I used to say IPA just isn't for me; I always felt that it's just too heavy for my palate. If you're one of those people, you probably haven't tried a real good (double) IPA yet, like this one, Heady Topper, an elixir, a beverage that will bring identity crisis to winos and confuse the hell out of them. Quite frankly, I can no longer say that grapes are superior to malted barley and hops. Super floral, freakishly complex, never heavy, worth every penny to make an yearly trip to Vermont as I plan to, this can in front of me bursts with pine, bittersweet flowers, full throttle ripe blood oranges, tomato skin, and sour dough bread. I don't recommend dumping the whole can into a beer glass, but it's totally fine (perhaps better) if you were to pour this little by little into a Zalto Universal. Drinking straight out of the can seems fine to me. Thank you, Mr Kimmich.
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1500 Parker Points of Wines (GHT): Tom W. brought this as a starter since we had no 100 point Champagne. I am told that in beer circles this is a bucket list beer that can sell for $20 a can. Tom bought these while visiting in-laws in Vermont. Very generous as we all shared about 7 bottles. I am not a big IPA fan but this was very good. Other's liked it even more than I. There is a nice malt component and while this is certainly hoppy, it is balanced to some extent and doesn't dominate except perhaps on the finish. For my tastes, easily the best IPA I have had and quite a treat.
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2/3/2016 - Number51 wrote:
I used to say IPA just isn't for me; I always felt that it's just too heavy for my palate. If you're one of those people, you probably haven't tried a real good (double) IPA yet, like this one, Heady Topper, an elixir, a beverage that will bring identity crisis to winos and confuse the hell out of them.
Quite frankly, I can no longer say that grapes are superior to malted barley and hops.
Super floral, freakishly complex, never heavy, worth every penny to make an yearly trip to Vermont as I plan to, this can in front of me bursts with pine, bittersweet flowers, full throttle ripe blood oranges, tomato skin, and sour dough bread.
I don't recommend dumping the whole can into a beer glass, but it's totally fine (perhaps better) if you were to pour this little by little into a Zalto Universal. Drinking straight out of the can seems fine to me.
Thank you, Mr Kimmich.
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6/28/2015 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 94 Points
1500 Parker Points of Wines (GHT): Tom W. brought this as a starter since we had no 100 point Champagne. I am told that in beer circles this is a bucket list beer that can sell for $20 a can. Tom bought these while visiting in-laws in Vermont. Very generous as we all shared about 7 bottles. I am not a big IPA fan but this was very good. Other's liked it even more than I. There is a nice malt component and while this is certainly hoppy, it is balanced to some extent and doesn't dominate except perhaps on the finish. For my tastes, easily the best IPA I have had and quite a treat.
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