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Thomas Creek Brewery: Up The Creek Extreme IPA

Specs:

• Price: $10.49 4-pack
• ABV: 12.5%
• Ingredients: 4 pounds of hops per barrel
•  Process: a sweet, brown sugar malt compliments the ridiculously high ABV

I attended the "High Country Beer Fest" in Boone, NC. Holy Shit. 143 IBU's-- fresh hopped through some sort of intense, hop-cannon/ austin-powers penis pump sort of machine. Can we talk about the IBU scale? International bitterness units. I don't really understand the point of having a scale when there is no relative scaling. How bitter is 143? 23? Why isn't it from 0-100? The only other thing I can think of that has no relative scaling is the national debt. But I digress. Thomas Creek Brewery brought the only beer strong enough to get you buzzed by just having one sample-glass' worth of brew with their Extreme IPA. And for that, I commend them.