2nd generation of Amplified Ale Works NE-style IPA, this time for their can release. Going down waaaay to fast on this hot-ass day. We came upstairs because they don’t have Off the Record and Uber Jam downstairs. Downstairs is much much cooler.
Brewers’ Pale Ale
Thought I would try something different from San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing. I like a good Nelson hopped beer. Unfortunately this isn’t one of them. Reminds me of my early 90’s home brew. Not bad…just something my tastebuds have outgrown.
Castle Made of Clouds
I’ve been wanting to drink this ever since we picked it up, but not really wanting the whole thing. I’m totally ready for 32oz of juicy yummyness right now and the 5.2% ABV that goes with it.
Avalon
A 7% ABV juicy and delicious NE-style hazy IPA from the fine folks at Modern Times Beer.
New Engi-land IPA
Very happy with this Japanese version of a NE IPA. I was surprised to read that the brewery, Tamamura Honten, was established in mid to late 1800’s. Talking with the owners of Beer Komachi, Tamamura Honten is a sake brewery that recently starting brewing beer.
# 286 Fujin IPA
Very happy with my choice. A juicy 7% ABV IPA from Ushi Tora Brewery in Tochigi Japan, north of Tokyo. She chose the Golden Ginjo Ale from Zig Zag Brewery…but low IBU beer option were limited. The sake options, though limited in quantity, were excellent from the ones we tasted. We chose the Hatsuhinode from […]
Oni ni Haramaki IPA
Fairly predictable for me to order an IPA. A 7.5% ABV is even better. Very happy with this west coast style. Much needed after a hot day of trekking about the surrounding area. Found this one at Goodbeer Faucets, Shibuya Tokyo. She chose the house beer Pineapple Life, a 4.5% ABV fruit beer..quite sweet, but […]
Delta IPA…
….an enjoyable Belgian IPA made by Brussels Beer Project, for me and NEUF, a Belgian golden strong ale collaboration from from Japan’s Barbaric Works and BBP, made to celebrate the first anniversary of Tokyo Belgian Beer Project, for the lady. A nice find just blocks away from our hotel in Shinjuku….even nicer to have today […]
Tropic Like It’s Hot
Something more to my liking. We enjoyed many of The Shop Beer Company’s offerings on our recent trek to Phoenix, but this was not available on draft at the time…so we grab a few cans. A delish 10.1% ABV triple milkshake IPA made with toasted coconut, grilled pineapple, vanilla and lactose.
Iron Joe
Way too much coffee for me, but she really likes it. I can’t taste oak or scotch ale for that matter…but I’m sure it’s in there somewhere to get to 8% ABV.
Tower Station IPA
I think it just dropped below 100-degs outside here in the shade. This IPA from Mother Road Brewing is tasting pretty darn good right now. If you don’t drink fast the beer gets hot.
Watermelon & Juicy Goodness
This 4.8% ABV wheat ale had a sweet watermelon nose but not much watermelon on the flavor, and had bitter finish that I wasn’t pleased with. The 5.5% ABV dry hopped golden ale tastes just like a dry hopped golden ale; nice citrus nose but not the juicy flavors I was hoping it would have.
OHSO Boom Dynamite
A local juicy 7.2% ABV IPA with strong notes of tropical fruits. How fitting considering I found it at Kaleidoscope Juice in downtown Phoenix.
Arizona Wilderness
Three thousand words worth… Not a bad beer in the bunch…her fav, not difficult to imagine, is the Arrastra. I couldn’t say my fav..I’m very much enjoying both The Roosevelts and Klothos Temple.
Goldwater Hop Chowda
The best beer of the day was also my last. Quite happy with this juicy 6.4% ABV New England-style IPA from Goldwater Brewing in Scottsdale, AZ. Went well with my cottage pie pasty at downtown Cornish. One of the few places open late on a Sunday.
