McNeill's War Lord Imperial India Pale Ale

War Lord Imperial India Pale Ale
McNeill's Brewery
Brattleboro, VT
American Double/Imperial India Pale Ale
8.5% ABV
BA: B
RB: 90(39)
Tasted from 22oz bottle poured into Ikea 25oz snifter

     I'm back people and this time I'm going to post alot more often.  Today's beer is McNeill's War Lord Imperial India Pale Ale.  I have to be quite honest that I was surprisingly happy drinking this beer.  It poured a deep amber brown with a big 3-4 finger head(my pour was a little less than ideal) but in the big $1.99 Ikea 25oz snifter it looked formidable and awesome.  It gave the nice piney, citrus smell of a west coast IPA and the pleasant bitterness of a true East India Pale Ale.  At 8.5% its in the mid-range of a Double IPA but it was a little boozy to the taste.  The saving grace of this DIPA from a small Vermont brewery was the price.  At $6 retail for a bomber, it provided some nice bang for the buck.  Drink this a little on the cold side because at cellar temperature the booze really comes though.  Very little of the best Vermont has to offer is available outside Vermont but I'm glad it's starting to filter out.  War Lord is absolutely worth the $6 so go out there and give it a try.  I'm giving McNeill's War Lord a 3.5 pints so it's not worth running around the world to find but if you see it I'd give it a taste.