Awesome Head to Head Battles!

Recently put Brooklyn Sorachi Ace vs Ommegang Hennepin. Both are awesome but Hennepin won for me. Sucks vs Flower Power is a tough one, but I'd be in the Lagunitas camp at the current moment. I only say this because Nugget Nectar isn't available in my area yet. I'm excited to try this years batch.

 

Did the sucks v Flower power last night. Flower power surprisingly won. I am drinking FP tonight.

Enjoy

 

Both Sucks vs. FP and Sorachi Ace vs. Hennepin are unfair.

The two IPAs use very different hop profiles. I have to say that I would choose FP by a hair, but the two are brilliant in their own rights.

Comparing saisons is almost impossible. The style has such a range that it's really difficult to do any real comparison. Sorachi Ace is designed to spotlight the Sorachi Ace hops, which makes it lemony-grassy and fantastic. Hennepin, however, is not just one of the best readily availably saisons but one of the best readily available beers in the country, imho.

 

Biggest head to head I ever did was actually 3 compared.

Heady Topper vs Pliny the Elder vs Hopslam

Heady took it, hands down

 

I love how Hennepin is so stately, dry and restrained. Not all saisons are like that- some may say that the best ones have quite different qualities. I enjoy them all for what they are; at a certain point all beers reach a distinctive echelon, and it is unwise to compare those beers to each other. They all have their own attributes that satisfy different needs.

 

A friend and I have a Black Note vs KBS vs Bourbon County vs BA Plead the 5th show-off next week. The only one I haven't tried is BCBS and I predict this:

Black Note > BAPt5 > KBS > BCBS

I will update with results next week.

 

I'm just about to do a very similar showdown;
HT vs Zombie Dust vs Hopslam

EDIT: I know ZD isn't an IIPA.

 

I enjoy ZD over hopslam, but make sure if you try those side by side you drink ZD first, the other 2 will do too much damage (in a good way) to your palate to be able to fairly compare those. Enjoy though, cheers

 

I did a Hopslam vs. Abrasive last night. Slight advantage Abrasive but I could see if in the mood for a sweeter DIPA Hopslam would take the lead.
Either way you win.

 

Old Raspy vs Founders Imperial Stout......... who wins? I dunno, all I know is I get knocked out!

 

BA rasptuin vs BA blackout. Rasptuin all the way

 

World Wide Stout vs. my current level of sobriety

Aaannnnddd....go!

 

Damn. Now I don't want to try Flower Power. I'll get slaughtered for saying it, but I find Sucks to be an unbalanced mess. I don't make Molotov cocktails from the empty bottles. I buy as much as I can and douse it in gasoline while still full, and torch it.

 

I agree there! However, Hopslam is a touch sweeter this year than previous. Still awesome, though.

 

Enjoy By vs Pliny.

Pliny, do to balance and mouth feel.

 

Troeg's Java Head vs. Lagunitas Cappachino Stout

Lagunitas came out victorious... barely.... both are fantastic ways to start a long day of drinking.

 

Great divide fresh hop pale ale vs sn northern hemisphere hahvest, sn wins with just a fuller flavor and feel

 

Id love to see NC IPAs/IIPAs paired head to head against fresh Head Hunter and Columbus Brewing Co. IPA/Bodhi with some NC people around. Id love to prove a point once and for all that those OH IPAs are qualititatively better.

 

I did a Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout and Narwhal side by side a few weeks age. 2 awesome brews, the same style but very different from each other. Unable to pick a winner but there was not a loser!