IPA is DEAD, some punks killed her...

IPA is DEAD, some punks killed her. Yes, classic Brittish IPA is dead as this Brewdog guys think, and what better to get the graveyard wet with her sons? In this special edition, this Scottish bring us four IPAs, each one hopped with only one variety of our most beloved kind flower. This allows to enjoy all the properties and points of each hop, and the streams are Styryan Dana, Eask Kent Goldings, Waimea and El Dorado. Hop and the colour on the bottle are the only changing stuff among them, besides this, they are made to reach  75 IBUs and 6,7%. The pack comes in a black box, with the company logo, "IPA is DEAD" as message, alcoholic percentage also in white, and each hop name in his right colour according to the bottles. Down at the bottom, in white too, you can also read "Single hop India Pale Ale". About the box little more, about each beer, let's give a quick check on them.

-Goldings: Hop variety called East Kent Goldings, from Great Britain, soft bitterness with some very light sweet points. The chosen colour for this hop is green, and about the information, I wrote them before to avoid getting too long in the resumes. The beer has amber color, quite transparent, low on white and hard foam. Light bitter aroma, with some malts, light body, and light flavour, hop with sweet and spicy points. Quite short ending in my opinion.

QUICK RESUME: I would repeat, but not at that price.

-Dana: Hop variety called Styryan Dana, from Slovakia, strong and a bit sour bitterness. Chosen colour is purple, and the beer, the same as her sisters, clean amber, low on foam and light body. Deeper aroma than the previous one, less malts and a sour ending. In the mouth, sour bitterness very well balanced, some grass and pine, malty points and classic hoppy ending

QUICK RESUME: The same as before, I would repeat but not for that price.

-Waimea: Hop variety called Waimea, that comes from New Zealand, light bitterness and sweet and sour points. The bottle is blue coloured, and the beer has the same appearance. Bitter and malty aroma, with little more points to get. Abut flavour, boring with little balance between the rest besides hop. I was expecting more from a New Zealand hop, but in my opinion it doesn't battle with the rest.

QUICK RESUME: I wouldn't repeat, I prefer a thousand times a PUNK IPA, same boring beer, much cheaper and much more sincere from the beginning.

El Dorado: Hop variety called El Dorado, from the US, with intense bitterness along with other tropical points. The chosen colour is orange,  repeating the same looking from the rest. Very fresh aroma,  covers all the malty rests. About flavour, the same intensity, sweet, mango, grass, pine points and some bitterness that remains until the end as the other flavours get finished.

QUICK RESUME: I have already repeated.


And now, despite od family comparison are never good, after seen the descriptions, mi taste sense and mi nose have chosen "winners and losers". In my opinion, the intense and tropical, american hop flavour of El Dorado beats the others. The two from the beginning, I think they're quite normal IPAs, classic flavour but a bit stronger maybe. At last, Waimea is not bad, but compared with the rest, loses the battle, as I see a lack of balance and flavour on it.

And for the moment, that was all for today. Bye beer lovers, see you soon! Keep beering!