Thought you were smashing it today.Thirsty.
What did you think of the 8.8% over their 'regular' IPA? I liked it, although it was getting very syrupy. Their Pale Ale is also excellent and gives many IPAs a run for their money.Big fan:
Did you try the Mountain Goat speciality IPAs? I thought they were very similar to the Willie.Sorry, not a fan at all.
If you get the chance give that hopped porter up top a shot. I've been moving into the darker beers lately but it's been an evolution from IPA - red - brown - hopped porter - chocolate stout and last weekend I had my first double stout (after about 10 other beers, mind you) and I was surprised at how sweet it was and that it was not at all heavy, dank, toasty or smokey.Loved the pirate IIPA the other night. Interestingly I'd always thought of that name as a double IPA, but on the can it says imperial IPA , so maybe imperial has just come to mean extra strong or something.
All doubles are fantastic, I think the only ones I've had that I didn't love are the occasional black one - for some reason, I just can't do proper blacks
Will do, I do like the sweetness to balance the bitter - Belgian darks and dark wheats amongst favourite - bock about my least favourite.If you get the chance give that hopped porter up top a shot. I've been moving into the darker beers lately but it's been an evolution from IPA - red - brown - hopped porter - chocolate stout and last weekend I had my first double stout (after about 10 other beers, mind you) and I was surprised at how sweet it was and that it was not at all heavy, dank, toasty or smokey.
Also, keep your eye out for this India Black Ale. Worth trying after you've had a few other beers first to 'relax the palette' but it's a mix of sweet fruitiness and malty maltness. It's nowhere near as heavy as looks would have it: