Six Point Brewery "Resin" Imperial IPA - USA (ABV 9.1%)

More hoppy goodness from the good old USA. Just look at the photo, doesn't this beer look great in the glass?

This was a quite aromatic ale with a mix of piney resin, citrus and tropical fruit on the nose. The initial taste  impression was of a fruity sweet beer but it becomes slightly bitter at the finish, like eating a ripe grapefruit. The nice malt balance to this beer makes it dangerously easy to drink for a 9.1% beverage.

Very much in the USA style for an Imperial IPA with loads of hop flavour. I enjoyed this beer and look forward to the even stronger "Hi-Res" sitting in the fridge.

Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial IPA - USA (ABV 9%)

This is one terrific beer, a smooth Imperial IPA with a terrific malt base supporting a generous, without being overpowering, hoppy flavour. Brewed in Milton, Delaware the "90minute" refers to the boil time of the wort in which the hops (Amarillo, Simcoe &Warrior) are continuously added. The beer is also dry hopped following this process.

It pours a golden amber colour and has a fantastic hop aroma, I got citrus with some grassiness. It is wonderfully smooth on the palate and the malt backbone wonderfully balances this beer. It is not overly bitter or overly hoppy but the flavour does linger.

I love IPA's and found this USA brewed Imperial IPA  a superb example of the kind of beer I love.

Feral Brewery "Raging Flem" Belgian style IPA - AUSTRALIA (ABV 7.3%)

This is another locally brewed special beer that made its way into my fridge immediately it was released.

Feral have produced an awesome Belgian style IPA, it is tasting like a good Belgian Triple. Although a different beer to the Little Creatures "Shepherds Delight" I prefer the "Raging Flem".

This beer has a super hoppy aroma and flavour, malty sweetness and is only lacking an obvious Belgian yeastiness. I love tasty beers and I am a big fan of fruity hoppiness, I also prefer a dry rather than puckeringly bitter finish. This beer ticks all my boxes.

An enticing dark orange amber colour in the glass with only a small to medium head, but the yeast seems to push along the lacing and carbonation. This beer looks as good as it tastes, go get some and drink it now!

Mikkeller "Hop Burn Low" - Denmark ABV (10%)

Mikkeller beers never really disappoint and this one is no exception. It pours a delightful orange amber with a quite hoppy aroma and a medium head with light lacing in the glass.

Doesn't really live up to the "hop burn" name in the tasting, has a pleasant hoppy profile but it has been nicely balanced out by the malts. I have had several beers with a bigger hop hit than this one but then again this is the "low" burn version.

A very good well balanced tasty beer, consume with caution as it drinks easily for a 10% ABV beer!