Friday Five: 5 Go-To IPAs
I remember something on some blog somewhere a long time ago, where people answered 5 questions on Friday or wrote a list of 5 things. I can't remember exactly what it was. As a quick and easy thing to do, I thought I'd revive this Friday Five with a weekly list of beer-related stuff.
Today's list is Five Go-To IPAs. This year, I've come to terms with the fact that I'm a hophead and I'm always gonna reach for IPAs and other hoppy beers first. There's no way to wean myself off them, so I have to embrace my addiction.
This is not a list of the five best IPAs I've ever had (think really insane shit like RR's Pliny the Younger) or what I think are necessarily the best IPAs on the planet (although a few of them are) since there are so many from the Midwest and East Coast I've never tried. This list is five IPAs that I've had enough to know that if I see them in a bar, I'm having one automatically. They're solid, reliable, go-to beers that I'd gladly sit and drink 3 or 4 of in a row.
1. Russian River Blind Pig
2. Green Flash West Coast
3. Port Wipeout
4. Bear Republic Racer 5
5. Caldera
Someone will probably say, "you live in Seattle...no Washington beers?" Boundary Bay, Anacortes, Big Time, Elysian, Walking Man, Schooner Exact, etc make fine IPAs, but I'm still reaching for these five from CA and OR first.
So what are your five go-to IPAs?
Today's list is Five Go-To IPAs. This year, I've come to terms with the fact that I'm a hophead and I'm always gonna reach for IPAs and other hoppy beers first. There's no way to wean myself off them, so I have to embrace my addiction.
This is not a list of the five best IPAs I've ever had (think really insane shit like RR's Pliny the Younger) or what I think are necessarily the best IPAs on the planet (although a few of them are) since there are so many from the Midwest and East Coast I've never tried. This list is five IPAs that I've had enough to know that if I see them in a bar, I'm having one automatically. They're solid, reliable, go-to beers that I'd gladly sit and drink 3 or 4 of in a row.
1. Russian River Blind Pig
2. Green Flash West Coast
3. Port Wipeout
4. Bear Republic Racer 5
5. Caldera
Someone will probably say, "you live in Seattle...no Washington beers?" Boundary Bay, Anacortes, Big Time, Elysian, Walking Man, Schooner Exact, etc make fine IPAs, but I'm still reaching for these five from CA and OR first.
So what are your five go-to IPAs?