Sierra Nevada Atomic Torpedo Imperial IPA

Despite only being available in 19.2oz cans, Atomic Torpedo was the #5 new craft beer in 2022. Now, its been boosted to 9.2% abv, packing incredibly well-balanced hop punch to the senses. Reciope Pairings: Short Ribs, Pot Roast, Chicken Cordon Bleu, LobsterAtomic Torpedo is a hop collision, unleashing the power of two styles: juicy East Coast IPAs and dank West Coast IPAs. Fused in this Imperial IPA, their hop favors span lush fruit, sticky pine, and floral tones. Its our classic IPA transformed soft yet assertive, approachable yet atomic. Appearance – Golden Aroma – Citrus & Tropical, with a touch of Pine Flavor – Assertive Bitterness Mouthfeel – DryTo create layers of hops we start with a big hop back charge using Mosaic whole cones, then we dry hop with both a lupulin dose (Centennial and Mosaic), followed by the hop torpedo (whole cone Cascade and Centennial hops).””Think old school / new school mashup for hop heads.””- Scott Jennings, Innovation Brewmaster Mills River, NCMORE ABOUT OUR DRY-HOPPING TECHNIQUEDry hopping is a way to give beer more flavor and aroma, not more bitterness. A traditional method is filling nylon sacks with hops and suspending them in fermentation tanks. But sometimes wed remove those sackseven weeks laterand theyd be dry in the middle! With the Hop Torpedo, which our found Ken Grossman invented more than a decade ago, we maximize every single hop. Beer circulates out of the fermenter, flows through the column of hops, and back into the tank. By adjusting the time, temperature, and speed of circulation, we can control the aromas and flavors in a finished beer.

ABV: 9.20%

IBU: IBU 50.00