There was recently a view among beer drinkers that sub-3% ABV beers (if you could find any) were low in taste. That changed when Ireland’s Whiplash brewery, despite brewing some of the country’s finest DIPAs over the past few years, released a 2.8% micro IPA called Northern Lights. That beer hit a new high among…… Continue reading Searching Low and Low
‘Bout ye? Here we are again at the back end of the year when the focus is on the Golden Pint awards. The more years I’ve done these the more I’ve realised you can pick and choose or even add categories if you wish. So for the first time I’ve merged my Best of NI…… Continue reading Northern Ireland Golden Pints 2017
With the Cloudwater double IPA monthly release (now at v11) coinciding with the return of the now legendary and award-winning Of Foam and Fury by Galway Bay Brewery, I thought I’d line them up for a head-to-head and throw in a couple of similar others – McGargles Big Bangin IPA and Stone’s Ruination double IPA.…… Continue reading Double the Fun
Manchester based Cloudwater’s much-hyped DIPAs (Double IPA) have become a bit of a thing over the past six months or so. I don’t know if they deliberately under-produce or have their marketing machine cranked up to 11 but fair play, they sell out in minutes. I didn’t get to try the original DIPA but to…… Continue reading Battle of the Cloudwater DIPA
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