IMPERIAL hopslam double trouble ruination burton baton monster REGULAR two hearted racer 5 stone ipa flower power commodore im from CLEveland LOOKING FORWARD TO TRYING pliny elder pliny younger dreadnought abrasive heady topper sculpin WHATS YOUR GUYS FAVORITES???
Imperials: Hop Wallop Hoptimum Double Trouble Double Simcoe IPA Hopsolutley Standard American IPAs: Stone IPA SN Celebration Ale 60 Minute IPA Loose Cannon Hop3Ale HopDevil
imperials: Heady Topper Dreadnought Pliny the Elder Double Trouble Lagunitas Sucks Standard IPA's: Furious Columbus Modus Hoperandi Caldera Odell
Odell's IPA Odell's IPA Odell's IPA Odell's IPA Odell's IPA Runner up: Firestone Walker's Union Jack Personally, not much of an IPA fan but do love me some Odell's IPA.
DISCLAIMER: I don't want this thread to become a confrontational bitchfest. Personal taste is, by definition, completely subjective. So all opinions will be respected, ok? Now on to the fun... Being a self-avowed hopwhore, I absolutely crave big IPAs- pretty much daily. My personal Top 10 list is: 1. Stone Ruination 10th Anniversary (yep, my all-time fav- don't hate) 2. Alpine Double Nelson 3. Alpine Bad Boy 4. Russian River Pliny The Younger 5. Alpine Nelson 6. Stone Enjoy By x/x/xx 7. Bootlegger's Knuckle Sandwich 8. Alpine Exponential Hoppiness 9. Alpine Pure Hoppiness 10. Russian River Pliny The Elder Now please share your favs. And it doesn't necessarily have to be Top 10. 5 would be fine, or 7- whatever. And they can be single IPAs, doubles, triples- whatever. Thanks for playing.
Alchemist Heady Topper Avery Maharaja Central Waters Illumination Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree Founders Devil Dancer Lagunitas Lagunitas Sucks Holiday Ale Lawson's Double Sunshine NEBCO Gandhi-Bot New Albanian Hoptimus Portsmouth Imperial IPA Russian River Pliny the Elder Stoudt's Double IPA Surly Abrasive Alpine Pure Hoppiness Bell's HopSlam Breckenridge 471 IPA Ram - Indy Hop Anonymous Terrapin Hopzilla Thomas Creek Up the Creek Upland Double Dragonfly Ninkasi Tricerahops Sun King Imperial Cream Dream II: Electric Boogaloo New Glarus Thumbprint IIPA Upland Double Dragonfly (Dry Hopped) Ballast Point Sculpin Bell's Two Hearted Brew Kettle White Rajah Cigar City Jai Alai (White Oak) Cigar City Jai Alai Flat 12 Half Cycle Ithaca Flower Power Nectar Ales Nectar IPA Short's Huma Lupa Licious Sun King Chinookie Surly Furious Sweetwater IPA Alpine Nelson CB's Caged Alpha Monkey Central City Red Racer IPA Columbus IPA Dogfish Head ApriHop Fat Head's Head Hunter Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA Founders Centennial IPA Half Acre Freedom of '78 Kern River Just Outstanding People's Mound Builder Russian River Blind Pig Short's Freedom of '78 Sun King Grapefruit Jungle Tyranena Bitter Woman NEBCO Sea Hag AleSmith IPA People's IPA Sixpoint Bengali Tiger Stone IPA Upland Dragonfly Dogfish Head 60 Minute Great Lakes Commodore Perry
my personal favorites: Heady Topper (I can't buy it, but have to put it #1 because it's so damn good) Fat Head's Head Hunter (my favorite non-imperial IPA - I have to drive a bit to get it, but it's worth it) FFF Dreadnaught (big fruity notes and great malty creaminess - plus, I can occasionally get it) Bell's Two Hearted (a wonderful IPA I can always get)
They've all hit the spot. The sad thing is, the more opportunities I give the same IPA, many are likely to disappoint rather than be the same great experience. I've started just drinking IPAs on draft, when I know they're fresh. Actually, something weird happened with my copy and paste and a bunch pasted that weren't supposed to. Oh well...
I haven't had as much as others here (relatively new to craft beer) so my list is a little limited, but so far the toppers are (in no particular order) southern tier unearthly ipa lagunitas maximus lagunitas lil' sumpin' sumpin' bell's two-hearted ale centennial ipa
I can't include a beer I've never had. That includes Heady, Hopslam, Citra, and many more. But I'll get around to it...
