Tongue Tickles

http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/ipas-of-o-c.131513/

 

I f-ing love it!

 

I didn't try it, but Tongue Tickles won 1st place at the inaugural L.A. IPA Festival last weekend at Mohawk Bend. Pretty impressive considering what it was stacked up against. Here are the other beers it was judged against...

Los Angeles IPA Fest Beers:
Alesmith Brewing – Alesmith IPA
The Brewery at Abigaile – Sticky Fingers
Almanac Beer Company – Almanac IPA
Alpine Beer Company – Duet
Anderson Valley Brewing Co. – Hop Ottin’
Anchor Brewing – Liberty
Angel City Brewing – Angeleno IPA
Automatic Brewing Co. – Flying Ace
Ballast Point Brewing – Sculpin
Beachwood Brewing – Melrose
Bear Republic – Racer 5
The Bruery – Humulus Lager Speciale (dry-hopped with Sterling and Simcoe)
Cismontane Brewing – “Epic Hoppy Cask”
Coronado Brewing – Islander
Drake’s Brewing – Drake’s IPA
Eagle Rock Brewery – Populist
Eel River Brewing – Organic IPA
El Segundo Brewing Co. – Grand Hill
Enegren Brewing – Protector
Faction Brewing – Winter IPA
Figueroa Mountain – Hurricane Deck
Firestone Walker – Union Jack
Golden Road Brewing – Wolf Among Weeds
Green Flash Brewing – West Coast IPA
Hangar 24 – Wet Hop IPA
Haven Brewing – Hops Inc.
High Water Brewing – Hop Riot
Institution Ales – Institution IPA
Ironfire – 51/50
Kern River Brewing Co. – Just Outstanding
Kinetic Brewing – Day Game
Ladyface Ale Companie – Ladyface IPA
Lagunitas Brewing – Lagunitas IPA
Latitude 33 – Camel Corps.
Lost Coast Brewing – Indica IPA
Mad River Brewing – Jamaica Sunset
Marin Brewing – Three Flowers
Mission Brewery – Mission IPA
Modern Times – Blazing World
Mother Earth Brewing Copmany – Wet Hop Dreams 3
Moylan’s Brewing – Wet Hop Harvest
Noble Ale Works – Tongue Tickles
North Coast Brewing – XXV Anniversary Session Ale (dry-hopped w/ Simcoe)
Ohana Brewing – Delta Force IPA
Pacific Plate Brewing – Mango IPA
Pizza Port – Swami's IPA
Port Brewing – Wipeout IPA
The Lost Abbey – Merry Taj
Rubicon Brewing – Rubicon IPA
Russian River Brewing – Pliny the Elder
Smog City Brewing – Grape Ape IPA (with Chardonnaygrapes)
Societe Brewing – The Pupil
Speakeasy Ales – Big Daddy IPA
St. Archer Brewing – St. Archer IPA
Stone Brewing – Stone IPA
Strand Brewing – Atticus IPA
Tap-It Brewing – Tap It IPA
Triple Rock Brewing – IPAX
Tustin Brewing – Tustin IPA
Wolf Creek Brewery – Desperado IPA
Sierra Nevada – Torpedo

In case you're wondering, Tustin Brewing's Old Town IPA won 2nd and KRBC's Just Outstanding won 3rd. Sadly I did not try the beers that ended up 1st or 2nd place when I went.

 

On tap right now at Out of the Park Pizza. Fantastic beer!

 

Had two bottles of this great dipa. And ready to get a few more. Right up there with Pliny? Don't think so. And at 9 bucks per bottle. But it is my favorite new ipa/dipa for 2013. It's got a great aroma and a big bold taste. Noble has been doing great the last 6-12 months. If they keep Tongue on a regular rotation and put Nobility and Royality back on tap/bottles then that would be great. A few years back I would not even think about buying Noble after trying their IPA and DIPA. I occasionally will buy their Big Whig now. But the problem is you don't see the bottles in a lot of stores. WF and Total and a few other locals. I think they got a bad rep back when they first opened. That should change now.

 

When you consider Pliny is $6-$7 a bottle and only 16oz it actually is $8.25-$9.625 per 22oz (the Tongue Tickles size) really not that bad of a price.

 

I pay $4.99 at Hi Time for Pliny. Anyone charging more than that should be reported to Stone Distribution or Russian River. They will stop sending Pliny to accounts that overcharge!

 

Its pretty common price for it here in San Diego. Think I know of 2 places that charge $5 and the rest charge $6-$7

 

I pay 4.79-4.99 for pliny at my local. Another place I used to pick up pliny had it for 3.99 for the longest time. I think its now 4.29. But that was over a year ago. And I'm also going by taste. If I'm really hard up for pliny I will pay over 5 for it. I just paid 9 for a bottle of Pure Hoppiness. I can get it at the brewery for 6. Is Pure worth 9 vs 9 for Tongue? Yes. I would pay 9 again for tongue. But I wont pay 10 for some of Knee Deeps. Not saying Knee
Deep is not good. For me it's just not worth the higher $$'s.

 

I hear ya man. I love Simtra so I will pay the $10+ for it when I want it. But yea with Alpine so close I would rather head up there and stock up on their IPAs for a fraction. I cant believe Pliny is that cheap at some places thats cheap than the brewery itself isnt it?

 

I just tried it tonight and it was spectacular! I'd put in in my personal IPA top 10. I'd definitely put it in the same ballpark as Pliny and Citra. I'd like to do a side-by-side in the future to see how it truly holds up.

I got mine for $7.99.

 

got a bunch tossed them into trades for the rest of the nation to try..... I was impressed

 

thought it was terrible. drain poured

 

Stopped by brewery yesterday and they were all out of bottles. No growler fills. Thank god there was no growler fills. Brand new growlers emptied were $10 for 1L and $20 for 2L. Regular twist off cap growlers. Fuk that!

 

that is fn ridiculous, think those are like $2.80 cost

 

In the fridge at Bill's in Atwater now.

 

I just picked up a few bottles tonight on my way home from the office, I am looking forward to trying them over the long holiday weekend.

Cheers,

 

I agree David, that is ridiculous.

Cheers,

 

What an incredible list of world class brews.

Cheers,