Double IPA

Tamamura Honten “THE FAR EAST (2020)” Barrel-Aged Imperial House IPA

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Name: THE FAR EAST (2020) Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co. (Japan) Style: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer (Base Style: American Strong Ale) ABV: 15% Review Year: 2020 THE FAR EAST is an “Imperial House IPA” (15% ABV) of the Nagano-based Tamamura Honten Co. aged in barrels that housed formerly Ichiro’s Malt Chichibu The Floor Malted. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is …

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DEYA “Saturated in Motueka” Single-Hop Motueka DIPA

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Name: Saturated in Motueka Brewer: DEYA Brewing Company (United Kingdom) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 8% Review Year: 2020 Saturated in Motueka is a single-hop hazy “Double IPA” by the Cheltenham-based DEYA Brewing Company. This beer is an ode to the glorious New Zealand hop variety, Motueka. Theo Freyne established DEYA in 2015 …

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Northern Monk x Finback “Patrons Project 3.05: Once, Twice, Three Times a Whale” Mosaic IPA

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Name: Patrons Project 3.05 // Double India Pale Ale // Mosaic Edition // James Butler // Once, Twice, Three Times a Whale // Finback Brewer: Northern Monk (United Kingdom), Finback Brewery (United States) Style: Double IPA ABV: 8.2% Review Year: 2019 The Patrons Project is an initiative by Northern Monk to foster collaboration, creativity, and community between …

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Finback Brewery “Six Year” Triple IPA

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Name: Six Year Brewer: Finback Brewery (United States) Brewers: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA) ABV: 10.1% Review Year: 2020 The Queens-based Finback Brewery celebrates its anniversary by releasing special one-off brews. Last year, we were able to grab some of these essential goods from their taproom, and ever since we reviewed the Five …

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Equilibrium x Verdant “Rock Fantasy” Double IPA

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Name: Rock Fantasy Brewer: Equilibrium Brewery (United States), Verdant Brewing Co. (United Kingdom) Style: Double IPA ABV:  7.5% Review Year: 2019 Named after the legendary music and pinball shop in Middletown, New York, Rock Fantasy is a hazy Double IPA brewed by Equilibrium Brewery in collaboration with Falmouth’s Verdant Brewing Co. In an attempt to …

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Northern Powerhouse 2019

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The Northern Powerhouse is an annual collaboration among English craft breweries to celebrate ingenuity, unity, and the Northern pride. Wylam handed over the reins to the Leeds-based Northern Monk to lead the class of 2019. For the 2019 collaboration, Northern Monk teamed up with each of the seven participating breweries to reinterpret seven different classic …

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Equilibrium x Northern Monk “Infinity Polar Vortex” Triple IPA

Equilibrium x Northern Monk “Infinity Polar Vortex” Triple IPA

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Disclaimer: We will come clean. This review was, unfortunately, written at a time when we were not aware that mats of bubbles are symptoms of a dirty glass. Just because we are Drink Me Dirty, it does not mean it is acceptable to drink from a dirty glass. Clean and rinse your glasswares properly. As …

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