After the, in a sense, anti-climatic Big Dipper from Little Creatures I thought it might be fitting to try another reputable IPA to compare. Brew Dog have a go hard or go home attitude, so can this IPA out-punch a DIPA that should have naturally been in a whole other weight division?
The Punk IPA poured a lighter, cloudier orange than the Dipper and with murkier depths. Not as aesthetically pleasing, but perhaps more intriguing. Why so cloudy sunshine? And the taste...
HOPS UP IN YOUR GRILL.
They are perched front row center screaming furiously like a 12 year old Justin Bieber fan. The punch is instant, and swings with far more anger than the Big Dipper. The thing is though, it's not always about a slug fest. You need to land. The precision isn't as tight. There are some nice, almost tropical fruit flavours briefly in the intermission, before a dry bitter close of the curtains.
Great beer, easy to drink but very pronounced at the same time. At the end of the day though, with all things considered, it simply isn't a better beer. The whole IPA/DIPA thing aside, the Big Dipper does just taste that little bit better. Classifications, trends, marketing wank aside... what really matters most?
8/10
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