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Muskoka relasing TWICE AS Mad Tom DIPA
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Thanks, Laba, for the update, and really, don't worry about the price - just my opinion, but I think the price is reasonable.
Can't wait to try it - you were the first out of the gate with a true AIPA year round on the shelves, and you're the first with a DIPA. Well done!
Can't wait to try it - you were the first out of the gate with a true AIPA year round on the shelves, and you're the first with a DIPA. Well done!
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I like where you are going with this. It sounds well worked out instead of just literally 'double everything' made into an undrinkable trainwreck. For example Stone Ruination is really well-hopped and more expensive, and you can actually enjoy the well-controlled big hop flavors.Muskokan wrote:... IBU's are 71. This was more a result of our preference in flavour of Double IPA's rather than playing it safe. We have been drinking as many Double IPA's as we could get our hands on for the past 8 months and the one's we really enjoy are incredibly hop forward, with wicked aroma, but yet still drinkable without puckering your face with bitterness. We're really enjoying how this beer drinks. It's a big beer, with a ton of hops but one that you don't need to work to get through.
Price...it really comes down to the sheer amount of hops and time in tank.
And 'Tank time" is just like pay parking, so yeah Toronto people understand this.
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Stone claims 100 IBU's on those well-controlled hops, fwiw.Belgian wrote:I like where you are going with this. It sounds well worked out instead of just literally 'double everything' made into an undrinkable trainwreck. For example Stone Ruination is really well-hopped and more expensive, and you can actually enjoy the well-controlled big hop flavors.Muskokan wrote:... IBU's are 71. This was more a result of our preference in flavour of Double IPA's rather than playing it safe. We have been drinking as many Double IPA's as we could get our hands on for the past 8 months and the one's we really enjoy are incredibly hop forward, with wicked aroma, but yet still drinkable without puckering your face with bitterness. We're really enjoying how this beer drinks. It's a big beer, with a ton of hops but one that you don't need to work to get through.
Price...it really comes down to the sheer amount of hops and time in tank.
And 'Tank time" is just like pay parking, so yeah Toronto people understand this.
http://www.stonebrew.com/ruin/
I think I would Ruinate my liver if that beer were sold in Ontario, or if an Ontario brewer put a similar beer on the shelves year round.
And Stone still control the end result - pure greatness!mintjellie wrote:Stone claims 100 IBU's on those well-controlled hops, fwiw.
http://www.stonebrew.com/ruin/
I think I would Ruinate my liver if that beer were sold in Ontario, or if an Ontario brewer put a similar beer on the shelves year round.
I'm not sure an oversized IPA like that is meant for everyday, it's more like the 'Sunday wine' of beers. The liver and body systems need to eliminate all this stuff we chug down all week (or whenever we inbibe.)
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Grabbed a couple packs from the brewery. Cracked the first one. Really nice, perceived bitterness actually seems pretty high.. maybe it's my imagination.
Great beer, keep em' coming Muskoka!
Great beer, keep em' coming Muskoka!
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Interesting. I don't consider Tree or Garrison's DIPAs to be particularly great, so maybe I will really like Mad TomStroonze wrote:After having several I find this to be a one trick pony. Hoppy up front, very smooth but not a very memorable finish. On the right path but could learn a few things from tree and garrison when it comes to making a great double IPA.
Not if the pints I had tonight were any indication. I hope it was the Cabin Fever version as it had almost no aroma, and was quite malty. It was tapped while I was at the bar but only labelled "Muskoka Double IPA". I was quite disappointed.TheSevenDuffs wrote:Interesting. I don't consider Tree or Garrison's DIPAs to be particularly great, so maybe I will really like Mad TomStroonze wrote:After having several I find this to be a one trick pony. Hoppy up front, very smooth but not a very memorable finish. On the right path but could learn a few things from tree and garrison when it comes to making a great double IPA.
Is something like Double Jack too much to ask for??
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