Left Hand Brewery Twin Sisters Double IPA

Left hand impresses me with there unique ideas in marketing and in beers.  The bottle is beautiful, and it's from a beautiful state, Colorado.

Look/Pour/Smell - Hops all over, but the hops are sweet not pine-cone-E.  Orange yellow, but very clear.  Head is monstrous and fluffy, long lasting also.

Taste - It's sweet and spicy at the same time.  Not spicy like hot sauce, spicy like titillating on the tongue.  The bitterness is found all throughout, especially after the initial taste.  The beginning is where the sweetness lies.

Rating - 7
This is a good IPA, but I don't know if it's worthy of a larger bottle in the specials section.  I think it belongs in a four pack.  With all this it's still a good time.

Dogfish Head 120 Min IPA

Preface:  This is a sipping beer, it is unique and shouldn't be taken lightly.  Very high alcohol content makes this beer potent, so be prepared.

Nose, Look, & Pour - Light sediment, super straw, full head w/ a medium strength, super hopped smell, malt smell is present in the background.

Taste - Sweet malt, hops are the big spoon in this relationship though, alcohol is present throughout, little carbonation probably because it's too heavy.

Rating - 9
This is such a unique experience you should try it just to do it, but don't underestimate this one, or it will knock your socks off.

Samual Adams Nobel Pils

Wanted to have a Sam Adams beer since I hadn't in a while.

Nose, Look, & Pour - The head is frothy and light and lasted about 20 sec.  The hops are immediately apparent with citrus and pine.  Pale yellow to straw color.

Taste - Great hopped beer w/o the bitterness.  The hops almost have a lime citrus with the pine still around.  The malt only arrives in the aftertaste.

Rating - 8
This is a great beer from a semi-popular specialty brewing company.  Not everything they make is gold, but this one is.  Put it in the "I'm a great IPA" category.

Lagunitas Imperial RED Ale

Amazing amber-red color, great hoppy smell with strong, lasting head.

Even though I prefer unfiltered, hazy beers this one is a great crispy clear beer.

Strong, thin mouth feel;  Great piny hop, but not too too much.  Just enough to get you thinken.

Rating = 8  Lagunitas impresses me again with this.  (6 for those who don't like hoppy so much)

Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA

Tiny bubble pour, warm grain yellow color, strong head.  Pine hops in the smell dominate. 

Awesome bitterness, hops in the flavor can't be missed.  Amazing that a beer can be this tasty and bitter.

Rating = 8  Doesn't get much better than this in the IPA category.