Speakeasy Double Daddy Imperial IPA

It's an Imperial IPA, 9.5% alc, out of San Fran. I like their IPA a lot, but this MFer - I just now tried it and am struggling w/the keyboard as I type this - is just too much for MY tastes. I'm a hophead all the way, but this one tastes like barley wine. It's hyperbolic. Thanks for trying, independently owned Speakeasy Ales and Lagers of SF, but... And I find it hard to believe it's ONLY 9.5%...One of these 12 ozers makes me feel like THREE kick ass double IPAs, such as Pliny the Elder (which to me is a thing of beauty and joy to behold forever). This Double Daddy seems more in cahoots with Pliny the Younger, who seems to think his dad and his dad's generation a bit daft; the Younger is SERIOUS about getting things done, and not as much fun to be around, consequently...

Back to the brew in Q in the subject heading: Some of you may dig it. It's sorta like drinking hard alc for me. So I "cut" my second one by doing a 50/50 with Steelhead Extra Pale Ale out of Humboldt County. (Mad River Brewing Co of Blue Lake, CA to be exact)

That was truly palatable. I pat myself on the back for the improv s*****ad alchemy, get ready for bed, hope I don't wake with a gin-like hangover...

And so, now I lay me down to sleep, sub-Bukowski buzzed, visions of topless hop-goddesses dancing in my head, I wish I may, I wish I...

Amen.

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rmjon23
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9.5% seems a bit high for a double IPA. Would seem to be taking it more into the Great Divide Old Ruffian "hoppy as hell barleywine" category.
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Dan Iwerks

I had a couple of bombers of the Ruffian last winter, and thought it was pretty balanced. I liked it a lot. I've been digging the Titan IPA lately as well.

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