Stoneface Double Clip

When you discuss the business end of a gun, you probably are referring to the barrel. A rifle stock is the opposite end and is rested against your shoulder. To newbies in the weapons world, many times they refer to a magazine (where the bullets are loaded) as a clip. Most likely, movies are to blame for this wrong terminology. Anyway our focus beer today uses the word clip in a few of their beers to get the point across that they mean business when it comes to hop-laden beers… fully loaded!
Stoneface Brewing, located in Newington, NH, has captured the attention of IPA lovers with their refreshingly hoppy beer. Starting out as a 3 barrel brew system, they quickly found the need to expand and are now a 15 barrel system. Owner Peter Beauregard struck gold with his original IPA recipe and has come up with many more variations for Stoneface’s thirsty fans. Beyond Double Clip, they also offer Full Clip (6.5%), Porter (5.5%), Procrastination Sour (6.8%), their original IPA (7.2%), Googly Triple IPA (11%), Pilsner (5.2%) and rare barrel-aged Russian Imperial Stout releases (9.5%). With a surprisingly diverse and delicious pub menu and outdoor tent seating, Stoneface is worth stopping by. Visit them at www.stonefacebrewing.com
Double Clip is the bigger brother to Full Clip and is massively dry hopped. The art of dry-hopping is to add more hops to the wort (the sugary liquid which is to be fermented and become beer). This addition is what adds some bittering notes but also much more floral ones as well. They use Warrior hops early in the boil and Centennial for flavor. Amarillo, Citra and a little Simcoe are used for dry hopping. Double Clip is super hazy, almost opaque, with a murky golden hue. The pillowy antique white head is most likely attributed to rolled oats within the recipe. This also helps give a lusciously soft mouthfeel when you begin your Clip session. Loads of pine and citrus greet your nose as you approach the glass. Lots of tangy bite in the first sip with a 60 IBU count but you will soon want to keep sipping. Layers of more citrus, mango, guava and grassy elements are on the way with this 7.8% IPA. Though some may find the hoppiness of this beer to be a punch in the jaw, IPA lovers are gonna swoon for this dank liquid.
This limited release New England IPA is available at Case-n-Keg, in Meredith. BeerAdvocate.com officially rated this beer, giving it a 94 out of 100 (Outstanding) and reviewed by others went as high as 4.71 out of 5. The Stoneface logo shows the combination of the Old Man of the Mountain profile combined with a hop cone -pure genius! Keep ‘em coming Stoneface; you’re really making us all happy.