There has been ample discourse about Morant’s actions and what comes next in terms of punishment from the league, with some like J.J. Redick wondering why he should face a substantial punishment for something that isn’t illegal. On Wednesday night, prior to Game 1 of the Heat-Celtics series, the TNT crew had a strong discussion on the topic and addressed a lot of what they’d been hearing from other talking heads about the situation.
The full 10-minute conversation can be watched above, starting with Kenny Smith explaining how NBA contracts come with a morality clause and noting that he’s tired of hearing about how Morant needs new friends, because “at some point it’s not your friends, it’s you.” He also says that, the good news in the situation, is nothing bad has happened…yet. There’s time for him to make the changes and have the only thing he’s done be hurting his image, but that if changes don’t happen, he’s inviting something much worse from people who want the power, access, and money he has.
Charles Barkley, unsurprisingly, takes a more blunt approach, likewise calling for Morant to “look in the mirror,” while noting that when you’re in the position he’s in, you get held to a different standard than most people. “When you’re making $100 million a year to play sports, your life changes,” Barkley says. “There are certain rules and regulations you have to live by, plain and simple. You can’t do stupid stuff. That’s the trade off!”
Shaq followed that point up by saying that you’re one of the faces of a multi-billion dollar business, you can’t do those things, which Kenny piggybacks to point out that if something happens to Morant, that impacts an awful lot for the Grizzlies and the league.
It’s not often the entire Inside panel is on the same page on something, but in this instance they are and each hopes to see Morant accept the responsibility that comes with his position before something actually bad can happen.
Prior to the start of the Eastern Conference Finals, TNT aired a special sit down between Shaquille O’Neal and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The pair of Laker greats were never on the best terms during O’Neal’s career, but have reconciled of late, most notably after LeBron James passed Kareem as the NBA’s all-time leading scorer when the legend spoke with the Inside the NBA crew and made sure to let Shaq know that he loved him and was a fan of his game.
It was an incredibly touching moment that you could tell meant the world to Shaq and led to Wednesday’s interview between the Hall of Famers. In that interview, they touched on their history, with Shaq apologizing to Kareem for being distant and the two talking through why that was, but they also touched on lighter subjects as well. One of those was a story Charles Barkley has told before about the first time he met Abdul-Jabbar that Shaq had to get confirmation on.
The meeting happened at Barkley’s first All-Star Game, where in the locker room prior to the game he approached Kareem while he was reading the paper in the corner and Abdul-Jabbar told him to go away.
Kareem confirmed that’s how his first meeting with Chuck went, noting “there were times where I just couldn’t be bothered,” while noting Barkley’s now making him pay for it. It’s a very funny anecdote made better by how much Shaq enjoys the mental picture of a young Barkley getting snubbed by one of his idols.
They followed the same model on Wednesday, May 17, as their latest Weedkiller update was accompanied by confirming the album’s next single, “Possession Of A Weapon,” will arrive next Wednesday, May 24.
“demidevils, the story continues,” Ashnikko captioned her Instagram post presumably teasing the “Possession Of A Weapon” video. “the next offering from the Weedkiller realm, ‘possession of a weapon’ !!!!! out may 24.”
They continued:
“due to reasons beyond my control, my album <em>Weedkiller </em>is now arriving August 25. I’ve spent the past few years building this world and i want the album to be perfect for you all to enjoy. there are more chapters to unfold in the story before the end is revealed. i know this news is disappointing but there are so many exciting things happening between now and then. I can’t wait to finally share my dystopian fae world with you !!!! thank you from the bottom of my bioluminescent heart for supporting me and my music! love u all! i would send each of you tiny thimblefuls of faerie nectar and honeycomb cake if i could!!!”
Ashnikko is scheduled to support Weedkiller on a world tour of the same name, beginning September 15 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. See all of her dates here.
Weedkiller is out 8/25 via Warner Records. Find more information here.
