American Style IPAs.... Your favorite? Bring on the HOPS

[LongWayToFall 0]

I want my mouth to pucker on the sweet, sweet flavor of alpha acid. I have recently had a lupulin threshold shift, and it seems the sky is the limit when it comes to IBUs. What is your favorite (double) IPA?
Here is a quick list to get your gears turning (and my mouth drooling)
1. Stone-Ruination
2. Dogfish head-90 minute
3. Ballast Point-Sculpin IPA
4. Russian River-Pliney the Elder (I feel like the luckiest man alive to say, I have also tried the Younger. A+)
5. Ninkasi-Tricerahops Double IPA
6. Moylans-Moylander Double IPA
7. Sierra Nevada-Hoptopia
8. Lagunitas-Maximus

These are just a few I can think of off hand.
I know there are some hop heads out there.... Lay it on me!!

[mutumbo 0]

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[Southern_Man 0]

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[jtnesbitt 0]

You got some of my favs in your list hut here are some more:

3Floyds Dreadnaught (currently favorite beer, 10% ABV anyone?)
Flying Dog Raging Bitch (DZ favorite among the hopheads)
Flying Dog Double Dog (double IPA - will knock you down, 11.5% abv)
Bell's Hopslam (you like to chew on hops?)
Stone's 30th Anniversary (rare but delicious)
Rogue XS
Founder's Centennial

I am sure I will think of more and post them but those are my favorites.

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[missbrz 0]

Table Rock makes ridiculously hoppy beers. I don't drink 'em b/c I'm not a big fan of hops, but I've heard their Hopzilla is ridiculously hoppy & delicious (if you like hops)

[JohnMitchell 16]

Deschutes Brewery in Bend, OR (close to where the great Infinity rigs are made) has a great IPA. I've toured their brewery and walked into the hop vault. They know their stuff and aren't afraid to go big.

[gweeks 1]

Flying Dog Classic Pale Ale
Blue Point Hoptical Illusion

[Andy9o8 2]

Victory Hop Devil is pretty good.

[countzero 7]

some good ones listed. also check out the IPAs from- brooklyn, boulevard, saint arnold, and brew dog.

also print the top IPA lists from beer advocate and /or rate beer and drink (err) sample your way through it.

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[Cutaway68 4]

Bell's Two Hearted Ale is really good.

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[jhugo 0]

Lawsons Triple Play IPA
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[bclark 0]

I went on an IPA kick for quite a while.

Some of my faves:

Blue Point Hoptical Illusion (previously mentioned, Long Island, NY.)

Opa Opa IPA (Mass.)

Saint Arnold's Elissa IPA (Named for the Texas Tall Ship, Houston, TX)

Edited too add: Squatter's HOP rising out of UTAH (of all places)

Lagunitas IPA (CA)

These are all nice IPA's and I like them all equally for different reasons.

[billvon 3,058]

Dogfish Head 90 minute IPA.

[Trafficdiver 8]

Wachusett Larry.

I'm not a huge IPA fan, but Larry is my friend and he got me a job at the bar I work at so...

[LongWayToFall 0]

SO many good beers! Deschutes Abyss is in my fridge right now, its a stout I think, but I still can't wait. Great brewery.

Bill- I love both the 60 and 90 minute, have you been lucky enough to try the 120 minute? I really wanna get my hands on some.

Whoever said Lagunitas, HELL YEAH!!! I like in the SF bay area, and tons of bars carry the IPA. It is a very good IPA.

[LongWayToFall 0]

I have tried the Raging Bitch, it is very good. Flying dog has many great beers, their belgian tripel is also fantastic.

[champu 1]

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1. Stone-Ruination
2. Dogfish head-90 minute
3. Ballast Point-Sculpin IPA
4. Russian River-Pliney the Elder (I feel like the luckiest man alive to say, I have also tried the Younger. A+)

...you can stop there.

If you like Sculpin, I would give Rogue's Yellow Snow a try as well.

Okay, also: Firestone Walker's Double Jack

[1969912 0]

I had a Stone Ruination last night. Got another for tonight.

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[LongWayToFall 0]

Nice! Will do! Hope they have it at bevmo.

[LongWayToFall 0]

Excellent choice. Give the sublimely self righteous a try too, it is sort of a black IPA. Very good! Amarillo hops bring a sort of tangerine taste.

[billvon 3,058]

>it is sort of a black IPA.

"Black pale ale" is a bit of an oxymoron, as is "american indian pale ale." The BJCP proposed "Cascadian ale" for the darker IPA-style ales, which I think is a much more reasonable term.

[LongWayToFall 0]

Yeah, that does make sense. Black IPA lets you know what it will taste like though, they usually thrown in just enough roast/patent/black malt to get the color they want, and that is all.
Have you seen Lagunitas fusion? It is amazing! The strongest citrous taste I have ever tried in a beer.

In other news.... My hops plants are starting to take off! Cascade is climbing faster than a 200 series King air at the moment

[Andy9o8 2]

OK, here's a negative review: I was at restaurant this past week & asked if they had any IPAs. The closest thing they had was Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. The first sip was not bad, but then it just started tasting like stale grapefruit juice. Bleah. Avoid.

[BikerBabe 0]

If american hops are your thing, try to get ahold of some of Green Flash's beers.

Heck, most of the San Diego places make some pretty hoppy IPAs.

I'm not really a fan, though I DO like the Sublimely Self-Righteous, for some reason. Hard to describe, it's like the initial taste is IPA, then the finish is something much more malty.

I like the stuff made with more mellow european hops, but to each his own!

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[LongWayToFall 0]

I have tried a few IPAs that have much less balls than Sierra's Pale ale, for what it is worth. I do like Sierra pale ale, but it isn't my favorite beer. Just so you know, Sierra uses only Cascade hops in it's pale ale, which has a strong grape fruit taste, which might be why you are tasting what you are. Stone's use of Amarillo in it's SSRA might be why you get the maltiness, it is a pretty mild flavoring hop.