Extreme Beer Review Number 1

So here goes the first in a series of reviews on extreme beers. In the coming weeks I will be consuming many of these beers, and also trying to formulate a better terminology.

For my first review I've selected, or rather my father has selected because he paid for it, Lagunitas' Hop Stoopid Ale, which as the title suggests is a rather hoppy beer. It's rated at 102 IBUs (International Bitterness Units) and comes in at a pretty lean (for a beer of its type) 8% abv.

What most pleased me about this beer was its fruity aroma, which comes in as a result of heavy hopping. Lagunitas makes really good stuff, their IPA is basically a mini version of this if I recall correctly (I probably don't). On thing my brother remarked on was that it tasted remarkably similar to Stone's IPA. Though I am familiar in general with Stone's products, I haven't had the IPA so I can't say one way or the other whether my brother's comparison is apt. As far as very hoppy beers go, this one wasn't as bitingly bitter as the 90 minute IPA from Dogfish, which my limited beer knowledge forces me to bring in as a comparison. I liked this beer, I would probably buy it again, but not right away. I guess I could say that for any extreme beer though, the thing that makes it extreme also turns it into a kind of singular experience for me.


Anyway, stay tuned for more beer updates. A new Spec's just opened up and it has a fairly wide selection (for this part of the country) of Dogfish I haven't tried yet.