As part of this blog, I’ll be doing random beer reviews based on new beers that I try. I’ll give my personal views on each, but I’ll also pull info from the brewery’s website or other trusted beer sites (which I’ll be sure to site).
The one I’d like to start with has become one of my recent favorites: Dogfish Head 90-minute IPA.
It has a definite hoppy flavor and aroma to it, but it’s not overpoweringly bitter. At 9% ABV and 90 IBUs, you’d expect it to be alot rougher to drink. It is extremely complex, yet perfectly balanced. This is a great beer to have with a burger or a steak, not something you’d want with a fish or lighter style dish.
Here’s what they have to say about it on the Dogfish site:
“Esquire Magazine calls our 90 Minute IPA., “perhaps the best I.P.A. in America.” An Imperial I.P.A. brewed to be savored from a snifter. A big beer with a great malt backbone that stands up to the extreme hopping rate.
90 Minute IPA was our first continually-hopped beer, which is a method of hopping that allows for a pungent, but not crushing hop flavor. Since introducing the world to the continual-hopping method with our 90 Minute IPA, we’ve since released a continually-hopped 60 Minute IPA, 120 Minute IPA and even a 75 Minute IPA (a cask-conditioned blend of 60 & 90 Minute IPAs).
In addition to the continual-hopping 90 Minute IPA receives during the boil, we also utilize our ‘Me So Hoppy’ device to dry-hop the beer during conditioning (check it out in the video below).”
Overall, I give this beer a rating of 9/10. It’s absolutely delicious. I suggest you go buy a 4-pack immediately.
