Favorite Colorado IPAs?

Agree - and they're one of the few breweries that drops their sh-- fresh. This thing was 4 days old when I had it. Take Coriolis, take it to 11, and that's what More than a Pillow Fight is... but perhaps you know.
But if you don't know, now you know.
It's that good.

 

No budget for it this year. Brewed two last year from two Colorado hops farms, but only doing one this year

 

Oh yeah, those versions last year were both so dope. Really enjoyed them...

 

new image is so good. i was supposed to visit there back in may but my vacation plans were scrapped because of the pandemic. i ended up doing a hiking trip this past weekend in summit county and was fortunate enough to find a lot of fresh new image at basecamp wine & spirits in frisco. coriolis would absolutely be a go-to shelfie for me if i could get it here.
as usual, i loved outer range as well..."under the sun" being my favorite of the bunch while i was there, almost a west coast meets east coast IPA...

 

Two more IPAs on at Comrade
Honeyman 35 with Citra, Galaxy and Amarillo
Barbarillo IPA with Barbe Rouge and German Amarillo hops
Both 6.3%

 

Barbarillo, Honeyman 35, and Batch 500 are all pretty damn great.

S26 has a couple new hoppy beers ("They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard" and From the Peaks), as well.

Right now this area has to be considered in the top 1-2 spots for west coast style IPA. For a little while we were outshined by central New Mexico and our cousins to the north, but I don't think that's the case anymore.

 

Speaking of both this area and our cousins to the north: driving back from a camping trip this afternoon and happened to pop into Westbound & Down for some to go beers. They just packaged a brand new WCIPA in their "Western Conference All Stars" series that they did in collaboration with Melvin.

It's stunningly good, granted 1 day old IPA is a bit of a cheat code...

 

Cellar West's sister brand, Make Believe Beer, is releasing their first hazy IPA cans tomorrow at the Lafayette brewery (8.12.20). I'm biased but its quite awesome.

 

Just want to thank the guys like you, @dauss @TrveBrewer @rscot231 @Tarheel4985 and all the dudes who have slipped my mind for being active here locally, keeping us all hip to what you're doing, and building our beer community while we are all dealing with the crap factory that 2020 has turned out to be.

 

Finally picked up a 4-pack of this and it is absolutely fantastic. Dangerously drinkable at 9.5% for sure and so much dense, tropical flavor packed it it's not even fair.

 

Westbound & Down collab cans also hitting shelves. Two IPAs, one with Melvin and another with Barley Brown's

 

Obviously nothing new, but I’m sipping on an Insane Rush from Bootstrap and couldn’t be happier with it.

only grabbed it because it was $8/6er and super fresh (3 weeks old), but I might have to make this a regular purchase.. incredibly similar to Odell IPA in that its not totally old school and certainly not a hazeboi.. I’d definitely recommend revisiting this one or giving it a spin if you’ve never had it!

 

The back to back GABF Silver Medal Fresh Hop Superpower IPA just got tapped on Wednesday. 500+ pounds of wet hops from High Wire Hops in Paonia, CO

 

Upslope's Spruce Tip IPA is out already, which was a winter favorite of mine last year, and I think some other folks on here. On the can it says it's brewed with lemon and orange peel as well as spruce tips. Anyone remember if this was the case last year? It's still tasting pretty good, but I feel like I'm getting slightly more citrus and less spruce on this year's iteration. But maybe it's just a mental thing because I noticed the addition of the orange and lemon peel for the first time.

 

Superdamp is pure fresh hop nectar this year. Fantastic job!

 

One absolutely fantastic IPA that sometimes gets forgotten is Eddyline Crank Yanker.
It's full-on great and they sell 6-packs of 16oz cans for less than 4-packs (or 12oz 6-packs) from everyone else. It's basically always fresh, too. Even the trashy little stores in my neighborhood have cans dated no later than 6 weeks ago. River Runners, its little brother, is equally good.

 

^ Epic Day is also quite tasty and I’m typically not a fan of big IPAs

 

Epic Day is a top 5 Colorado DIPA for me. Maybe top 3.

 

My dad loves Epic Day and he loves a deal. You hit it right on the head.

 

I don't think I've ever even had Epic Day, but I'm gonna change that. I normally lean milder rather than stronger, but I occasionally get a hankering for a DIPA.