Day 188-Beer 188 Hop Stoopid Ale, Lagunitas Brewing Co. Petaluma California

Like the name states this one is hop stoopid and 102 IBU's and 8%ABV.  It poured a clear golden/copper colour with nice sticky head that lasts a long time. The aroma is strong, hoppy, hoppy, pine tropical fruit lemon, tangerine and grapefruit. If you sniff it several times you can pick up a hint of toasted and caramel malts  but its definitely hidden behind the hops. The taste is sweet up front  as most IPA's but it finishes with a strong grapefruit flavour with a hint of toffee, much more balanced then I expected. The bitterness doen't linger forever either, actually a much better brew than I expected from the IBU count. 3.9 out of 5.