NC's Best Drinking IPAs/ DIPAs

Nope, only available at Highland Brewery

 

A couple kegs of their last one (Radical Departure) made it down the mountain. I talked with a Highland rep last week that said a few might hit distribution to the top few accounts in the state.

 

State of Beer and Tasty both have Radical Departure on according to their respective sites.

 

Every IPA I've had from New Anthem this weekend has been great. Best hoppy beers in NC if you ask me.

 

Have any of you grabbed cans of Grove from Bhavana? I bought a bottle of Magnifira today and almost got some. But they said they always have it in the store until it sells out. So I wonder if they can it daily.

 

Pretty sure they've only done the one canning run of it thus far. The can I had the other day was great.

 

Which of those is that in the glass? I like their stuff a lot.

 

I think it was Throwing Shade - either that or Neon God. They looked almost identical.

Seems they still have cans of everything available at the brewery as of this morning (FYI people in the Wilmington area).

 

On tap at State of Beer now. Very solid, love to see good ones in the 6.5% range.

 

Picked up some sheez yesterday, damn that is a tasty IPA.

Really hoping they start getting those cans out to the Triangle more often!

 

So many new NC IPAs seem to be coming out in the past year or so. Are there some good west coast styles among them?

 

Wise Man's Mountain Calling IPAs is one of the best new West Coast style IPAs I've had from a NC brewery in a while.

 

Wow you were definitely right, had a Throwing Shade last night and it was awesome, can’t wait to try the others. Very glad these made it to a few places here.

 

^^^New Anthem Brewing and Wilmington Brewing are legit - another reason to hit the beach : )

 

Liked Neon God and Steez a lot, but thought Throwing Shade was still better than both. It’s gotta be that one in the pic above.

 

Humanity could be their best ipa as of late.

I know people love haze and it’s less than fresh gang of blades but holy hell is it delicious.

Burial.... don’t go there. Cause me and my wife don’t like the wait times. They need a bottle membership, and I’ll be there.

 

Hmmm...tastiest IPAs in North Carolina.... year to date... of those that made it to cans... that I was able to get my paws on... in no particular order... OK... alphabetical by brewery...

Grove (Bhavana)
Citraquench'l (Heist)
Neon God (New Anthem)
Throwing Shade (New Anthem)
DDH Tropical Lightening (Wilmington)
Forgot to Filter (Wilmington)
Mugsy's Mangoes Milkshake (Wilmington)

 

Love that list. Think Heist is crowlers, so I'll throw long stride and long haul from bond brothers in.

Drinking a neon god now, it is damn good.

 

Yeah, I really hope New Anthem starts getting some regular distro in the Triangle, def something I will be trying to keep in my fridge.