NYC Indy Spirits Expo
August 26th, 2010
Last month, boutique distilleries around the globe descended upon Manhattan’s Touch nightclub for the NYC Indy Spirits Expo, a celebration of boutique spirits brands. This was a great opportunity for hundres of cocktail enthusients, store and bar owners to meet distillers, brand owners, importers and, of course, taste some of the finest spirits the world around.
Tags: american ipa, Brewmaster's Reserve.Brooklyn Brewery Detonation Release Party
August 17th, 2010
The New York craft beer community was out in full force once again to celebrate the latest release of the Brooklyn Brewery’s Brewmasters Series; Detonation Ale. A serious hop monster, with a walloping 10.2% ABV, Detonation Ale takes no pity on your palate from start to finish. But oh, what sweet, sweet punishment it is from one of the tastiest IPAs I’ve run across in a long time
Tags: american ipa, Brewmaster's Reserve.Weyerbacker Double Simcoe IPA
December 21st, 2009
Style: IPA, Single-varietal American Imperial IPA / Double IPA
ABV: 9.0%
IBU: 153
Availability: year round
Pairing: strong blue cheese, buffalo wings
Summary: Heavy alcohol and heavy hopping create an over-riding bitterness in this Double IPA. If you love simcoe hops – and a lot of them – then brave forward else look for something more balanced.
Weyerbacker Double Simcoe IPA aggressively hopped double IPA is a bitter beast is for the hopheads only. A neutral malt back hold up the hops but fails to bring an other flavors to the table. You can taste the heavy, 9% alcohol as well a big, dark citrus, pine and grapefruit flavors from the Simcoes. The brew pours a murky reddish brown with nice lacing, good mouthfeel and an appropriate carbonation… all signs of a well crafted beer. But the bitterness, to me, is just too assertive and representative of everything I resent of the overly assertive IPAs getting pumped out these days. I’ve had much more balanced double IPAs before but if Simcoe hops are your bag then by all means give it a try.
Southern Tier IPA
December 21st, 2009
Style: IPA, American
ABV: 6.9%
IBU: 65
Availability: year round
Pairing: onion rings, brie cheese, pizza, pasta puttanesca, brined olives
Summary: A well balanced year round IPA that’s a great standby for pizza night or on your local tap.
Continuing my goal to rekindle a love for the IPA, this time I turn to Lakewood, New York’s Southern Tier Brewery to check out what they consider the great American IPA. This one pours a clear orange-amber color with a one-finger white head that settles to a slight film leaving little lacing on the glass. The aroma is pleasant and more malt-forward than your typical IPA registering a balance of sweet, caramel notes and floral hops. The flavor is right inline with the nose and it’s a caramel malt and pale malt palate with a mildly assertive bitterness from the floral and citrus hop flavors flavors. Without getting too technical, there is a nice cascade hop flavor which is one of my favorites so this one goes down easy with some nice surprise woody undertones that arise as the flavor lingers.
This is a pretty middle of the road take on an American IPA which seems like exactly what Southern Tier are going for in a year round offering. It’s a nice standby – both well balanced and drinkable – and the darker caramel malt does add some unique character. One drawback for me is the 6.9% ABV which makes something this drinkable a tough a session beer and , while there are not enough stand-out flavors to make it worth hunting down, Iwould not hesitate to grab one on tap with dinner.
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