Green Devil IPA, from Oakham Ales, is reviewed by Chris Hall.
“The strength helps it keep tempo, gently but feverishly zipping along like a fast jazz cymbal, fast and light but definitely there, waiting to crash in.”
November 20, 2012
Joker IPA
Joker IPA, from Williams Bros, is reviewed by Ruari O’Toole.
“Joker tastes nothing, nothing, of its 5% abv. Another trick, damn this harlequin!”
August 5, 2012
Hop Yard IPA
Hop Yard IPA, from Nils Oscar, is reviewed by Chris Hall.
“However, Hop Yard IPA is still a really great, muscular, well-put-together IPA.”
August 4, 2012
Queboid
Queboid, from HardKnott, is reviewed by Chris Hall.
“…it fires as straight and true as a laser, right through and between our conventional ideas of ‘beer styles’ and ‘science’…”
August 3, 2012
I Hardcore You
I Hardcore You, the collaborative IPA from BrewDog and Mikkeller, is reviewed by Chris Hall.
“I Hardcore You is sophisticated in the way a particularly well-orchestrated artillery barrage might be…”
August 3, 2012
Yakima Valley IPA
Yakima Valley IPA, from Arbor Ales, is reviewed by Chris Hall.
“This is… a bit like being Tango’d with hops.”
August 2, 2012
The English Experiment
The English Experiment, from Hardknott, is reviewed by Chris Hall.
“The all-English hops used are apparently brand new varieties: Baron, Landlady, Archer and Bishop. They all sound like chess pieces, and move similarly on your palate.”
August 1, 2012
19 (Mikkeller)
19, the finale to Mikkeller’s Single Hop IPA series, is reviewed by Chris Hall.
“Until some kind of genetically-enhanced beer-tasting super-soldier is created, my puny regular brain is only capable of being relatively certain that this is one of the most amazing beers ever made.”
July 11, 2012
Goose Island India Pale Ale
Goose Island IPA is reviewed by Chris Hall.
“Goose Island IPA honks with hops, and at this strength it’s as fierce as a goose, too.”
April 12, 2012
Black Rye India Pale Ale
Black Rye India Pale Ale, from Kernel, is reviewed by Chris Hall.
August 22, 2011
India Pale Ale: Beer of Legend
Chris Hall opens our series of IPA reviews with a good look into the throbbing heart of the beer style.
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