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Magic Hat hI.P.A.

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Magic Hat hI.P.A.Beer-a-Day #227

hI.P.A. is a highly hopped India Pale Ale and the Spring SeasonAle. A medium-bodied beer with a fresh and fruitful nose of vernal vitality. It begins and ends with a big hop bite that is itself forever balanced on the brink by a steady rhythm of malt. Dry-hopped for extra quenching in the face of heat and beat, it’s an ideal accompaniment to chilling out, turning inward or sailing onward through the music of the night toward the dawn of the mind. It’s the liquid way to say be here now lest you never come this way again.

Medium amber with some orange highlights. A little perfume-y. Nicely bitter, but I’m getting a bit of soap in the flavor. I think it might be a little old; there is some unusual sediment in the bottom of the bottle.

Magic Hat

Goose Island India Pale Ale

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Goose Island India Pale AleBeer-a-Day #210

After all of those macro lagers for most of this month, I needed something more my style. Well, I love me a good American IPA, and I’ve heard good things about Goose Island. Even better, I haven’t seen it at my usual retailer.

I notice the aroma first. Plenty of citrus and lavender from the hops. Yellowish amber with some haze and head that laces nicely on the glass. Nicely balanced. My wife likes it, too. I would definitely have this again.

Goose Island India Pale Ale


Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA

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Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPABeer-a-Day #193

Esquire Magazine calls [Dogfish Head] 90 Minute IPA., “perhaps the best I.P.A. in America.” An Imperial I.P.A. brewed to be savored from a snifter. A big beer with a great malt backbone that stands up to the extreme hopping rate.

I talked about the 60 Minute IPA recently, so this is the same, only more so. Right? About one-and-a-half times more.

Pretty golden color, not unlike a bock. Big floral and spice hop aroma. Lotsa hops there, with a hint of oakiness. This wouldn’t be bad to cellar. Delicious. As I get further into it, the better it gets.


Saranac India Pale Ale

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Saranac India Pale AleBeer-a-Day #188

A hop lover’s delight. In the India Pale Ale tradition this brew is very hoppy in both aroma and flavor from the generous amounts of cascade hops used in brewing. Look for a medium to full body and golden straw color.

Beer Style: American I.P.A.
Malt Selections: North American two-row
Hop Selections: Cascade
Color: Golden straw color
Mouthfeel / Body: Medium
Food Companions: Seafood, pizza, Mexican
Alcohol By Volume: 5.8%
Original Gravity: 14.50

Clear and pretty amber with two fingers’ worth of head. Grapefruity hops. Pleasantly bitter and refreshing.

I don’t need to tell Ron about this one, since it’s practically brewed in his back yard, but I’ll bet my wife would like it. I know I do.

Saranac India Pale Ale

Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA

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Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPABeer-a-Day #183

For all their ubiquity I can’t believe I haven’t written anything about one of these before. And I like drinking local.

Our 60 Minute IPA is continuously & intensely hopped. A session India Pale Ale brewed with Warrior, Amarillo & ‘Mystery Hop X.’ A powerful East Coast I.P.A. with a lot of citrusy hop character. The session beer for hardcore beer enthusiasts!

Light amber in color, with an off-white head. Loads of hops in the aroma; the grapefruit is pronounced. That is good, and I can taste every one of those 60 IBUs.

I will be having this again and again.

Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA

Starr Hill Northern Lights

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Starr Hill Northern Lights labelBeer-a-Day #171

I’ve only recently discovered this Virginia brewer, and my retailer had a bunch more styles in. IPA is probably my favorite style.

Northern Lights is an extra-special India Pale Ale that is available from January through April. Characterized by its full-flavored bitterness and floral aroma, a perfect blend of barley and hops make this a very balanced IPA. For the craftbrew connoisseur, Northern Lights is a deliciously crafted piece of the heavens.

Amber color with orange highlights; copious head. Loads of hops in the aroma. Grassy, grapefruity, spicy. Plenty more hops in the finish. This is a hophead’s beer.

Starr Hill Northern Lights

Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA

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Snake DogBeer-a-Day #149

Ron has written about Snake Dog IPA before, but I haven’t. Probably because it’s one of my “go-to” beers; it wouldn’t even occur to me.

Pretty amber color, off-white head. Grassy and peppery and citrus-y. Plenty of hop bitterness for this unapologetic hop-head, with a pleasant lingering aftertaste. I love it.

Snake Dog IPA


Dogfish Head Aprihop

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Dogfish Head AprihopBeer-a-Day #105

Tax day, woo-hoo! Actually, I e-filed in the middle of February and have already received and spent my refund. I feel for the folks who left things to the last minute.

This is the first of several beers that my good friend Ellen got for me.

This is Dogfish Head’s spring seasonal offering. In spite of the fact that they’re fairly local to me and I brewed a clone of this beer, I haven’t had this one in a long time.

It’s the color of iced tea, with an ivory head. Malty aroma with only a bit of apricot. Bitter and sour at the same time. Interesting.

Dogfish Head Aprihop