Big Lake Brewing – Mango Haze NE IPA
Mango Haze is a 5.5% ABV New England Style IPA from Big Lake Brewing in Holland, Michigan. Mango Haze uses Big Lake's Lake Haze NE IPA as their base beer,…
Starving Artist Brewing – Hazebot NE IPA Collaboration Series – Craft Beer Transformers
The Hazebot Series of New England IPAs is a series of collaborations with Starving Artist Brewing in Ludington, Michigan, and assorted other breweries, such as Grand Armory, Pigeon Hill, Ludington…
Eastern Market Brewing Company – Elephant Juice NE IPA
Elephant Juice is a 7.2% New England Style IPA from Eastern Market Brewing Company in Detroit's historic Eastern Market. EMBC uses beautiful imagery on the label of their flagship new…
Head 2 Head – Boss Tweed vs. Reclassified
In today’s video I’m putting Old Nation’s Boss Tweed in a side by side comparison with Ascension Brewing Company’s Reclassified. Both New England Style Double IPAs are going head 2 head to see which comes out on top. Ever since first trying this new version of Reclassified about 6 months ago, I knew it was a perfect competitor for Boss Tweed, which has been my favorite New England style Double IPA to date. Which one comes out on top? Watch to find out!
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Perrin Brewing – Push Hop Strawberry NE IPA Review
Push Hop is a Strawberry New England Style IPA from Perrin Brewing Company (Part of Canarchy) in Comstock, Michigan at 6.3% ABV. While I usually think Perrin puts out some pretty good stouts and darker beer, I haven’t been overly impressed with their “New England Style” IPAs. I was really looking forward to trying out their Peach Bellini when it was released, but I was ultimately not impressed. This time around my only point of reference for Strawberry NE IPAs is Tart Strawberry M43, so Push Hop is living in a pretty large shadow – but we won’t know until it gets dropped down the hatch, so let’s go!
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