Beer Reviews - Rogue Locker-Stock Imperial IPA 4/5

A few weeks ago, my roommate and I headed out to Crane Alley, one of the local bars well known for its good beer selection.

After a pint of some very forgettable pumpkin flavored beer, I ordered a "Rogue Locker-Stock Imperial IPA," on the bartender's recommendation. This turned out to a excellent choice for two reasons. The first reason was that the bartender had great taste. The locker-stock IPA was pretty much everything I look for in an IPA, bitter, strong and thick. It is definitely one of the better IPAs I've had the pleasure of ordering. The Rogue brewery definitely seems to have a distinct taste across their beers, which tend to be strong and thick. Their Imperial IPA is basically a concentrated form of what makes Rogue Dead guy a nice beer.

The other reason had to do with dumb luck. I was about half-way through my pint when a couple guys came into the bar and sat down near us, one of them wearing a 'Rogue' shirt. After a few minutes, I made a comment about how the guy had good taste in beer. It turned out that he wasn't a fan so much as a distributer.

He, and the other rogue guys ended up covering all rogue products bought in the bar for the next couple hours, as well as buying one of every appetizer crane alley serves and sharing with my roommate and I, making an excelent end to a nice night out trying some beers.

Dogfish Head IPAs are delicious

One of my roommate's friends came to visit and brought a few beers for a beer tasting.

Along with a few bottles of a home-brewed beer, he brought us three bottles of "Dogfish Head" IPA, one each of the 60, 90, and 120 minute varieties. (The time represents the length for which the hops were boiled)

The 60 minute Dogfish Head IPA is a respectable IPA, and definitely worth another drink. It had a nice bit of body to it and a good amount of hops. (6% abv)

The 90 minute was phenomenal and much hoppier and sweeter than the 60. The bitterness was spot on, though it was a tiny bit sweet. Afterwards the 60 minute seemed to taste like Sierra Nevada. (9% abv)

The 120 minute IPA was very, very sweet almost like a soda. There was a lot of hop flavor but it was overwhelmed. It was interesting, but tasted like something other than an IPA. (Alcohol content listed as "ages well")

Pictures of Signs

Hi and welcome.

The pictures and the tag line come from a collection of photos I started this summer. I'd noticed a few signs with terrible punctuation or wording and decided to start taking pictures. The sign advertising "Identity Theft" as a service was from a sweet corn festival I went to with a few friends.

The other sign comes from Stewart's and seemed just strange enough to be worth a picture. I think they sell so much coffee because "sell lots, so fresh" but that's just my vote. I could see someone making the argument that it's because "great things with it," but I can't help wonder if the sign maker disagreed, since he didn't check any boxes.