Prison Hill Brewing Tasters
Really liked the Chango Malo, but a bit too sweet to enjoy with lunch…hmm..maybe I should order chicken n waffles. Anywho…I didn’t and went with Fog Thoughts.
BFF
Pizza Port and Stone Brewing collaboration “Beer Friends Forever” is a 6.2% ABV San Diego Pale Ale with pale malt body with pronounced bitterness. Finishes dry with lingering notes of citrus rind. Cheers
Phantom Bride IPA
I picked up this Deftones/ Belching Beaver Brewery collaboration beer off the warm shelf of the local Trader Joes. It has a wonderful piney and citrus hoppy nose right out of the can. The flavor is ok, but not what I was expecting based on the nose. It’s a pleasent but somewhat mild bitterness, where […]
YZAH
A hazy IPA from the fine folks at Solana Beach Pizza Port. Decent, but nothing outstanding. Mild bitterness and not much of a nose…or could it be my nasal congestion…hmmm. Maybe this is the best beer I’ve ever had and I just can’t tell.
Full Size Hydration
At approximately 67.5 miles in… a Gold Record for the Lady, and Afternoon Delight for me.
Saint Archer Tasters
While riding north I notice Saint Archer has a tasting room just south of the Regal Seagull in Leucadia. While heading south we stopped to hydrate. She chose the Creamcicle, and Coffee Cream Porter, where I chose the Hazy NZ IPA and the Galaxy DIPA. Though all good, after 43 miles of pedaling, her Creamcicle […]
Breakwater Hop Mutiny
About halfway thru today’s bike ride and made a stop to fuel and hydrate. My fav of the 6 tasters was this 7.6% ABV New England-style IPA. The slice with artichoke hearts wasn’t bad either.
$5 Resin
10oz pours of the 9% ABV IIPA at Iron Pig today (Saturday) only. I assume price goes back up tomorrow.
Blue Jay Hazy Hop Bomb
A tasty 5.5% ABV New England-style hazy pale ale from Zoobrew in France. Not so hazy, but there was a pile of gunk at the bottom of the bottle after pouring. I get some herbal notes on nose, but not in the flavor. Pale malt body with no residual sweetness and nice hop bitterness. Very […]
Dark Star
As she hands me the can from the fridge, she says, “Dark Star means butthole.” I’m reluctant to search using my phone and risk inappropriate ads popping up at the worst of times…so I check Urban Dictionary. As usual, she is correct. It is also a fine 8% ABV oatmeal stout from the fine folks […]
Green Cheek Beer
Some damn good beer at Green Cheek. Pics worth thousands of words. We tried more and not a bad beer in the bunch. A bit far for our Sunday bike ride, but we’ll be back.
Black Cock Tasters
I shit you not…there is a brewey named Black Cock. We didn’t know until we got here, but they took over the spot that was Old Orange Brewing in Anaheim. Same place, new owners. Our fav ended up being a blend of the Chocolate Persuasion and Hazel Nut Heffer, with nice hints of coconut. I […]
Lord Hobo Angelica
Whoa…this is awesome! Who knew we had a Lord Hobo in the lower left. Might as well order another right now, as this juicy 5.5% ABV hazy wheat pale ale, with wonderful notes of fruit, from the upper right just ain’t gonna last. Found this gem at La Jolla Public House.
Isomerizer IPA
Nice beer… at Karl in the Village.
Alaskan Double Black IPA
I tried this yesterday and it was good. At 7.7% it’s double seems to apply to the black part and not the IPA. It’s dark, rich, malty, mildly sweet with faint coffee tastes. Nobody else seemed to like it, so I got it all to myself.
JuneShine
The place was packed for their grand opening with 6 drafts on and 2 cans available. JuneShine is the newest high gravity kombucha brewery in town, all with 6% ABV. Our fav was the Beet Berry.
Twilight Afternoon Delight
Once again enjoying their juicy, and quite sessionable at 4.8% ABV, IPA.
