some damn good IPA's out there

[Benny Profane]

Can't believe it, just like I said in the roll call, happiest when people are miserable. This ^^ kind of stuff searches you out on teh webz.
Reapers looking fo U.

Are you stalking me now? Creepy. But, hey, you live in Vermont in mud season. Nuthin else to do, but maybe shoot heroin.

[dookeyXXX]

About to unload a bunch I drank before "the fall", um I mean before SIP.
Most of these I drank back in December and January, then I got the "Ski School Scrunk" for most of Feb. And then the Pandemic hit...so, consider these to be classic chugs...

PS
I didn't keep good notes, so there won't be much info in regards to ABV, hops, IBU, BOD, etc.
Suffice it to say, if I post it, it was hella worth drinking!

[dookeyXXX]

Every once in a blue moon I get my hands on some East Coast flavor...

[dookeyXXX]

Have enjoyed about 90% of the IPAs I have had from Breakside.
However, for some reason I am no longer able to get them here in Truckee (they used to be stocked at no less than 3 small beer-centric markets, but no more).

[dookeyXXX]

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What I drank over Christmas:

Crooked Lane Brewing, Auburn, CA


Mason Aleworks, San Marcos, CA

[dookeyXXX]

Totally have dug 100% of the IPAs I've had from this Portland, OR establishment.
Hope to visit them someday.
Has a "Not As Awesome After 3/26/20" DBD, which I totally made (I drank this back on January 9, 2020).
ABV: 7.5%
Hops: Citra, Ekuanot, Simcoe
Collab with Bale Breaker Brewing Company, Yakima, WA

[dookeyXXX]

Altamont Beer Works, Livermore, CA

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Three from Kern River Brewing, Kernville, CA
(first two drunk on 1/11/20)





Drank this one on 1/16/20:

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This one comes from a solid Sacramento based brewery in the heart of California's capital city:

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Henhouse Brewing's signature IPA.
Straight outta Santa Rosa, CA

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An Alameda, CA classic:

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Another Bike Dog banger...
(Sacramento, CA)

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Henhouse (Santa Rosa, CA) "Deep State" IPA:

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A Quartet of Solid Standbys (i.e. if I see these at the market, I scoop them up... just as long as their BOD ain't passed the 30-day mark!):

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Crooked Lane Brewing, Auburn, CA
Drank 2/26/20 (purchased earlier that week and assured by my beer guy that it had just been delivered).

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May very well have posted this one before, but it's damn bueno.
The Hop Concept, San Marcos, CA
Purchased the week of February 23 and drank on 2/27/20.

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Motorboatin' IPA
Morgan Territory Brewng, Tracy, CA
BOD: 2/3/20
Drink Date: 3/8/20
ABV: 7%
Hops: Citra, Amarillo, Falconer's Flight
IBU: 70
Super crisp and clean West Coast IPA that isn't nearly as bitter tasting at the IBUs would suggest.

[dookeyXXX]

Numb Numb Juice hazy IPA
Fall River Brewing, Redding CA
ABV: 7.5%
Hops: ?
IBU: ?
BOD: 2/10/20
Drink Date: 3/9/20

Dunno if I would buy this again, but it was interesting enough to warrant an inclusion here. Easily one of the "thickest" and "sweetest" hazes I've had.
It was like drinking liquid cotton candy...

[dookeyXXX]

Version 2.0 of Crooked Lane's Iso Pibu series.
A tasty, unfiltered (not hazy, mind you!) West Coast IPA.
Wish I had been able to drink both verisons side-by-side, but both were solid.

[dookeyXXX]

South Lake Brewing Co., South Lake Tahoe, CA
Slayerade IPA
BOD: 2/21/20
Drink Date: 3/14/20
ABV: 6.0%
Hops: Antanum, Azacca, Citra
IBU: 50

The beers I've had from this moderately local (they are on the other side of the lake from me) brewery have been hit/miss, but this was definitely a hit. Good, solid West Coast IPA with supreme drinkability.

[dookeyXXX]

Moon Time Hazy IPA
Morgan Territory Brewing, Tracy, CA
ABV: 6.9%
Hops: Citra, Mosaic, Vic Secret
IBU: 45
BOD: 2/20/20
Drink Date: 3/15/20

[dookeyXXX]

Drank this one today with lunch.

Steve Austin's Broken Skull IPA
El Segundo Brewing (however this one says it was brewed and canned by Alesmith Brewing, San Diego, CA, so not sure if it is a collabo or if El Segundo contracts out)
ABV: 6.7%
BOD: 2/14/20
Drink Date: 3/23/20
Hops: Citra, Cascade, Chinook
IBU: ?

Super zesty West Coast IPA. Clean and spicy. Would drink again in a heartbeat. Pretty sure it's "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's brew (or at least he endorses it), but guessing he can't use the "Stone Cold" due to potential WWE violations?

[dookeyXXX]

Vibe City IPA
New Glory Craft Brewery, Sacramento, CA
BOD: ?
Purchase Date: 3/20/20
Drink Date: 3:24:20
ABV: 7.1%
Hops: Citra, Amarillo, Mosaic
IBU: ?

Good, clean, West Coast IPA from a stalwart in the Sacramento brewing community.