55. Lost Coast Brewery & Cafe – Indica India Pale Ale
It’s a really nice Saturday afternoon on Memorial Day weekend. My parents came to town and are watching the kids while my wife and I shop for a minivan. It’s been a good morning visiting dealerships and test driving cars, and we stopped back at home for lunch. I was looking for a nice IPA, and fortunately, just picked a few up on Friday. I decided to go for the Indica India Pale Ale from Lost Coast Brewery & Cafe. ...
45. Dogfish Head – 90 Minute Imperial IPA
I got back from my son’s preschool graduation tonight and felt like grabbing something both refreshing and strong, and much to my delight, I found a Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial IPA in the back of the beer fridge. The bottle says, “what you have here is an Imperial India pale ale featuring a single, constant 90 minute hop addition. It’s balanced by a ridiculous amount of English two row barley. Then we dry hop in...
27. Goose Island – IPA India Pale Ale
I was stuck in Chicago’s O’Hare Airport for a few hours and my phone showed that there is a Goose Island Pub in the airport. I finally tracked it down, and to my disappointment, it was more of a hot dog stand which sold bottles of Goose Island beer. I was already bitter at the American Airlines gate agent that wouldn’t let me on the earlier flight despite there being plenty of seats… So, I wanted something that...
17. Faultline Brewing Co. – Cask Conditioned IPA Draft
We’ve had a long, long day. We left Chicago at 7 a.m. this morning and have been working all day. We finally arrived at Faultline Brewing Company around 8 p.m. (Pacific Time, so that’s 10 p.m. Chicago time). It looked like a good place to eat, and it was a brewery, so I figured I couldn’t go wrong. Whenever I go to a brewpub, I always try to have what’s in the cask, so I ordered the cask conditioned IPA. ...
