Went back to the Southern Tier stash tonight.  This time I was sampling the India Pale Ale.  I will tell you that this is a well balanced IPA, with the malt standing out in the flavor at the beginning with a nice finish of bitterness in the hops.  Nice nose, good clarity, good aroma.

It is what I classify as a very nice East Coast-style IPA.

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Hairy Eyeball?  I found this one over at the Whole Foods near my house.  According to the Lagunitas website, this was a New Year’s Day release … what you would call a “seasonal beer.” LOL!  Fortunately, it was still there when I shopped for it … and it had time to “age” a little on the shelf.  At about 8.3% abv, it probably needed a little development.

In their virtual description of this beer, Lagunitas states that it doesn’t follow any style.  I agree — however, it was a very nice flavored beer…the alcohol was very apparent; however, the hops balanced it very nicely.  Overall, this is a good beer, but definitely not a session beer!

“Here’s lookin’ atcha!”

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If you’ve not had a Weyerbacher beer, you have been depriving yourself.

Of course, I have to tell you … the packaging kind of put me off before.  The cartoon characters kind of made me discount this beer.  Now you don’t have to tell me “not to judge a book by its cover, blah blah blah.”  I realized the error of my ways without any help from the rest of you!

Get this beer!  Tonight I had the Double Simcoe IPA.  This beer rocks!  Again, you have to like this style — but if you like the Imperials (this one is 9% ABV), you will definitely like this beer … and, so far, there hasn’t been a Weyerbacher beer I didn’t like.  I’m putting them back on the “Beerflix” list as I work through a new beer every day … LOL!

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