Rockies Brew » IPA http://rockiesbrew.com All About craft beer & homebrewing in the Rockies Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:30:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ruination IPA from Stone Brewing http://rockiesbrew.com/2010/01/21/ruination-ipa-from-stone-brewing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ruination-ipa-from-stone-brewing http://rockiesbrew.com/2010/01/21/ruination-ipa-from-stone-brewing/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:04:26 +0000 Radd Icenoggle http://rockiesbrew.com/2010/01/21/ruination-ipa-from-stone-brewing/

(More)…]]> DSC_8121 What’s in a name? Well, Ruination IPA from Stone does everything it’s name implies. It was a wonderfully bitter and mouth-coating beer that it truly “ruined” my mouth for the rest of the night. To borrow a line from the Groucho and CHUD at the Beer Report, “Pucker up, Buttercup”

Appearance: Poured a hazy orangy-amber with a one-finger white head.

Aroma: Grapefruit and some floral

Mouthfeel: Completely mouth coating with medium body.

Taste: Extremely bitter with grapefruit and pine tastes.

I would give this brew an A, not a A+ because it does not allow me to have anything else all night, including another Ruination.

 

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]]> http://rockiesbrew.com/2010/01/21/ruination-ipa-from-stone-brewing/feed/ 0 Bozeman Brewing Company Hopsimella Imperial IPA http://rockiesbrew.com/2009/05/04/bozeman-brewing-company-hopsimella-imperial-ipa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bozeman-brewing-company-hopsimella-imperial-ipa http://rockiesbrew.com/2009/05/04/bozeman-brewing-company-hopsimella-imperial-ipa/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 23:20:42 +0000 Radd Icenoggle http://rockiesbrew.com/?p=22

(More)…]]> Hopsimella Appearance: Hazy, orange-amber with thin head with incrediblly persistant lacing.

Aroma: Pine and citrus tucked in behind an amber maltiness.

Mouth: Resin up front followed by very full malt mouthfeel. Creamy in the swallow along withback of the palette spruce flavors. Very pleasant alcohol warmth.

Overall: What a perfect combination of full body, hoppy bomb, and warmth. Another classic example of man-candy.

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