I’ve always been a fan of the Sierra Nevada brewery, not just for its excellent range of beers but for its commitment to brewing with 100% whole-cone hops and the fact it’s pretty much the greenest brewery on the planet.
Did you know for instance that Ken Grossman, the founder of SN, owns the most solar panels of any private individual in the world?
Staying eco-friendly while growing out of a garage to become the 6th largest brewery in the USA is no mean feat, but SN has somehow managed to do it without comprimising on the quality of its beers.
Torpedo Extra IPA is no exception. This is the brewery’s first ever IPA and is named after a device called a hop torpedo developed at the brewery for use when dry hopping. The ‘Extra’ is the brewery’s own stab at positioning the beer slightly above a standard IPA but below a DIPA (Double IPA)
Torpedo pours a clear amber colour with a firm cream head. Despite heaps of Magnum, Crystal and Citra hops the nose is pleasantly restrained with the expected grapefruit and pine aromas from the US hops mixed with fresh herbs and black pepper.
Rich smooth malts give the beer a pleasantly full mouth feel before the bitter hops detonate on the tongue for a dry lingering finish.
Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA
A US-style IPA from Sierra Nevada
7.2% ABV
Article Number 11528
Darren: As I am a fan of ratings and numbers, I would very much like to see some form of numerical rating system added to your reviews, just to add a little more bite to the reviews
@ Joakim – You make a good point and scoring beers is an issue I’ve been struggling with as to whether I do it on BeerSweden or not. My gut feel is that there are already a lot of excellent rating sites and blogs out there (like yours) if people feel the need for numbers. As tasting and rating beers is so subjective and personal I’ve often wondered what the real value to another person is if I give a beer (for example) 5 out of 5? I may love it but that doesn’t mean someone else with a completely different set of tastebuds will rave about it.
So I think my approach right now should be this. If I think a beer is great and/or has an interesting story behind it I’ll write about it. If I think a beer is particularly offensive and in my opinion a public health hazard I’ll write about that too. How good and bad they taste I’ll leave up to you guys to decide
Of course these are just my initial thoughts. If enough people want ratings I’d be happy to oblige!
Sounds fair enough. I myself use ratebeer.com to rate, and not my blog for it except for small remarks on news. Reason being is simply that there are already so many other bloggers doing a great job at just that