Hop Ottin' IPA

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Nice to find great new beer in local bar as this is a small town and the variety of beers is not so good - basic Finnish anc Czech beers rule here in the Finnish backwoods.

A nice evening with friends from Gentlemen's Club having a billiard tournament (in which I sucked) in Saint Kukko, Kajaani. On tap the great Finnish Koff Porter, but still I chose this IPA as my evening standard. 7,0% alc Californian IPA. In good shape, very aromatic IPA!

Anderson Valley Brewing Company makes this grapefruit, citruslike, maybe also plummy scented IPA with an unfiltered misty look. Taste is great too, very nice IPA bite, and perfectly bitter finish with aftertaste. After this a German lager tasted like, well, very very dull.

Props to all the great American breweries making their spearhead products that these lovely IPA's almost without an exception are.

**** Great