Category Archives: USA

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), American Double IPA, Beer Reviews, Sand City Brewing Co., USA

Sand City Even Mo Mofo

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Brewery: Sand City Brewing Co.
Country: USA
ABV: 8.5%
Style: American Double IPA

Brewer Description: (from can) What we’ve done here is created an amplified version of our Mofosaic IPA. This single hop Imperial IPA is brewed with English and American Pale malts and flaked oats. Hopped intensely and singularly with Mosaic hops.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.79
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.6

Intro: A 16 fl. oz. can with no canned on or best before date. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy golden orange colour with a big three finger white head that had great retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Orange, grapefruit peel, biscuit, light caramel, pine, pineapple, mango and blueberries.
Taste: Moderate sweetness, biscuit, honey, papaya, pineapple, light bitterness, mandarin peel and rind, and grass.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: It’s nice, but perhaps too sweet a Double IPA for me to fully enjoy.

4 - Good (buy), American IPA, Beer Reviews, Mikkeller San Diego, USA

Mikkeller San Diego Flow Season

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Brewery: Mikkeller San Diego
Country: USA
ABV: 5%
Style: American IPA
Other Notes: Hop Series

Brewer Description: (from can) New England Style India Pale Ale.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.09
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A one pint can with no canned on or best before date. Poured into a Spiegelau IPA glass.
Appearance: A hazy dark orange colour with a big four finger white head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Light mango, apricot, cantaloupe, honeydew melon, orange rind and strawberries.
Taste: Light biscuit malt, orange rind and peel, grapefruit, with hints of peach.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Not as ‘juicy’ as other NEIPAs, but I like it as the aroma and taste was still good and it just goes down so easy.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), American IPA, Beer Reviews, Mikkeller San Diego, USA

Mikkeller San Diego Windy Hill

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Brewery: Mikkeller San Diego
Country: USA
ABV: American IPA
Style: 7%

Brewer Description: (from can) New England Style India Pale Ale.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.88
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.8

Intro: A one pint can with no canned on or best before date. Poured into a Spiegelau IPA glass.
Appearance: A hazy orange colour with a big three finger white head that had good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Grapefruit, citrus rind and peel, orange, mango and passion fruit.
Taste: Lightly bitter and sweet, orange peel and rind, grapefruit, melon, cantaloupe with hints of mango, grass and biscuit malt.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Quite nice and tasty, but I think I would prefer it even more if it was less sweet.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), American IPA, Beer Reviews, Mikkeller Brewing NYC, USA

Mikkeller NYC Henry Hops

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Brewery: Mikkeller Brewing NYC
Country: USA
ABV: 6.5%
Style: American IPA

Brewer Description: (from Mikkeller NYC menu) IPA.

(from beermenus.com (linked from Mikkeller NYC menu)) IPA brewed with Citra, Simcoe, and Mosaic hops.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.83
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.7

Intro: A one pint can, canned on 14th June 2018. Poured into a Spiegelau IPA glass.
Appearance: A hazy dark-ish orange colour with a big almost three finger white head that had good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Juicy, candied tropical fruit, mango, peach and apricot with hints of grapefruit pith and orange peel.
Taste: Light mango and peach, citrus bitterness, grapefruit pith and rind with a hint of pine and malt.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: A decent IPA, especially the aroma.

4 - Good (buy), American Double IPA, Beer Reviews, Mikkeller Brewing NYC, USA

Mikkeller NYC Chop Shop #2

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Brewery: Mikkeller Brewing NYC
Country: USA
ABV: 8.3%
Style: American Double IPA
Other Notes: ₡hop Shop, our series of experimental imperial IPAs

Brewer Description: (from mikkeller.nyc, 17th June 2018 Instagram posting) ₡hop Shop #2 (8.3%) is double dry-hopped with Galaxy 🇦🇺, Wai-iti 🇳🇿, and Hallertau Blanc 🇩🇪 hops, atop a malt bill loaded with wheat and oats.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.01
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.8

Intro: A one pint can, canned on 15th June 2018, ‘chop shop-2’. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy murky dark orange colour with an almost two finger off-white head that had decent retention and left only some sparse spotty lacing.
Aroma: Tropical mango, papaya, citrusy orange, grapefruit rind and peel and pine.
Taste: Lightly sweet and bitter, mango, pineapple, orange rind, lightly dank, pine resin.
Mouthfeel: Thick, medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Slightly overly thick, but nice and juicy aroma and flavours making it quite easy to enjoy.