Odell's IPA Union Jack PTE Blind Pig Heady Galaxy Pure Hoppiness Mongo Dreadnaught Citra Just Outstanding
IPAs: TBK White Rajah Ballast Point Sculpin Bell's Two Hearted Fat Head's Head Hunter DIPAs: Lawson's Double Sunshine FFF Dreadnaught Bell's Hopslam Columbus Bodhi I just narrowed it down to 4 for each style. I could name a million for each, there are a ton of great ones out there..
Damn! I forgot to include Hopslam! Thank you for reminding me. Living in SoCal, I know you have access to some wonderful beers (including IPAs). I've been fortunate enough to get to try a few of them. Heady and Hopslam are definitely worth trading for. You shouldn't have to give up too much to get them either. As far as I know, Heady is made continuously. Hopslam is seasonal, but it's easy to get in its distribution area when it's released in Jan/Feb.
Odell, Two Hearted, Just Outstanding, Heady Topper, Flower Power, Furious, Sculpin ^^think they are mostly IPA's
California is second-to-none when it comes to great beers. Russian River sours and fresh Pliny the Elder make great trading currency, as do big beers from Firestone Walker, Deschutes, Lost Abbey, and Hair of the Dog. All these breweries have fairly limited distributions and folks out East always love to get their grubby paws on some of it.
Buckeye Amarillo IPA Head Hunter White Rajah Columbus IPA Humidor Jai Alai La Cumbre Elevated Blind Pig Firestone Union Jack Port Brewing High Tide Port Wipeout I could go on but that's enough...
Holy crap. I forgot a beer I only had once (and I'm told it will never be brewed again), but thoroughly enjoyed. From a new upstart in SD (north county)- Societe Everyman's IPA. (At 10% abv, it's actually a "TIPA.") I'm gonna slot it in at #7. But I hate to bump PtE completely off my list, so now it's my Top11 IPAs: 1. Stone Ruination 10th Anniversary (yep, my all-time fav- don't hate) 2. Alpine Double Nelson 3. Alpine Bad Boy 4. Russian River Pliny The Younger 5. Alpine Nelson 6. Stone Enjoy By x/x/xx 7. Societe Everyman's IPA 8. Bootlegger's Knuckle Sandwich 9. Alpine Exponential Hoppiness 10. Alpine Pure Hoppiness 11. Russian River Pliny The Elder
i was gotta bitch and moan that this has been discussed 100000000x over, but the new forums have purged all of the old ones out so good call starting up a "Favorite IPA" thread me? i typically go for whatever is fresh and local so lately it has been Mayflower IPA. if i could get CC Jai Alai that would be my go-to. favorite DIPA of all time though was a split tie between Heady Topper and Double Sunshine. Edward was delicious too and Pliny is great but impossible to come by in my region.
In no particular order (except Citra which is head and shoulders above the others) Citra Pliny the Elder Sculpin Just Outstanding Bad Boy Pure Hoppiness Exponential Hoppiness Racer 5 Port Brewing Anniversary Ale Mongo
I'll play, mixing IPAs with DIPAs Hopslam Schlafly AIPA Two Hearted Double Trouble DFH 90 Min Dreadnaught Centennial Jai Alai NB Ranger
Maharaja Heady Topper Hop Venom Green Flash Imperial 60 Minute Fremont Interurban Sound Humulo Nimbus Black Raven Wisdom Seeker Alesmith IPA Port Mongo I think Two Hearted might be my favorite though.
Southern Star Pro-Am (absolute favorite all-time) (512) IPA Independence Brewing Stash IPA (reformulated) Dogfish Head 120 Minute Stone Ruination Sierra Nevada Torpedo Sixpoint Resin Bear Republic Racer 5
My absolute fav is Bad Boy from Alpine Beer Co. It´s just an amazing IPA. Second place would be PtE which is also impressive. Others in no particular order: Firestone Union Jack Port Brewing Wipe Out and Hop 15 Ballast Point Dorado and Sculpin Ruination 10th Green Flash Imperial and Palate Wrecker Alpine Nelson and Duet Recently tried Femme Fatale from Evil Twin. It's an IPA with brett and was quite interesting if I must say. Has anyone else tried it yet? Yet to try Heady Topper, Hop Slam, Hill Farmstead, and Lawson's, but I am starting to trade and looking forward to trying them. We'll see how much my list changes after that. Cheers!