Ashnikko is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Not all Trader Joe’s frozen meals were created equal, though, and it’s a huge disappointment to dig into a freshly heated bowl of food only to find out that it’s dry or flavorless. The grocery chain’s Asian-inspired dishes, in particular, can be a delicious hit or a huge miss. Thailand, China, India, Japan, Korea… they all have clearly inspired TJ’s chefs, with some mixed results. They’re crafted to feel quick and easy, prepared in the microwave, on the stove, or popped into the oven — and that’s not the best approach to all the dishes that the Asian continent has to offer.
To help you sort through this seemingly endless variety of TJ’s Asian-inspired frozen options, we’ve raided our local store (Manhattan, NYC) to figure out the winners and losers when it comes to taste, texture, and quality. The qualifiers: It’s pretty simple—to be included on this list:
A dish had to be widely available at Trader Joe’s stores.
The dish has to find an obvious inspiration in Asian cuisine, including those from South Asia.
Dishes are ranked from the worst to the absolute best.
At the very bottom of our list is this absolute monstrosity of a frozen dish, masquerading as kimchi and tofu soup. Extremely bland, with a stew-like consistency and only a whisper of kimchi flavor, I couldn’t stomach more than a few bites.
BOTTOM LINE:
If anything, the flavor could be described as pungent. The amount of sodium isn’t worth the mediocrity.
One of the main issues with some frozen dishes is their tendency to turn out watery after the microwave, which creates an instant dilution of flavor and doesn’t lend itself well to a rich texture. This shrimp bowl by Trader Joe’s is the perfect example. The idea of a sriracha shrimp bowl is on point, I’ll give them that, but the execution was lacking.
BOTTOM LINE:
There is a good amount of shrimp, which gives it some points, but the flavor was just too bland and watery to be enjoyable.
To put it bluntly, this take on a Thai-inspired pad Thai is just bad. If you are willing to heat it up and add your own spices and sauce, it could potentially be tolerable, but straight from the package it lacks an oomph that makes you want to go back for another bite.
BOTTOM LINE:
While it is advertised as having tofu, it has hardly any — a harbinger of the many problems with this dish.
I wanted to love this Indian-inspired vegetable biryani, but the kafta, or dumplings, were very dry and spongy in texture. The rice had a nice seasoning to it, and it was fairly filling, but that was probably the highlight of the dish.
BOTTOM LINE:
Rice being the highlight of your dish isn’t a great sign.
This Chinese-inspired wonton soup had good intentions but didn’t pull through in the end. Its first stumble was the addition of cilantro, which becomes an overpowering flavor and presence considering the general lack of other flavors. The wontons themselves taste fairly decent though the skin is prone to breaking.
There is no lack of shiitake flavor in this mushroom chicken, which comes in a large bag to heat up in the oven. The problem is that the flavor is a bit artificial-tasting. One of the best things about this dish is how tender the chicken is — thanks to TJ’s using dark meat rather than white — but a definite low is the strange taste and texture of the mushrooms.
This bowl knows what it’s doing—channeling all the best aspects of Chinese takeout. Inside, a hefty portion of orange chicken sits atop fried rice. Most Trader Joe’s Asian-inspired microwave meals call upon white rice, so this was a tasty change of pace.
BOTTOM LINE:
Probably the best part was the orange chicken sauce, which comes in a separate packet. My main gripe is that it could do with more of that sauce.
A simple classic, beef and broccoli is a good option for a weeknight dinner, preferably served over rice. Trader Joe’s version is nothing groundbreaking, and the steps for preparing it are more tedious than most of the other dishes on this list—requiring the use of both the microwave and a frying pan. The result is a fairly sweet and slightly spicy, crispy beef that, while not tasting incredibly authentic, definitely hits the spot.
BOTTOM LINE:
Our first entry that we’d recommend, if the mood strikes and you don’t have a better option.
