Change of pace IPAs

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  1. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    What are the really unique aroma/flavored IPAs that you like to revisit periodically when you need something different from the profiles that you typically are drinking on the regular and can vouch for them being well crafted?

    Mine:

    Bell's Two Hearted - I really can't recall any other IPAs I've had that are in this sort of floral aroma/taste profile. So good and so unique.

    Flying Dog Raging Bitch - A double Belgian IPA which is a style that few brewers are making these days. This one is the benchmark for quality and easy to find in my area (and cheap). Lagunitas "A little Sumpin Wild" was also a very good one, but I don't see it around too often.

    Samuel Smith & Brewer's Alley English IPAs - 2 English style IPAs (1 from each side of the pond) that are really well crafted and fix my cravings for English style aroma/flavors on occassion.
     
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  2. Beer_Stan

    Beer_Stan Initiate (0) Mar 15, 2014 California
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    I like any Black/Cascadian IPAs when I can find them because I love the piney, hop forward aroma's coupled with the roasty dark chocolate/coffee notes and flavors. Wookie Jack was one of my all time faves and I'll never forgive FW for taking it from me.
     
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  3. Mark-Leggett

    Mark-Leggett Pooh-Bah (2,317) Jul 30, 2014 Missouri
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    Bells two hearted is a must have for sure
     
    #3 Mark-Leggett, Jul 18, 2019
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  4. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    I visit family in Ohio a couple times each year, and I pick up Fat Head's Head Hunter just because it is a great IPA. However, it does serve as a great change of pace too since I don't get it frequently.
     
    #4 PapaGoose03, Jul 18, 2019
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  5. Domingo

    Domingo Grand Pooh-Bah (4,252) Apr 23, 2005 Colorado
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    I don't normally have access to them, but I love when I'm able to get the various hoppy beers from Three Floyds. They all have so much body and richness that almost no others have anymore.
     
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  6. Izzy_Izumi

    Izzy_Izumi Initiate (0) Aug 3, 2017 California

    Typically something NOT made with Galaxy hops. Beachwood Citraholic comes to mind.
     
    #6 Izzy_Izumi, Jul 18, 2019
  7. bwarner2015

    bwarner2015 Crusader (407) Mar 25, 2016 Connecticut

    Six Point Dabble. Love the coconut profile for a change of pace!
    Sculpin - piney resinous hops!
     
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  8. BrewsOverHoes

    BrewsOverHoes Grand Pooh-Bah (3,509) Nov 17, 2013 Georgia
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    Me too, man. Me too...
     
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  9. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    Got a new addition to add (fresh of the press reviewing it)....Bell's I Song of Myself. German Hops and Malts. Definitely is still an IPA but has alot of interesting stuff going on in aroma and flavor. Highly recommend.
     
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  10. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    Sixpoint Dabble is probably my favorite widely distributed NEIPA. It's an amazing beer and truely a world class NEIPA. Very, very underrated.
     
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  11. unlikelyspiderperson

    unlikelyspiderperson Grand Pooh-Bah (3,966) Mar 12, 2013 California
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    Fall river - Brut Force. Crisp and dry with an excellent white wine character to the flavor that I don't see many other places
     
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  12. meefmoff

    meefmoff Pooh-Bah (1,922) Jul 6, 2014 Massachusetts
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    I don't buy it for home unless it comes as part of a mixpack, but I am always very happy to drink Harpoon IPA out at bars and restaurants or, most often for me, concerts.

    It's got a great maltiness that isn't cloying or heavy and sits at a very pleasant bitterness level from the time prior to the IBU wars really ramping up.
     
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  13. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    If a brewer really wanted to make a "box of hops" variety IPA pack it would include 1 NEIPA, 1 West Coast IPA, 1 Belgian IPA, 1 Black/Cascadian IPA, 1 English IPA and 1 Brut IPA. Damn now if those were pretty well crafted, I'd buy a 6er/12pack of that in a heartbeat.
     
    #13 bubseymour, Jul 18, 2019
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  14. Ronmarley1

    Ronmarley1 Savant (1,187) Jan 20, 2014 Ohio
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    Great Lakes Commodore Perry is one I forget about but love coming back to. It’s a good example of an English-style IPA.
    GLBC Commodore Perry
     
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  15. Squire

    Squire Grand Pooh-Bah (4,385) Jul 16, 2015 Mississippi
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    My go to in this regard is Sweetwater IPA.
     
    #15 Squire, Jul 19, 2019
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  16. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    Two Hearted and Founders Centennial are IMO kissing cousins when equally fresh. Change of pace for me is Westbrook One Claw, love the rye in this one, it’s listed as a PA, but that’s irrelevant.
     
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  17. ESHBG

    ESHBG Pooh-Bah (2,099) Jul 30, 2011 Pennsylvania
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    Victory Hop Devil for me, such an interesting mix of darker malts and hops so in turn complex...and on cask it's really amazing. It's also very consistent and I have yet to experience it tasting wildly different like I have with some other beers.
     
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  18. Beer_Stan

    Beer_Stan Initiate (0) Mar 15, 2014 California
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    Wait...what?
     
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  19. laketang

    laketang Grand Pooh-Bah (3,017) Mar 22, 2015 Arizona
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    Gumballhead for that wheat ale with a hint of lemon, refreshing taste. Also great lakes dort lager with that nice malty flavor, delish. Then I am ready for IPA's again.
     
    #19 laketang, Jul 19, 2019
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  20. GetMeAnIPA

    GetMeAnIPA Pooh-Bah (2,559) Mar 28, 2009 California
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    Love me some Hop Savant. The Brett is a great change of pace and Crooked Stave does it well. The beer finishes dry, crisp and refreshing which how I prefer my ipas.
     
    #20 GetMeAnIPA, Jul 19, 2019
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