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Imperial IPA (Granville Island Brewing, 8.2%)
Granville Island‘s most recent release really sees limited-release brewmaster Vern Lambourne stretch his legs. This is a rich, high-gravity and complex ale that’s a world apart from GIB’s mainstay...
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Pandamonium — The 11th Hour Anniversary Ale (Phillips Brewing Company, 11%)
Unleash the pandocalypse!!! This ridiculously extreme beer with the ridiculously OTT label has been lurking in the cellar for a few weeks now, waiting to unleash merry hell on my senses. Sadly this is...
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Imperial IPA (Central City Brewers and Distillers, 9%)
If Central City’s Red Racer IPA is legendary, then its Imperial IPA is mythical. (Which might make Thor’s Hammer barley wine extra-dimensional. It certainly has that effect on some people). It’d be...
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Total Eclipse of the Hop Imperial IPA (Howe Sound Brewing, 8%)
Every now and then I fall apart when I realize how much beer I have to review for this blog. It’s a tough gig alright. But sometimes I find it helps to look back at what I’ve been through and how far...
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Twenty Pounder Double IPA (Driftwood Brewery, 9%)
KABLAMMO! Back for only it’s second appearance (and disappearing fast), Driftwood’s high-firepower imperial IPA has returned to blast some hops into your life. Rocking an AC/DC theme is always a good...
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Hop Therapy Double IPA (Russell Brewing Company, 9%)
All the flavour gone out of your life? Russell Brewing has the therapy for what ails you: a 100-IBU IPA monster packed with aromatic hops added at six different stages of the boil, and a double bout of...
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Super Fearless Imperial IPA (Dead Frog Brewery, 9%)
Released last year, Fearless IPA blew most people away and was the first beer to really announce the second coming of Dead Frog. In the past few months, with the legendary Tony Dewald now firmly...
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Vexillum Imperial IPA (Four Winds Brewing Co., 9%)
God, you must be sick of all these Four Winds reviews by now. “How much are they paying that guy?” you’re wondering. “Not enough beer,” is my reply. It’s difficult to understate how impressive Four...
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One Trick Pony SMaSH IPA with Mosaic hops (Brassneck Brewery, 9%)
So, here it is. B.C.’s best beer of 2015, if you think a beer that’s come top of 580 entries from 78 breweries across the province counts for anything. I kind of do. Brassneck‘s One Trick Pony has...
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