MojoMan Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 What should I expect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 What should I expect? I just put that on my beverage list at the restaurant. Tons of hops and a very malty flavor. Sweet and delicious. You should also expect to have a nice little heat on when you finish four of them since they basically count as two regular beers each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 What should I expect? Even as a devout hop head and lover of malty beers.....I could say....'maybe too much.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 a very nice beer, IMO. the hops are very strong, verging on overpowering. but the flavor is filled out admirably by a very nice malt profile. that one and some of the stone IPAs are the best of the overhopped american IPAs i've had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untateve Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 I enjoy Dogfish Head. In the spring, they have a seasonal called Immort Ale. Make all effort to obtain some of these. Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgemoe Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 Another first experience in Denver last week. Had the pleasure of having the 90 (a few) at the Falling Rock and during GABF. I'm not a huge IPA drinker but somehow this one really warmed with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 Cascade hops.... sort of the AC-DC of hops. Loud, and over the top headbanging hoppage. Cascades have a grape fruit sort of flavor. I happen to like it, in occassional doses. The Blind Tiger in NYC has (had?) a holding tank full of fresh hops, a converted water filter that holds about 2 gallons of brew. They fill that with fresh whole Cascade hops and put it in the beer line between the keg and the tap. Increases the hop aroma like nothing I've ever seen before.... so much so, I bought one of these contraptions directly from the Dogfish Head brewery for use in my own dispensing system for my home brewed beer. Does anyone know why they call it a "90 minute" IPA? While the wort is being boiled, they add some hops every minute for 90 minutes. That sort of hop schedule not only makes it a very hoppy brew, but it has to be a very strong alc content as well. They have to kick up the crystal malts and other things to maintain some sort of sweetness balance with that kind of hop content. They also make the wort at a much higher gravity (more barley, more alc content) or it would be too bitter to enjoy. It's a nice occassional treat, but if you drink it all the time, you are a well to do alchoholic that has no taste buds or sense of smell left in yer being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoMan Posted October 5, 2006 Author Share Posted October 5, 2006 I've had one and a half. Well buzzed. Great beer, just like detlef described. More sweet than you'd think to balance those hops. Whow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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