Pour slowly nebulous cola-hued tan-headed medium-full body or risk foamy froth. Unspecific dried fruiting battles back ashy pine-like bittering and coarse nuttiness to acidic phenol finish. Wavered prune-fig illusions and snippy grapefruit-pineapple tang lost amongst tart coffee-stained cocoa-soured black cherry midst. Astringent black licorice remnant and light metallic twang create further disarray, but appreciable mocha malting provides depth to muddled befuddlement.
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(LAUGHING DOG) ALPHA DOG IMPERIAL I.P.A.
SIERRA NEVADA TORPEDO EXTRA I.P.A.
Bold amber-hazed rocky-headed India Pale Ale boosts bright citrus theme above resinous piney hop bite. Creamy caramel malts counter lemony grapefruit rind, orange peel and black currant bitterness as well as grassy herbal respite. Earthen raw-grained pungency hardens resolve while tertiary apricot tang, apple balm, and melon ripeness increase fruit juiciness.
ROCK ART EXTREME I.P.A. (II)
Viscous bronze-bodied ‘hop’ celebrant with sinewy yeast sediment places candy apple-glazed peach-pear-honeydew sweetness inside bitterly piney floral-hopped orange-peeled deluge. Tangy papaya, mango, pineapple, grapefruit, and honeydew tropicalia connects sedate spruce sprawl to super dry finish that perpetually lingers.
ALEXANDER KEITH’S INDIA PALE ALE
BARREL HOUSE BOSS COX DOUBLE DARK I.P.A.
Bold scarlet-hued spruce-wafted full body with varied complexities makes for heady elixir. Harsh hop-charred spicing and metallic alcohol-burned bitterness cattycorner chewy cereal-grained caramel-chocolate malting up-front. At midst, sticky cotton-candied anise tenacity cushions red apple ripeness and sherry-burgundy-barleywine heft, overcompensating gooey cherry puree, rum raisin, and stewed prune illusions. Chestnut, hazelnut, and butternut fade in and out.
(BUTTERNUTS) SNAPPERHEAD I.P.A.
Cordial yellow-canned all-malt India Pale Ale plies buttery almond, sugared oats, and honeyed marzipan to zesty floral-hopped tangerine tang. Sweet hazelnut-almond reminder nips toasted barley base. Tinny corrosion doesn’t negatively affect biscuit-y finish. Unlike most (bottled) IPA’s, lacks pronounced wood chip burnt hop-spiced bittering.
DAVIDSON BROTHERS INDIA PALE ALE
Tenuous IPA lacks stylistic complexity and depth but retains crisp, clean template. Phenol-spiced red-fruited complacency and shrill orange-peeled pine-hopped astringency falter to dim cereal-grained wheat-honeyed backbone. Distant floral-dabbed peach-cherry-apple illusions receive weird sunflower-seeded herbal fungi nuance. Bland metallic finish worsens over time.
FLYING DOG DOUBLE DOG DOUBLE PALE ALE
Engrossing copper-toned double-hopped India Pale Ale cannot conceal astringent 10.5% alcohol volume and never skimps on strong whiskey warmth. Colossal pine needled citric-peeled bittering counterbalances sappy maple-spruce stickiness and brown sugared apple-pear-nectar sweetness up-front. Evergreen-freshened grassy-floral hops usurp sinewy honeyed malts to potentially harsh wood-lacquered vodka finish.
GREENE KING INDIA PALE ALE
Steadfast amber-hued English ale swirls stealth Scotch sweetness into butterscotch-butternut nicety and lightly embittered floral hops. Spoiled orange and green apple illusions peak through soft carbolic frisk. Those expecting traditional IPA template of smoked malts and tangible spicing may be puzzled but not disappointed.



