brew dog blog

On the same trip to Maryland I espied a liquor store in a hotel across the highway from the one we were staying in. Going in to check it out I found a small but diverse selection of craft beers. Most of these were available in New York but there was the Terrapin Rye Pale Ale and two brews from Clay Pipe, out of Frederick, MD. One was a pale ale, the other an IPA called Hop-ocalypse, which featured a mushroom cloud eradicating a few houses on an island with some palm trees. I figured this was one I ought to check out. A more careful examination of the label would prompt me to ask “Where da hops at?” Drinking the beer led me to ask the same question.

It poured an attractive copper color, with a fluffy white head. There was faint citrusy hops on the nose but the aroma was primarily that of malt, like a lot of imperial IPAs. Some mild bitterness without any real direction with a decent malt backbone. Meh. In the end it tastes a bit like a macro brewery’s first stab at an IPA. Not recommended.