Escondido, California
Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
Style: American Strong Ale
Availability: "When [they] can brew it"
Format: 22oz
ABV: 8.7%
IBUs: 90
Hops: (Bittering) Chinook, (Dry Hop) Simcoe & Amarillo
Bottle text & Info:
You can check out all the fine print here.
The long and short of it is. This was originally released in 2007 as the 11th anniversary ale. They liked it so much they released it in 2009 as the newly named "sublimely self-righteous ale." If you didn't read the link to the label. I just saved you an assload of time. you're welcome.
Tasting Notes
Pours a deep brown showing ruby on the edges. Huge, fluffy cumulous head that settles and clings sufficiently to the glass. Whoa, huge wafts of high alpha hops on the nose and not a whole lot else. A medium to heavy body on this with some dark belgian fruits on the front of with some booze and molasses before the hops take over. Citrus all over the back end finishing with some heavy bittering. There's a lot going on here but its easy to see how people will immediately classify this as a black IPA. Hard to argue with this. It got some complexity. Its high ABV. And its got hops galore. Unfortunately, this still suffers from the typical obnoxious marketing that is the head of the monster known as Stone Brewing.
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