Episode 21: Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA – This one’s just right

After a week off, this week we look at 90 Minute, what many consider to be the best IPA in the country.

News

A few pieces of sad news this week from the beer world. Steve Harrison, the Vice President of Sierra Nevada died in an apparent boating accident between. And just last Thursday, on August 30th, Michael Jackson, the Beer Hunter, passed away from a heart attack. Jackson was widely considered the best beer mind in the world. He has published several books, had a TV show at one point. So we raise our glass to them this week.

90 Minute IPA

• Dogfish Head Brewing, is one of the most widely distributed craft breweries in the country. Located in Milton Delaware and owned by Sam Caligone, considered to be one of the rockstars of the brewing industry.
• Dogfish Head, which is named after a small shark (which is on the bottle and the logo of the company) is known for making experimental and extreme beers. The brewers are always trying something different, be it using tons of raspberries in their beer, brewing from ancient recipes, or using tons of hops.
• Tonight’s beer, 90 Minute IPA, is the middle beer of the IPA beers that they put out, and let me explain what I mean by middle beer. There is also a 60 Minute, and a 120 Minute (which we will talk about in two weeks).
• The 90 Minute, weighs in at around 9% ABV, which is pretty strong for a beer. In fact this is a beer that you may have two but probably not too many more in a night. If you want to drink more of them, give the 60 Minute a shot.
• The 90 however comes forward with hops, hops, and hops. You are going to get all kinds of piney, citrusy, flavors out of this one. And this is going to be a lot more bitter than most people are used to, so take that as a warning.
• The balance here is ok, but I think the hops do over power the malt and sweetness. That being said, this is one of my favorite IPA’s. If you get a chance to get one, but feel kind of intimated at first, try the 60 and then move up. If you feel like going for it, enjoy!

Next Week

We look at Victory Brewing Company’s Hop Devil Alewe get even hoppier, so hop heads rejoice!

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