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Last night at home:
Creemore Springs / Zum Schlüssel Collaboration Altbier
St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout
Double Trouble Hops & Robbers
Creemore Springs / Zum Schlüssel Collaboration Altbier
St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout
Double Trouble Hops & Robbers
How was it?SteelbackGuy wrote: Tonight is my first ever Nevada brewed beer in Tenaya Creek Hop Ride IPA.
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cratez wrote:Last night at home:
Creemore Springs / Zum Schlüssel Collaboration Altbier
St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout
Double Trouble Hops & Robbers
How was it?SteelbackGuy wrote: Tonight is my first ever Nevada brewed beer in Tenaya Creek Hop Ride IPA.
I liked it quite a bit. It`s 7% but feels like it is 10 in terms of body.
Very fruity, juicy and fresh, with a high bitterness. I noted a bit of a metallic hit on the finish but it didn`t really detract. Definitely worth picking up.
I have two more bottles plus I got two bottles of Hop Box, and Gordon Biersch IPB. Probably trying one of them tonight.
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icemachine wrote:Hop Ride was alright, but I found it to be a bit lacking both in rye and IPA levels of bitterness
Hey, fair enough. To each their own!
In fairness, nowhere on the packaging does it mention the addition of rye, or the use of rye in any way. That might be why you found it lacking in rye. Kinda makes sense.
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Was pretty sure the bottle I had referred to it being a rye beer, but I may be mistaken.SteelbackGuy wrote:icemachine wrote:Hop Ride was alright, but I found it to be a bit lacking both in rye and IPA levels of bitterness
Hey, fair enough. To each their own!
In fairness, nowhere on the packaging does it mention the addition of rye, or the use of rye in any way. That might be why you found it lacking in rye. Kinda makes sense.
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Here the description from ratebeer.com:icemachine wrote:Was pretty sure the bottle I had referred to it being a rye beer, but I may be mistaken.SteelbackGuy wrote:icemachine wrote:Hop Ride was alright, but I found it to be a bit lacking both in rye and IPA levels of bitterness
Hey, fair enough. To each their own!
In fairness, nowhere on the packaging does it mention the addition of rye, or the use of rye in any way. That might be why you found it lacking in rye. Kinda makes sense.
"This beer is brewed using 2-Row, wheat, Vienna and caramel malts and is hopped with Summit’s for bittering and flavor and Ahtanum for aroma. This IPA was also dry-hopped, meaning hops were put in the fermentors and serving tanks to give a big citrus and spicy aroma, with Ahtanum, Challenger and Chinook hops. Our IPA is an American style IPA that has a high amount of bitterness but is well balanced and very drinkable."
My bottle has a different description, which is a little more tongue-in-cheek, but does not mention rye either.
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Tonight at Bryden's, in celebration of the fact that my girlfriend and I are now residents of the Big Smoke:
Great Lakes Brewing No Chance With Miranda (cask)
Muskoka Mad Tom IPA (draught)
Great Lakes Brewing No Chance With Miranda (cask)
Muskoka Mad Tom IPA (draught)
Sounds tasty! Seems like it's pretty hard to come by too, only 30 ratings on BA.SteelbackGuy wrote: I liked it quite a bit. It`s 7% but feels like it is 10 in terms of body. Very fruity, juicy and fresh, with a high bitterness.
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Drinking '08 Moueix St-Emilion, earlier picked up a bottle of Barley Days Oak Aged IPA Royal George Blend.
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