Feb. 18, 2011
Our first project here at 20 Beers in 20 Nights, which we are currently working on, is to review the Top 20 most reviewed American Double/Imperial IPAs according to Beer Advocate. When I first came up with the idea for the blog back in November, The List looked like this:
1. 90 Minute IPA - Dogfish Head
2. Stone Ruination - Stone Brewing
3. Bell's Hopslam - Bell's Brewery
4. Pliny the Elder - Russian River (Will need some help finding this one for sure)
5. Hop Wallup - Victory
6. 120 Minute IPA - Dogfish Head
7. Maharaja - Avery Brewing
8. Dreadnaught IPA - Three Floyds
9. Hercules Double IPA - Great Divide
10. Hop Stoopid - Lagunitas
11. Burton Baton - Dogfish Head
12. Double Simcoe IPA - Weyerbacher Brewing
13. Maximus - Lagunitas
14. Gordon Ale - Oskar Blues
15. Unearthly - Southern Tier
16. Founders Devil Dancer - Founders
17. YuleSmith (Summer) - AleSmith
18. Double Dog Double Pale Ale - Flying Dog
19. Hopsickle Imperial IPA - Moylan's Brewery
20. Founder's Double Trouble - Founders
Of course, a few beers have switched places now that we're in the month of February, but none have fallen out of the Top 20. I haven't decided what to do if that happens, but the good news there is that only two other beers are really within striking distance and both seem to be a long shot at this point.
In addition to a few beers changing places, 25% of them have now been reviewed and therefore can be crossed off. Also, the Gordon Ale by Oskar Blues has been forced to change its name for legal reasons to G'Knight Imperial Red Ale. So, here is what the new list looks like to reflect cross-offs, position changes and the one name change:
1. 90 Minute IPA - Dogfish Head
4. Pliny the Elder - Russian River (Will need some help finding this one for sure)
5. Hop Wallup - Victory
6. 120 Minute IPA - Dogfish Head
7. Maharaja - Avery Brewing
8. Hop Stoopid - Lagunitas
15. Unearthly - Southern Tier
16. Founders Double Trouble - Founders
17. Founders Devil Dancer - Founders
18. Double Dog Double Pale Ale - Flying Dog
19. YuleSmith (Summer) - AleSmith
So there you have it, 5 down, 15 to go. It's been fun so far!
UPDATE: 8 down, 12 to go. Pliny might happen this week!
UPDATE 2 - 3/27/2011: 9 down, 11 to go. The Pliny has been reviewed, finally! Found it at Poppy's Pizza in Estes Park, Colorado. It will be an excellent beer to review for the half way point on The List.
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