If you are into Pilsner at all you need to try out Golden Shower. Not as good as the 90 but tasty for a Pilsner. If you are pulling a Madden and going out for 12-15 stick with Lite beer from Miller.
You have to at least find your cute little employee at your local Total Wine and ask her if she is familiar with Golden Shower and if she can help you out with your search.
Believe it or not the local Dogfish Head pub does NOT carry 90 Minute.

mmmm....................beer

Kids I must say I thought this was pretty good. Better than the average Sierra Nevada.

Let's all stipulate that there are a lot of great beers out there. But let's remember that the purpose here is to find the very best...something so close in appeal to The 90 that at least one of us might conclude it's actually better. Here's one that I think is almost as good. I mentioned it before as a comment, but it deserves its own stature as a post: Stoudt's Double IPA. Same 90 IBUs as The 90, but it seems less hoppy for some reason. Alcohol is a bit higher: 10.6% compared to 9.0%.

IPA Tour

Since today is friday and I do not have to wake up early tomorrow I will be enjoying some IPA brews. I tried a couple last night. I went back to an old favorite from college. Not sure if you all can get it because it is brewed in Frederick. If you are looking for a lighter version of a good IPA I would get this if possible. A really crisp hoppy flavor.













I also tried the Red hook IPA and was not impressed, so keep that one off of your list






Joe glad to see that you figured out the picture thing. Hoppy Drinkin'!

Mission

Let's not lose sight of the major mission of this blog: To determine if there's a better beer than Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA. If anyone thinks they have identified such a miracle, they should indicate that in the post. Their worth as a human being will be judged by the rest of us on the basis of whether we believe their assertion to be true.

Since this search may take an eternity, we also welcome posts presenting brews that are even in the same ballpark as The 90.

Steak and Beer???

Wednesday night I had dinner with a bunch of friends at a local steak house. Instead of washing it down with hops and barley (the equivalent of breakfast cereal) we chose to try some tasty grapes. Among the highlights were a bottle of 1999 Whitehall Lane Cabernet and a 1991 Diamond Creek Cabernet Gravelly Meadow. Let me tell you... that beat the pants off a Schlitz!

Yes... I have become the equivalent of a wine snob :-)

Wine VS. Beer...

Most Americans agree: Studies show that wine has now surpassed beer as the most frequently consumed tipple. Back in 1992, a Gallup poll found that 47 percent of drinkers usually drank beer and only 27 percent wine. A similar poll in 2005 found that wine had nosed ahead of beer: 39 percent versus 36 percent. The future looks even brighter, according to research company International Wine and Spirit Record. It predicts that America will become the largest wine-consuming country in the world by 2009. (France, the traditional leader, will fall to third place, with Italy hanging on at No. 2.)

Hop Ottin IPA

Ok, so while we were living on the West Coast, I found this treausure which is really crisp and hoppy, but I have not found it anywhere else.

I also have to plug the Costco double layer chocolate cake with the chocolate shavings that weighs about 20 pounds because I think it goes good with anything, or everything, including any beer post.

Has anyone looked into the British/EU scene because Americans tend to not like bitter at all, so there may be more choices over there, but then again we have all of these microbreweries.

Joe is twisting my arm

Ok, so after Joe's kind offer to drink piss, I thought I should add my 2c. Since I'm in vacation, I have had ample time to dBink. I have a 90 minute right now, but last night we thought we would pretend to be sophisticated with G&Ts. However, the night is still young, and since we are in Tennessee, we may break open the still and get some moonshine brewin'. If we get shicker enough I will post a picture, but it won't be pretty.
Joe did recently imply that I needed to get the pole out of my arse. B

Here it is!!!!

Alright guys here it is. Lets keep those posts coming.

A bit of history......

After a conservation with Joe we decided to see if there is a better beer than the Dogfish Head 90 minute IPA (hence the title name). The eternal search for a better beer I am sure will be a life long quest, so try some new beers and tell us your thoughts and try out as many beers as possible!

I will go first. I think the Thunderhead was crisp with just the right amount of Hops. Not a strong aftertaste, smooth without the syrup feel. A great summer beer.

I will have more to add this weekend. Keep em' com








I will admit that I was very fond of this one because of the box! Not as vibrant as the thunderhead, a little more subtle. I did enjoy though and will probably get again. I really do enjoy the box.
















Now Joe I know you are scared of the Belgians! (They really are nice people)

If you have not tried the RED than I think that you should. This is really one of my favorites. It is not fruity and has a rich distinguished flavor




Also if you have never had the Morretti La Rossa i would really recommend it. A great Italian brew