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Friday, January 28, 2011

The Muddy Pig's 3rd Annual Festival of Hops

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Bell's Hopslam

Aroma:
All grapefruit, peaches and mangoes.  Very pungent!  You will not find an IPA/DIPA with a more fantastic aroma.
Flavor:
Fruity hops that are in your face.  Some slight pine notes.  10% ABV that is nicely hidden, but one can still notice it.  The honey they add to this really adds a nice flavor, while also pumping the ABV up to its formidable level!  One of the best DIPA’s you can buy!

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Odell Doulbe Black IPA

Aroma:
Slight roastedness and hoppiness present.  Some small chocolate hints.
Flavor:
Wow, a very harmoneous marriage between roasted grains and hops in an IPA.  Crazy amounts of lacing.  Hops are of the piney varietal.  Medium to highly hopped; very good beer!

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21st Amendment IPA

Aroma:
Minute hoppiness, almost undetectable. 
Flavor:
Doesn’t taste very clean at all.  Has a little soapiness flavor that is definitely off-putting.  Hop type aren’t determinable, can’t even tell fruity or piney – it’s almost neither.  Very muddled tasting.  Not a fan of this beer at all.

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Rush River Double Bubble

Aroma:
Citrus and pine hops, not too much, though.  Picking up some maltiness, too… 
Flavor:
I’m a little perplexed by this flavor, here.  There is something different about this double IPA that I haven’t had before.  It almost seems spiced or it was fermented with a Belgian yeast.  I don’t think I like it…just weird tasting for a Double IPA.

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