tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720940979785315030.post4565379116251570520..comments2008-05-02T10:10:56.888-06:00Chipper Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144288142060736290noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720940979785315030.post-34201712600559236892008-05-02T08:38:00.000-06:002008-05-02T08:38:00.000-06:00Welcome, welcome, welcome!<BR/><BR/>The more beer you drink the more inevitable it becomes that you come over to the IPA side, IMO.<BR/><BR/>The Dogfish Head 90 is one of the tops for me. What you need to do next is get yourself the local Hercules from Great Divide, try to score some Ruination from Stone and, good luck with this one out there, a Three Floyds Dreadnaught. The first two are outright hop bombs. The Dreadnaught is the closest to the Dogfish Head in terms of having a stonger malt character to balance the hops.<BR/><BR/>My local liquor superstore just got in a stock of Southern Tier Unearthly Imperial IPA (and their Hoppe Imperial APA), which rates high, and I have a bottle waiting for this weekend. Another local store has Avery Maharaja, which also gets good ratings, so I might have to swing by there soon.Jestocosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12081110265687748935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720940979785315030.post-22182686077449016342008-05-02T07:25:00.000-06:002008-05-02T07:25:00.000-06:00I don't even think you need to be a hop head to enjoy this beer. Either I've become immune to the bitterness or the malts do a great job of offsetting the bitterness. <BR/><BR/>A second one would have been ok, but since I need to work today I didn't want to push it.Chipper (Dave)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04144288142060736290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720940979785315030.post-68877257201796508962008-05-02T06:51:00.000-06:002008-05-02T06:51:00.000-06:00I don't know how I haven't had this beer yet. I have friends who rave about it. Just part of my fighting against becoming a hop head casuality.matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926822130283094820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720940979785315030.post-2210564518038271472008-05-02T06:48:00.000-06:002008-05-02T06:48:00.000-06:00Dave,<BR/><BR/>I know what you mean about the need to be "ready" for IPAs, especially the imperial/double variety. I've gone back and re-examined most of the big IPAs I had tried in previous years. <BR/><BR/>One nice Imperial IPA is typically good for an evening. Although sometimes that second one is REAL nice too. :-)Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11006015336607998634noreply@blogger.com