Stone Go to IPA
So I tried this the other day. It comes in an attractive box. The cans are artistic black and yellow and I thought I was buying one of the latest Stone Hop series. When I got it home I found out it was the Stone go to IPA. While Stone is one of my favorite […]
Being Stoned
Burning a little time on an absolutely perfect Tuesday in Stone’s gardens in Escondido. The Delicious tastes divine.
The Bends
A new 7.2% ABV IPA from fine folks at Amplified Ale Works. A pale malt body with pleasant hop bitterness. The pic is more orange color than the beer actually is. It looks more like a berlinerweiss…between that and the glow of a Mountain Dew. Not much of a nose, but quite tasty.
Mason Ale Works Tasters
A short bike ride to the newest brewery tasting room to open; Mason Ale Works Tasting Room and Kitchen in Carmel Valley. I chose the Eloise Woods, which tasted like an IPA aged in white wine barrels, and The Duke, an 11% triple IPA. Happy with both. If only for a few minutes…we are up […]
Triple Dry Hyped
A delish 10.5% ABV hazy triple IPA from the fine folks at Pure Project. At only 50 IBU it finishes a bit sweeter than I prefer, but I’m suffering through it just fine.
Hop Puddin’
Strong nose of sweet vanilla and coconut. Flavor matches the nose, but has a mild hop bitterness in the sweet finish. I kept sipping and asking myself what I was tasting…then it was gone. Lots of flavors I would think wouldn’t work together, but oddly they do….and all wrapped up in an 8% ABV solution. […]
New Amplified Beers
Triple can release at Miramar and Backstage (downstairs PB) locations R to L = Top to Bottom of the top 3 below. On tap for a limited time…cans may be around a bit longer. A butt-load of coconut and vanilla notes in the Puddin’ but with a hop bitterness. Juice = yummy. The collaboration beer […]
Just Outstanding IPA
The label claims a big malty taste with Cimcoe and Amarillo hops. I can’t distinguish the hops, but the big malty part is really there and I like it. It’s light in color, but it’s got the taste complexity of a red or brown, so they weren’t lying. It’s not heavy though as it finished […]
Watermelon Wild Ale
We enjoyed the taster we received when we picked up Michele’s bottle.
Afternoon Delight
Greatly enjoying Amplified’s new 4.5% ABV session IPA.
Sleight of Hand IPA
Tasty…
Groundswell Tasters
Last time we were here it was Manzanita. R to L, Right Here Right Now, Got Anything Hazy II, Guava Tart and Cream Ale. Both RHRN double IPA, clocking in at 9.1% ABV, and the unfiltered IPA made with guava and pineapple, clocking in at 6.9% ABV, were decent enough. Can’t say the same for […]
Tales from the Kettle
Scottish ale brewed with black tea gives this a unique taste. Scottish ales are usually too dry and syrupy for me on the brown side because of the carmelization, but the tea factor makes a good offset. 21st amendment gave a place to its brewing competition participants and chose this as a finalist. The brewers’ […]
Figueroa Mountain Lizard’s Mouth
Mango, papaya, and pineapple imperial IPA. Named after a mountain in California. If you dumped a tub of Trader Joe’s Mango Papaya Salsa into a vat of Ballast Point and increase the Alc by Volume to 9%. This is what you’d get.
Isomerizer IPA
Very tasty 7% ABV American IPA made with mosaic hops from the fine folks at Karl Strauss. Karl is my Bud.
Ted…
…not Bill. One of two new NE hazy-style IPA available at Amplified. Bill and Ted are the same base beer with different hop bills. Bill is made but just not on draft quite yet in PB. Ted is juicy-citrus with mild hop bitterness. Quite nice. Sadly I don’t recall what D said the the two […]
Beach Grease Surf Reaper
Nice version of the classic west coast style IPA. Interested in trying their hazy IPA, Surf Zombie. Currently not on draft, but expected back on after kegging it Tuesday.
