What was your favorite beer from IPA Fest in Cyberspace (2021)?

Tough to compare between Clear Night and Hazy Night and pick an overall winner... DDH Pliny and Little Sip were excellent on Night 1, and Clueless Wonder and Hop Boss were great on Night 2. Picking just one means I'm going with Pliny, but all four of those are in the conversation for me.

 

For the life of me family always interferes with this, but I will keep supporting them. Having gone thru only a handful after the fact it is a tie between DDH Pliny and Lawsons.

 

Loved all the beers not a bad one for me in the fest but my top three would be I want to believe, DDH Pliny and Little Sip. Makes me wish these brewery offering were available locally for my to buy regularly.

 

We're half way through the beers in random order (couldn't do the festival real time), but so far I'm going to have to say Citra Ass Down. Haven't had the Pliny yet.

 

Friday: DDH Pliney
Saturday: Clueless Wonder

 

Hard to vote, loved them all for their differences. I like the Squatch, because I enjoyed the hop combos. I did not vote for Pliney, because I like the original soooo much, the double hop was good but just made me want original. I really did like listening to Vinney. But the squatch got me.

 

This one .....



..... which I happen to be drinking now. Let’s make this the “WIPAAYDN” thread!!!

I keed, I keed. This is my favorite, though. I’ve had it before, and it’s as fantastic as I remembered it being. Some dank, some resiny pine, the subtle stone fruit referenced in the RR video, and a whole lotta bitterness to flow into a drying finish. The quintessential WCIPA, IMHO.

 

Gotta give it to DDH Pliny (and it appears I'm not alone). A hearty blast of hop resin, with the scent of pine cones, and the flavors of tropical fruit. Clearly a highlight of the event. Let's face it, RR still commands the hype.

 

Friday: Lawson’s Lil Sip
Saturday: Drekker Clueless Wonder

 

Overall winner for me was Drekker

 

Little Sip on night 1 and Sticky Find on night 2. Just loved how unique the latter was…

 

Pliny was tops overall. For night 2, I Want to Believe just barely edged out Clueless Wonder and The Hop Boss, but it was really close between those 3.

 

Breakside was the house favorite on Friday - so delicious. Lawson’s was really good, too. We loved all the beers on the second night. Number one on Saturday was Revision Social Fermintation followed by Lamplighter Social Fermentation.

 

Runners up for me: Friday-DDH Pliny the Elder, Saturday-Revision Social Fermentation

 

My palate was blown by the time we got to Pliny. Wish we started with it because that may have changed my vote. I'd say Lamplighter was my favorite but that's slightly disappointing because I'd already had that one before.

Surprised Revision only got one vote, I thought that one was in contention for best.

 

I think DDH Pliny the Elder was my favorite but it was pretty hard to pick one. Maybe I was just the most excited for that one, but it lived up to the hype for me. Little Sip was also excellent, so was The Hop Boss which was surprisingly sweeter than expected, and Weathered Souls West Coast IPA was awesome too. Great job on this @BeerAdvocate !

 

Winner: DDH Pliny the Elder
Honorable Mention: Citra Ass Down

Must say there wasn't a bad egg in that dozen!

 

I really like the DC Brau submission - made me want to seek out other examples of the "DC Hazecore IPA" style.

Having lived in the north Bay Area previously and already having a long love affair with the OG Pliny, I agree with a previous poster that the DDH just made me want the original.

Little Sip really impressed me. Didn't get my highest score, but I felt like it was better than the sum of its parts. Breakside was good, but I live in Portland, and I like some of their other IPA's better than this one (Wanderlust is my current fave there).

 

Please send more of each for further research. I enjoyed them all. My two favorites were Pliny and The Hop Boss (Pliny and The Hop Boss sounds like the name of a great buddy sitcom). Two very different beers, like comparing apples and oranges. I'm going with the Two-Stage DDH Pliny the Elder. It's a solid, well crafted, delicious beer that I could drink every day.

 

Beer Thug
Clueless Wonder
DDH Pliny
Enjoyed the whole package!

 

Thanks to everyone who put together an amazing festival! So many great beers. I spread mine out over a number of days so my palate could enjoy all of these incredible beers.

My top 5 in the festival box
Breakside
Lawson's
Russian River
Hop Butcher for the World
New Realm