These crispy little nests are surprisingly delicious, with a quality that is honestly reminiscent of an appetizer you might find at a restaurant. They take a fairly long time to prepare at around twenty minutes in the oven, but the result is a crunchy bite with a well-rounded vegetable flavor.
BOTTOM LINE:
Bonus points to this one for splitting the sauce packet in two, in case you want to make the box last for two separate meals.
The ideal mate for garlic naan or malabari paratha, this saucy chana masala has a nicely developed flavor that would add to any Indian-inspired meal. Its mix of spices results in a really tasty bite, and it doesn’t hurt that the chickpeas are the perfect texture: not too mushy, but not underdone.
An absolute umami bomb thanks to the inclusion of sesame seeds and dried nori flakes, this Japanese-style fried rice is something I find myself purchasing again and again. It heats up easily in a pan to create a highly satisfying side dish.
BOTTOM LINE:
The only thing missing is some sort of protein to make it more filling.
It’s hard to beat the combination of creamy sauce, flavorful spinach basmati rice, and cubes of cheese—which is exactly what you’ll find in this freezer aisle take on Indian-inspired Paneer Tikka Masala.
BOTTOM LINE:
The consistency of the cheese is great, with the ideal softness that melts in your mouth but also doesn’t taste like mush.
Trader Joe’s take on a Thai-inspired green curry is impressive. It’s potentially one of the best lunch options for vegans and non-vegans alike, with a delicious coconut milk flavor, real green curry paste, vegetables, and tofu skins. For those sensitive to spice, it could be considered moderately spicy, but in a way that adds to the overall flavor.
BOTTOM LINE:
Exceelent but it could use the addition of more tofu skins.
Despite its lack of actual kimchi flavor, this Korean-inspired bulgogi beef fried rice is supremely tasty. The rice itself is a perfect consistency, with just the right amount of softness and chew. The beef is flavorful and fresh-tasting.
BOTTOM LINE:
I love that this dish can function as either a side dish or the main.
Dim sum lovers will agree that pork shu mai is a staple that never gets old. These ones are so easy to make, and a box of them is even easier to finish off (even if you didn’t originally intend to).
BOTTOM LINE:
While certainly not a main, a few of these with a little side of soy sauce is the perfect afternoon pick-me-up or accompaniment to a larger dish.
An excellent meatless option, this jackfruit curry doesn’t make me miss beef or pork—certainly not a small feat. It’s creamy, flavorful and satisfying, without making you feel stuffed.
BOTTOM LINE:
The jackfruit has a great texture that mimics meat in a non-weird way, and the creamy, slightly spicy yellow curry is delicious.
This take on the Americanized version of Indian butter chicken is an absolute freezer staple. It’s one of those dishes that just hits any time, and never hurts to have one on standby to have for lazy days.
BOTTOM LINE:
It has a rich and robust tomato flavor with a hint of cream, and a small kick of spice. Classic and very tasty.
As someone who regularly craves xiao long bao, these provide me with the quick fix I often need without having to make a stop at a dim sum restaurant. Obviously, they aren’t restaurant quality, and the skin of the dumplings tends to break, but they are very tasty and satisfying.
BOTTOM LINE:
The flavor of the pork is delicious, with just a hint of ginger coming through. Not restaurant-level but in the general ballpark.
When baked in the oven, the nuggets take on a really pleasing, even golden color. I appreciated that this larger bag also came with two separate sauce packets, allowing you to split the meal into two if you aren’t sharing or have it for lunch with rice.
BOTTOM LINE:
The chicken is soft on the inside with a crisp coating, and the sauce has a rich flavor that rivals the best takeout. This is as close to restaurant-level food as you’re going to find in the frozen aisle.
The second time around, the bill is led by Eric Prydz Presents Holo on Saturday, September 30, and Skrillex will handle headlining duties on Sunday, October 1.
