Category Archives: 4 – Good (buy)

4 - Good (buy), American IPA, Beer Reviews, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, USA

Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA

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Brewery: Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 6.7%
Style: American IPA
Other Notes: 40 IBUs. Malts – Two-row Pale, Munich, Oats and Wheat. Hops – Magnum, Citra, Comet, Simcoe, El Dorado and Mosaic

Brewer Description: (from website) A hop-heavy, unfiltered, hazy little thing called IPA. As brewers, we get the privilege to sample our beers straight from the tanks in all their raw glory. Some beers need a little polishing to get ready to go out into the world, while others—the hop-heavy, rowdy, crowd-pleasers—should just be left alone. We wanted to share this brewery-only treat with you, so we present this Hazy Little Thing, our unfiltered, unprocessed IPA, straight from the tanks and into the can.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.08
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 12 fl. oz. can, packaged on 21st May 2018. Poured into a Spiegelau IPA glass.
Appearance: A hazy golden orange colour with a big almost three finger white head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Orange, mandarin, lemon, citrus zest and rind, pine with hints of bread.
Taste: Lightly bitter, orange, grapefruit, citrus rind, pine with a hint of mango.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Nice, refreshing and easy to drink.

4 - Good (buy), American Double IPA, Beer Reviews, Sand City Brewing Co., USA

Sand City Infinity Minus One +2

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Brewery: Sand City Brewing Co.
Country: USA
ABV: 8.2%
Style: American Double IPA

Brewer Description: (from website) Double India Pale Ale, double dry hopped with Galaxy and Mosaic hops.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.2
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 1 pint can with no canned on or best before date. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A very hazy dark orange colour with a big three finger white head that had great retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Juicy, mango, papaya, melon, orange peel, mandarin with hints of pine.
Taste: Moderate bitterness, grapefruit, mango, melon, peppery, grass with hints of pineapple and sweetness.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Nice with good aromas and taste.

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.

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.

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

Mikkeller San Diego Mr. Manager

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Brewery: Mikkeller San Diego
Country: USA
ABV: 8%
Style: American Double IPA
Other Notes: Hop Series

Brewer Description: (from can) Double dry-hopped, New England Style, Double India Pale Ale.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.25
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A one pint can, with a Julian canned on date of 18163, meaning that it was canned on 12th June 2018, ‘We just say manager’. Poured into a white wine glass.
Appearance: A hazy orange colour with a nice two finger white head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Fruity, light tropical mango, cantaloupe, lots of citrus orange, orange rind and fresh orange juice.
Taste: Lightly bitter and sweet, tropical mango, cantaloupe, honeydew, citrus orange, orange rind.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Very nice and easy to drink with a good mix of melon flavours and citrus orange.