After a long afternoon battling the world's most infuriating computer virus, I decided that I deserved to sit down and knock off this single batch from Little Creatures. 'The Big Dipper' is a double IPA, that I understand is released in a limited batch each year. The name comes from the famous seven star constellation, and LC have incorporated seven different types of hops in tribute. It sits at 7.8%, which is a slightly tamer AHV for a double IPA if I am not mistaken.
The beer pours a vibrant orange, and looks reminiscent of the Little Creatures' brand. I was expecting to be throttled by a BP proportion oil slick of hops... but surprisingly, this DIPA is quite smooth. Maybe even too smooth. This is nowhere near as punchy as most of, if not all of the DIPA's I've had before. The flavours are fantastic though, the piney bitterness is there in spades and there's an orange peel citric effect. It is flat out delicious, but if anything it really tastes more like a slightly pumped up LC Pale Ale than a stand alone DIPA.
It's a bizarre situation really. It's almost as if a band you really liked said they were going to take a change of direction, and then after the anticipation you listened to the new album and it was simply an amplified version of their original style after all. It still hits the spot, so why be upset? Everything just as likely could have gone to shit. Little Creatures make great beers, this is another one, just don't expect something left field.
8.5/10
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