Big DIPAs that hide the booze

Kern River Citra DIPA......so drinkable fresh

 

Exponential Hoppiness.


Triple IPA with the most delicate hop flavor/aroma combination I've ever experienced.

 

I had a taste of Nefarious at BW when I grabbed my Ballast Point bottles. A little boozy, I must say.

On the other hand, I am a delicate flower.

 

My two cents: Resin certainly does well. Two beers that in my opinion do NOT do this at all: Hopslam and Hoptimum. The Hoptimum I bought this spring was like drinking hoppy bourbon.
Personally though, I'd much rather just drink good DIPA's that are in the 7-8% range (or singles in the 5-6% range). Most of them are better (imo) and then you're not toasted after a pint or two. Shoot, if there was a non-alcoholic beer that tasted like Abner, or Ghandi-Bot, etc.... I'd probably drink a lot of it.

 

+1 Bodhi.

 

I love IIPA, had it fresh the last two years and thought it was fantastic. Also had a bottle immediately following the NG Berliner Weiss when that was released. Talk about a contrast in styles, the boozy alcohol heat combined with the strong pine oil taste almost simulated smoking a bowl, give it a try.

 

Folks love a DIPA thread.

Double Trouble
Hopslam
Dreadnaught

I wish I had gotten my hands on more than a four pack of Alchemy Hour because it might have been one of the best "finds" of 2013

 

hill farmstead and lawson's win this by miles.

that said, fresh double trouble does a good job. probably others i could think of if i weren't so obsessed with double trouble recently.

 

HF Galaxy....the most hedonistic beer I have enjoyed.

 

honestly, i find DIPAs almost always hide their booze ... there's so much freaking hops in them, nothing else stands a chance to show through.

here in texas, karbach's rodeo clown and saint arnold's endeavour taste like beer, not alcohol. deep ellum's dreamcrusher is a hops salad with hops dressing -- no alcohol.

it might be me and it definitely could be my limited run through the good beers (still no DFH 120), but DIPAs in general don't have half the boozy taste of every American imperial stout and porter that i've tried.

 

great lakes brewery do it very well here in Cleveland wit lake erie monster and the new changed name from dipa with the honey malts

 

Flying Fish Exit 16. 8+ abv, drinks like Bud light

 

I second the Illumination comment, easily my favorite IIPA of this year.

 

First beer I thought of when I read the OP. DFH hides the booze well in most of their beers.

 

I get very little booze from these, all of which are big on hops:

Hopslam
Double Simcoe
Double Jack
Dreadnaught
Double Trouble
Hop Wallop
Pliny the Elder
Hop Rod Rye
ST Gemini
Enjoy By
Resin
Hoptimum

 

Founders double trouble
GL lake erie monster

 

Maharaja and Burton Baton for more malt forward. Double Trouble and Palate Wrecker for more hop forward.

 

Double Crooked Tree is scary smooth for 12% abv.

 

Terrapin Hopzilla

 

+1 for alchemy hour. Also not sure if mentioned and not sure if an actual dipa. Sneak undercover investigation from lagunitas. Had a fresh one recently and the hop flavors completely covered the 9.7%. Dangerously drinkable.