So I grabbed this one at one of the local craft stores this afternoon. If you are familiar with the Mikkeller Single Hop Series, then you should have known this was coming. All 19 different varieties of hops from the series were used in this brew (find the percentages on the bottle or in the description at beeradvocate.com). As expected, it was the standard hoppy, bitter deliciousness expected from Mikkeller's IPAs...however, after a three solid days of drinking Bell's Hopslam, this was (surprisingly) like a kick in the teeth with bitter. Now, that's not to say that that it was bad...far from it, for that matter...it was just different than the Hopslam (which is ridiculously balanced for a super-hopped high ABVbeer - see my fothcoming post)..but familiar (in a Mikkeller way) at the same time. Expect several different distinct (and strong) hop notes (pine, citrus, etc) and a "spicy" complexity. For about 6 bucks, its certainly worth a try if you are a hop-head, or if you were into the Single Hop Series...otherwise save your $ for the next round of Hopslam.
ohtheguilt Ba score = 4.0 out of 5.0
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