I Hardcore You

Brewdog Mikkeller

9.5% ABV

Reviewed by RD

Appearance: A hazy glowing deep amber heading towards orange a few bubbles of carbonation and lovely head of orange tinted white foam.

Aroma: A big nose of resinous hops, burnt golden syrup. There is a spicy quality that I first though of as savory maybe cayenne pepper or earthy fresh ginger. Rather floral [...click the heading to read more]

August 29th, 2010 Tags: , | Section: Beer Reviews, Video Beer Review | 2 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post

Big A IPA

Smuttynose Brewing Co.

Michael Jackson Award winning IPA, "The Beer Hunter" not "The King of Pop".

9.7% ABV

Reviewed by RD

Appearance: A glowing amber body topped with a couple of fingers of off-white head. Quite a lot of suspended sediment floated around despite being very careful with the pour.

Aroma: On the nose you get big resinous pine, [...click the heading to read more]

August 16th, 2010 Tags: , | Section: Beer Reviews | Leave a comment | Print This Post | Email This Post

Hardcore IPA

Brewdog

Better in the bottle!

9.2% ABV

Reviewed by RD

After both Matt and I sampled halves of Hardcore IPA on draught at the always impressive North Bar in Leeds, I went home and had a bottle that was cooling nicely in my fridge and this is what I found.

Appearance: In the glass it appeared a dark sandy [...click the heading to read more]

July 19th, 2010 Tags: , | Section: Beer Reviews | Leave a comment | Print This Post | Email This Post

Imperial IPA

Brouwerij van Viven

American Style Double IPA, brewed in Belgium that hits all the marks.

8.0% ABV

Reviewed by SW

New Contributor Shaun Walton

Appearance: A clear ruddy orange colour with a decent amount of body carbonation. Pours quite lively and forming an initially large, dense white to off-white head is no problem. This slowly disappears but hangs around [...click the heading to read more]

June 23rd, 2010 Tags: , | Section: Beer Reviews | Leave a comment | Print This Post | Email This Post

1000 IBU

Mikkeller

1000 IBU! Jeepers this bad boy is going to be hoppy!

9.6% ABV

Reviewed by RD

Colour: A murky blood orange red like a hazy sunset as I held it up to the light. As it sits on the counter it appears to be a bit darker. A nice finger of dense foam head that is tan [...click the heading to read more]

May 19th, 2010 Tags: , | Section: Beer Reviews | Leave a comment | Print This Post | Email This Post

Hop Juice (2009 release)

Two Brothers Brewing Co

It does what it say on the tin… well on the bottle

9.9% ABV

Reviewed by RD

Colour: A very hazy deep reddish orange with a really creamy orange tinted head. Not the best looking beer but double IPA tends to look a bit muddy. I usually drink the bigger beers up at Matt’s house [...click the heading to read more]

April 26th, 2010 Tags: , | Section: Beer Reviews | Leave a comment | Print This Post | Email This Post

Hopslam

Bell’s Brewery, Inc

Chokeslam, Powerslam, HOPSLAM!!!

Reviewed by RD

10.0% ABV

Colour: A rich, vibrant golden orange body with a healthy looking creamy off white head. This is really clear and well filtered, a great looking double IPA

Nose: When I first smelt this I had the uncontrollable urge to share my joy with the world. [...click the heading to read more]

March 10th, 2010 Tags: , | Section: Beer Reviews | One comment | Print This Post | Email This Post

Hop Henge Experimental IPA

Deschutes Brewery

Experimental? Yes…but darn tasty!

Reviewed by RD & MT

8.75% ABV

Colour: This double IPA poured a deep rich Amber with plenty of bright carbonation topped off with a pale yellow foamy head.

Nose: A big bouquet of bitter citrus hops and a healthy squeeze of grapefruit. Sappy and resinous. Sweet caramel scents from the malt [...click the heading to read more]

February 26th, 2010 Tags: , | Section: Beer Reviews | 2 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post

Hop-15 Ale

Port Brewing

Like being battered around the head with 15 pillowcases full of hops!

Reviewed by MT and RD

10.0% ABV

Colour: This looks exactly like what a Double/Imperial IPA should. A solid deep orange body, maybe a little protein haze. Topped off with a creamy off-white head that showed similar orange tones.

Nose: Big, fresh, piney hops by [...click the heading to read more]

February 11th, 2010 Tags: , | Section: Beer Reviews | 3 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post

Bashah

BrewDog in collaboration with Stone Brewing

A confusing beer that makes a lot of sense

Reviewed by MT and RD

8.6% ABV

Info: This is a limited brew black Belgian style double IPA. Now that’s all a bit of a mouthful but interesting to see how they combine these different styles. I’m sure they didn’t set out to brew [...click the heading to read more]

January 12th, 2010 Tags: , , | Section: Beer Reviews | One comment | Print This Post | Email This Post