The selection for DIPA of the Year (DOY) 2021, chosen from the 4PAX “Must Try Before You Die” category of superior tasting double IPA beers, is:
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“IT’S A TRIP. More than 30 years ago, a group of oxygen- and alcohol-deprived amateur hikers convened in a Pakistan hotel room after summiting the world’s deadliest mountain. There, Flying Dog was born. A RENAISSANCE (AND MOUNTAIN) MAN. George Stranahan — a PhD in physics, founder of the Aspen Center for Physics, professional photographer, writer — led that expedition to the summit of K2 in 1983, at the age of 52. In 1990, George opened a brewpub in Woody Creek, Colorado with Richard McIntyre, a man who continues to be well ahead of his time. GONZO MEETS BEER. “Ralph, please. I beg you. Please do a quick beer label or maybe two for George. Your label must include one of my quotes about wisdom and drink. OK?” – H. That Hstood for Hunter S. Thompson, a longtime friend and tenant (who never paid the rent) of George. The Ralph? The one, the only and the inimitable Ralph Steadman. GOOD BEER, NO SH#T. (4pax bleep) Live on the BBC, Ralph scrawled those four simple words across his canvas and our mantra was born. We embrace the weird and view craft beer as an art form unlike any other. AND F#CK CENSORSHIP. (4pax bleep) We live in a world where people are coddled, messages are muddled, and ideas are squashed in the name of political correctness. When the Thought Police closed in on us, we went to Federal court to defend our right to free speech and expression. May they rest in peace forever, or at least until they are brought back to life like in that weird Reanimator movie. We’re not gonna rule that out…
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TASTE QUALITY ANALYSIS
To illustrate the difference in the overall taste quality between the selected DIPA of the Year (DOY) and that of the other samples in the 4PAX data base, we generated the following figure. It shows the average grades (solid dots) for each of the four taste parameters for the selected DIPA of the Year versus the dispersion in the average grades for the remaining 4PAX data samples.
LEGEND:
- RED Dot ( Solid ) – average APPEARANCE;
- GREEN Dot ( Solid ) – average AROMA;
- BLUE Dot ( Solid ) – average MOUTHFEEL;
- BLACK Dot ( Solid ) – average FLAVOR;
- ‘X—X’ – measured spread, [ MEAN, +/- 1 SIGMA ].
TAKEAWAY
In terms of which taste characteristics influenced our selection of TRIPLE DOG as the 2021 DIPA of the Year (DOY), measurements show that Appearance and Aroma, followed by Mouthfeel and Flavor, combined to produce the Number 4 rated DIPA in our collection of superb tasting IPAs.