Solana Beach IPA
At Pizza Port Solana Beach…go figure.
Little Miss Tasters Normal Heights
While recently browsing PubQuest planning for one of our weekend bike rides, I noticed Little Miss located somewhere other than their Miramar location…so we made trek to confirm. Yes, Little Miss Brewing Normal Heights tasting room is open. Don’t know why I doubted Julie’s brewery mapping skills. We tried Ida, Douglas Devestator, Mango Blitzkrieg, Fog […]
Two Tickets to Paradise
A mildly tart 4.8% ABV hibiscus collaboration saison from Maui and Crooked Stave Brewing Co’s. A nice thirst quencher.
Girl Grey
An 8.5% ABV Belgian strong ale made with tea from the fine folks at The Bruery. At the friends and family opening of Nolita Hall in Little Italy.
Girl Grey
An 8.5% ABV Belgian strong ale made with tea from the fine folks at The Bruery. At the friends and family opening of Nolita Hall in Little Italy.
Sweet As! Pacific Ale
A 6% ABV, 18-IBU ale from Goodlife Brewing Company. Not really my thing. I didn’t dump it, but not something I would buy again.
Solis #83
Yesterday’s Friday Afternoon Club at Hess Brewing Miramar was very slow compared to previous gatherings. As the beer-tender, Ciro, pointed out people were doing things other than enjoying beer on 4-20, 2018. I was happy with the #83 version of Solis…tasted like an old-school west coast IPA.
Age of Distrust
A delish, 7% ABV hazy IPA from the fine folks at Amplified Ale Works. Made with Idaho 7, Bru-1 and Cryo Eukanot hops, it has a piney nose, mild bitterness and finishes with notes of black pepper.
Humble Tripel
Once again my work associate made a trip to Imperial Valley and brought back a growler from Humble Farmer Brewing Co. in Holtville, CA, to enjoy. We were pleasently surprised with this 8% ABV Belgian-style Tripel. Sweet malts and mild Belgian yeast on the nose, nice balanced flavor with no bitterness and mild sweetness. I […]
Venenosa
Though this IPA is a bit hazy, it is not a juicy NE style. More up-front bitterness and a lingering flavor of what reminds me of a rye IPA.
Farm Dust & Log Cabin
Farm Dust is a brett IPA. Log Cabin is a maple BBA imperial stout with cocoa. Both quite nice and currently on draft at Pure Project.
Enjoy By 04-20-18
Like a prize after a long day of….stuff. Deceptively smooth for a 9.4% ABV IPA, with plenty of dank resinous hop characteristics.
(Morning) Hop Nookie
Who wouldn’t want a little nookie in the morning? By little, I mean a 10oz pour. And nookie is Hop Nookie, an 11% ABV triple IPA from Kern River Brewing. Dank, piney and resinous…mmm.
All-American Ale Works Tasters
Plenty to choose from. We chose 6 from the list. …and didn’t die…just kidding. Nothing bad, but nothing really memorable either. My fav was the Preemptive Strike double IPA. A solid, smooth double IPA. I found the regular west coast IPA, Renegade Warrior, had an unpleasant flavor. Mermaid Bubbles with pineapple was pleasant, abs she […]
Stereo Brewing Tasters
If I was smart I would have snapped a pic of the beer list. My fav was the middle beer of the 5, Roadrunner Roadrunner, a 6.6% ABV juicy hazy IPA made in the NE style.
Modern Times Fraxos
Lemony-citrus forward sweet fruit nose, juicy with pleasantly mild bitterness, all wrapped up in 6.5% ABV hazy solution. Damn fine beer.
BNS Flintlock Pale Ale
Getting a smoked malt note in the taste..or could it be rye malt.
Latchkey Brewing Tasters
Three offering currently available with a fourth on the way next week. They took over Acoustic Ales space at Mission Brewery Plaza.
Logical Choice
Reached deep into the fridge and made the logical choice. Though it maybe a 3x IPA by Alesmith standards, on a Pizza Port scale it would be a San Diego strong pale ale. Tasty either way.
Throw Some D’s On It
A damn tasty collaboration beer from J. Wakefield Brewing and Alvarado Street Brewery. Based on flavor..no way I would call this an IPA. Sour and fruitiness overwhelm any hop bitterness.
New Generation IPA
Amplified Ale Works Backstage, their PB taproom downstairs from the restaurant, is finally open. New Generation is a juicy hazy IPA with a nose of citrus rind and refreshing taste with mild bitterness.
Stickee Monkee
….mmm…12.5% ABV barrel-aged dessert.
Thorn St Gutter Clown IPA
Happy with my choice. A 7.3% ABV American IPA with a pale malt body and a tasty blend of hops.
Cadejo Brewing W.A.P.A.
I grabbed this during my last bottle round up of Costa Rican beers. This American Wheat Pale Ale, pleasantly hopped over a very pale malt body, was actually from El Salvador…go figure.
Deep Ellum IPA
A nice option while on layover at Aeropuerto de Dallas-Fort Worth. Pleasent hop flavors /bitterness shine through any malty sweetness from the base beer.
Gallina De Palo
From Sin Corbata Cerveceria Artesanal, this 5.4% ABV, 40 IBU beer, is malty, but not sweet, with a somewhat herbal bitterness characteristic.
Beéche Black IPA
Nose is sweet dark roasted/toasted malts, but not burnt smell. Flavor is not sweet and more mild than the nose implies, like it’s been watered down. The bitterness tastes more like burnt malts and not hops. I believe the 5% ABV on the bottle, but not the 90 IBUs
Mi Tata and Tortuguero
Stoked to find one of the Costa Rica Beer Factory restaurants next to our San Jose hotel. Decent local list plus international offerings. Mostly bottles, but a few drafts. This stop I tried 2 IPAs. Mi Tata is an American IPA brewed by Corcovado Cerveceria Artesanal. A nice mix of pale malt body and citrus/pine […]
Rubia – Belgian Golden Ale
We both agreed that this beer from La Selva Cerveza Artesanal has been the best of the Costa Rican made beer that we’ve had so far. Pale malt body with mild sweetness, no bitterness, clean finish with notes of Belgian yeast esters. It’s got that 6.8% ABV going for it too.
Ambar IPA
Just as the name implies, it has a malty sweetness of an amber ale and the hoppy bitterness of an IPA. The combination is what I would expect of an double hopped English IPA, using Pacific Northwest American hops. 6.5% ABV from Costa Rica’s Cerveceria Del Centro.
Six Domingo Siete Beers
In the few days in La Fortuna we found six different beers from Domingo Siete/La Micro Brewing Company. All well made with no off flavors. The Lagarta fruity ale made with Matacuya & Pitahaya was unique. They did a great job of making a fruity beer without it being sweet. Ano Anso, their blueberry wheat […]
Treintaycinco Beers
Both of us were disappointed with our choices; a couple beers from a different craft brewery in Costa Rica,Treintaycinco. Both La Penola (IPA) and Lora (golden strong) had off flavors. Anticeptic/ bandaid in both. IPA had a grapefruit seed extract flavor on top of the anticeptic, and the flavor of…what reminded me of paste from […]
Mikhail Stone Espresso Imperial Russian Stout
The actual full name is Small Batch Escondido Satirist Mikhail Bulgakov author of The Master and Margarita Stone Espresso Imperial Russian Stout aged in Bourbon Barrels. According to the back label, they age it 14 months in American Oak Kentucky Bourbon barrels. This particular bottle has a brewed date of July 17, 2016 and bottled […]
#7 Golden Ale
From Costa Rica’s La Micro Brewing Company. A 5% ABV with pale malt flavors and no bitterness; just enough hops to round out the finish.
Escalante
The first micro brew we had in Costa Rica was this Irish Red Ale from Costa Rica Beer Factory. Worked for me. It tasted like the Irish reds I’ve tried.
Stone Exalted IPA
Nose is nice resinous hop over malty base. Flavor has a herbal bitterness I’m not a fan of and the malty sweetness predicted smell. This is the second beer from Stone, that I’ve had on the last few weeks, that was made with Loral hops and I didn’t care for it.
Voodoo Ranger Juicy Hazy IPA
Poured a bit chunky, as it has been in the fridge for a bit. The nose is a mix of astringent hops, something wet ( which I can’t quite identify) and alcohol. Flavor is mild, and not offending, if only it had a better smell. It does have that 7.5% ABV going for it. Though […]
Mr. Cloudy
A tasty 9% ABV New England-style hazy IPA from the fine folks at Mikkeller San Diego. I couldn’t pass the $10 for selected crowler and fills during the recent “crowler awareness day”. I’m sure we need more awareness, and am willing to support the cause.
Electrocution IPA
Yep…this will work.
Inevitable Adventure DIPA
Another Stone double IPA, this one made with Loral and Dr. Rudi’s hops and clocking in at 8.9% ABV. I got a strong nose of melon, sweet malts, alcohol and resinous hops. Melon less pronounced as it warmed, and couldn’t identify another smell I was getting….she smelled cauliflower, which I’m not getting at all. Flavor […]
Golden Road: Ride On IPA
It’s light, crisp, clear, and citrusy. Golden Road is a local Los Angeles brewery. Their IPA is, while really good, a middle of the road beer given the competition they are up against with everybody and their cousin trying to launch a West Coast IPA. That said, it’s extremely drinkable and this is my all-time […]
Freak Out IPA
Tasty 6.3% ABV unfiltered IPA from the fine folks of Mother Earth Brew Co. Pleasent mild bitterness, nicely dry hopped with a more dry finish…somewhat in the NE style.
Orderville
Doing it easy…right from da can.
Modern Times Havnor
After trying a splash of Havnor at a local watering hole, I wasn’t super excited about the bottle we already had in the fridge. The bottle was way better. Pale malt body, pleasant hop bitterness with strong notes of sweet melon on the nose (which stuck around for the first half of the beer) but […]
New England Style Double IPA
I found this 8.4% ABV hazy beer from Temecula’s Black Market Brewing decent, but nothing outstanding. Pours hazy with a resinous hop nose. Flavor has more than a mild bitterness and finishes dry. Hop bitterness a mix of pine and grapefruit peel, which definitely gives is an east coast IPA vibe. No problem finishing it, […]
Patterns Double IPA
Quite happy with this 8.4% ABV DIPA from Alaska’s Anchorage Brewing Company. It pours hazy, but with pronounced hop bitterness it’s not really a NE-style IPA.
Toasted Coconut Milkshake IPA
I stopped by Toolbox Brewing to try their new release milkshake IPA…and it was good. I found the bitterness overpowering the coconut flavors. But…very happy with the 12.5% ABV pastry stout Truffle Dome. With a nose like rich hot cocoa, and a balanced bittersweet finish..what’s not to like.
BFFs & Faceplant
BFFs collaboration IPA from Pizza Port and Stone, for me and a PP Faceplant, Belgain-style Tripel, for the lady.
Cross My Heart
A juicy and tasty 6.5% ABV NE-style hazy with mild bitterness from the fine folks at Offshoot Beer Co.
Smoking Cannon Tasters
L to R, Parrott, Paxton, Phoenix, Gibbs, Spencer, Coehorn (on nitro) and Coehorn.
Trial by Combat
Quite happy with this 8% ABV double IPA made with passionfruit juice from Massachusetts Brewmaster Jack. The sweet malt flavors emphasize the fruit notes and do a great job of masking the 90 IBU indicated on the label.
