Bitter Imperials

Moylan's Hopsickle.

 

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Firestone Walker Double Jack

 

It is hard to find an Imperial Stout that is not bitter. It more or less goes with he style and one of the reasons it has to be aged. I found my first fresh one that was not bitter it was a Surly RIS. Since I was not home with my cellar I was pleasantly surprised. It was not sweet either. I was just like a mellow nicely aged RIS.

 

Something old-school, Dogfish Head 90-minute.

If you can find fresh Sixpoint Resin, I always thought that was super piney and pithey. Where in NY are you? That might help guide recommendations. Most local/regional craft follow market trends, but every now and again you find a smaller operation making an IBU bomb.

 

It’s hard for most any beer over 12% to still be aggressively bitter. Just from my experiences.

 

Damn, yes, it’s been long here, but was wan my TGI Friday beer, took the steam right out of you.

Without making a second post; Mongo as well, forget the brewery.

 

Resin and Dirt Wolf. Both brewed at Victory now. Freshness is the key for both and unfortunately can even be a challenge living 10 minutes from the brewery

 

Agree it’s tough to get much over 9%-10 and retain the bitter, even at that level really bitter won’t happen.

 

Throw in the third head of that "cooperative" monstrosity, and include Southern Tier.

Thinking back to the initial post, I still think that 2XIPA is bitter, even after the reformulation from a couple of years ago. I saw Unearthly came back as well, but as a Triple, I'm not necessarily sure if it would fit the OP's personal parameters because it's been redone and was a bit on the boozey-sweet side beforehand.

 

It really depends on where you are Upstate. The Hudson Valley is all about NEIPA, but Cannon Call, from Big Ditch in Buffalo is close to a west coast double, and if you're close to Rochester, Three Heads and Rohrbach are always churning out variations of older and newer school IPA and stout