste has a nice tropical to citrus notes. The aftertaste has a tropical fruit finish like mango almost. It is a drinkable beer from Canada.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

Programmed with 5 West Coast American hops, Hopbot IPA brings out waves of absurd citrus and tropical aroma and flavor. The Citra, Centennial, Mosaic, Summit and Willamette hops provide 70 IBUs which are perfectly balanced by a solid malt backbone.

Here is a description from article in Canada website (www.canadianbeernews.com):

The latest brew from the guys at Hop City is their boldest yet, packed with five different West Coast American hops crafted to bring out waves of absurd citrus and tropical notes with just the right notes of spice and pine. The Citra, Centennial, Mosaic, Summit and Willamette hops provide a serious hop kick, while a blend of Canadian Pale 2-Row, Carastan, Crystal and Black malts provide a solid balancing malt backbone.

Here is a their website and twitter addresses:

Website: www.hopcity.com

Twitter: @hopcitybrewing

In the end, I like this beer but I would not say it is my favorite brew. I love the five different hops they picked. I am happy to see more craft breweries popping up in Canada. Even though, it is under the company of Moosehead Brewery. There is nothing wrong with that. There are some craft breweries like that in the states. It looks like they are allowed to do their thing unlike most craft breweries that are in this situation. This is a great IPA and I would be interested to see if they try to make Double IPA. I recommend you trying this brew at least once or twice. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser13@comcast.net

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

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