beernesday

the wonderful, the darned good, the pretty good and the also-rans of hopscotch, according to moi firstly, the beers i've had before and love, so i had them again! efes dark efes pilsner rogue yellow snow red truck limited steam moylans double ipa steamwhistle pilsner the wonderful: odell brewing ipa - 7% with simcoe and amarillo hops, out of colorado - this one has won awards, and i can see why! caldera ipa - 6.1% with cascade hops, out of oregon great divide double ipa - 85 ibs out of denver, colorado stone's ruination ipa - 7.7%, 120 ibus - the stuff of legends i tell ya, legends! stone's self-righteous ale - 8.7% - malty hoppy and makes you believe you could session it... but at 8.7% i think you'd hate yourself later if you did! smuttynose ipa - their single ipa - delightful and deliciously hoppy smuttynose big a ipa - their double ipa - just as delightful and even more hoppy... i might actually like the single better though... ballast amber ale - p...

okay, so i'm just gonna admit it right from the top of the post i got pretty darned drunk at beernesday this past week not that i don't usually get somewhat drunk, but this was a bit beyond the norm people were doing beer shots from the divet of my clavicle... it was one of those kinda nights so, my tasting notes are even worse than usual but let me give you what little i can! began and ended with a pint of the rogue dry hopped st. rogue red:  5.2% named the world's best pale ale at the world beer awards.  reddish copper in colour, a roasty malty flavor, with a hoppy-spruce finish. i love this beer! it makes me happy - must be all them hops i can see why its the world's best ale its a maltier darker ipa... divine, simply divine my sampler was supposed to be an ode to hops in various styles but it ended up being rather disappointing... paddock wood 606 pale ale:  5.4%  featuring a blend of cascade, amarillo and willamette hops on top of a solid malt ...

adding to my ever-growing list of ipas i must try: samuel adams latitude 48  (5.8%) eel river ipa (7.2%) uinta brewing co.'s detour double ipa (9.5%) shipyard brewing co.'s xxxx ipa (9.25%) upslope brewing co.'s ipa (7.2%) hopworks urban brewery's ace of spades (9.2%) midtfyns bryghus's ipa (7.3%) deschutes ' hop in the dark (india dark ale) (6.5%) and other styles: strangford lough brewing co.'s st. patrick's best ale (english bitter) (4.2%) sweetwater brewing co.'s happy ending (imperial stout) (9%) yakima craft brewing co.'s stout (6.3%) boulevard brewing co.'s dark truth stout (9.7%)