Bottle Double IPA

Double IPA (sometimes known as Imperial India Pale Ale) beers are essentially IPA’s that have double the hops and often double the strength of standard IPA’s. Double IPA’s are thought to have originated in the US in California in the mid 1990’s and alcohol volumes tend to start at the 7.5% level.

Buxton Axe Edge

Posted on 02/11/2012, in Bottle Double IPA, Bottled Ale Reviews, High Strength Bottled Ale, UK Bottle Ale, with 0 Comments

Axe Edge from the Buxton brewery is one of the flagship beers that they currently produce (along with Wild Boar) and is a strong double IPA at 6.8% ABV. It is available on cask or in bottles (our review is of the bottle conditioned variety) and it takes a not too subtle inspiration from some of the big hoppy American IPA’s that are thankfully hitting our shores from the West coast US. It is very heavily hopped, using Amarillo, Citra and Nelson Sauvin but there is also an element of…

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