Perhaps most interestingly, Jai Paul and Nelly Furtado are each slated for September 30. Paul is fresh off his first-ever live performance at Coachella in April. Per the press release, Furtado’s set will be her first U.S. show since 2007. That’s before mentioning Labrinth, Thundercat, Rina Sawayama, Major Lazer, Basement Jaxx, Chris Lake b2b Armand Van Helden, Little Simz, Hot Chip, Underworld, FKJ, Polo And Pan, and more still.
Ticket registration can be found here. First access to passes is scheduled for Monday, May 22, at 10 a.m. PST, though hotel packages will go on sale before then on this coming Friday, May 19, at 10 a.m. PST. The public sale is scheduled for Wednesday, May 24, at 10 a.m. PST. The official website notes, “Flexible payment plans available at checkout.”
The press release additionally relays that Portola is partnering with community organizations “for some exciting fan experiences, offers, and giveaways.” This Saturday, May 20, The Costume Contest Grand Prize at the Oaklash Festival will include two VIP tickets. From Tuesday, May 23, to Friday, June 30, Portola Chocolates will be available to pre-order at Kodak Chocolates, with one lucky bar in the pre-order including two VIP tickets.
See the full lineup below.
Courtesy of Goldenvoice and Portola Music Festival
From the allegations of physical and verbal abuse at Chef Blaine Wetzel’s Willow’s Inn to the Spotted Pig, a Michelin Star pub that shuttered its doors over a slew of sexual assault accusations against restaurant owner Ken Friedman, the fine dining scene is no stranger to controversy. But a recent story in the Los Angeles Times today about the super popular and trendy LA restaurant, Horses (which Freidman may or may not be financing), is certainly the most disturbing restaurant controversy in some time.
The LA Times reports that one of Horses’ co-chefs, Elizabeth Johnson, has accused her husband and business partner, chef Will Aghajanian, of killing multiple family cats and… a whole bunch of other disturbing allegations. Johnson filed a request for a domestic violence restraining order in November of last year (the judge granted it in December and extended it this month) against Aghajanian, out of fear he might hurt her or someone else.
According to the LA Times, Johnson says that “Will and I have had cats that mysteriously ended up dying, including one in 2017 who I took to a shelter when she became seriously wounded overnight.” The shelter allegedly informed Johnson the cat had been seriously abused, but Aghajanian denied involvement, which Johnson believed until another incident with a new kitten that was put into their care.
Johnson alleges Aghajanian threatened to feed a cat to coyotes, and has witnessed Aghajanian “violently shaking the cat late at night,” the kitten ended up dying the next day, “Will put the dead cat in the trash and insisted on keeping the corpse in the house” the complaint reads, according to the LA Times.
Johnson also alleges that Aghajaninian physically abused her, pointing to an incident in 2019 in which he dragged her across the floor by her legs. Johnson has also requested a restraining order against Aghajanian for their dogs, Pancho, Javi, and Spud.
To add another layer of “what-the-f*ck” to all of this, Aghajanian has filed his own restraining order against Johnson, alleging that she had threatened to kill him repeatedly and burned him with a metal spatula and spoon that was first heated in a fryer and has asked for custody of Pancho and Javi back (what about Spud?). In the filings, Aghajanian alleges Johnson, “falsely accuses me of things that she has done or that she threatened to do to me and my pets… my pets are like children to me and I love them dearly.”
That’s the official story via the Los Angeles Times, but according to Twitter User Nike PS5 (@PS_AF1) the story gets a whole lot weirder and these details have the internet reacting in real-time as Aghajaninan has allegedly broken the first rule of the internet: don’t fuck with cats.
This is all unconfirmed but Nike PS5 seems to have some screenshots that paint an even more — if you can believe that — disturbing story that involves masturbation, cat strangulation, and STDS.
Sex tourism, STDs, dead cats — this restaurant controversy has everything. Here is how the internet is taking it in.
This is the most fucked up LA story I’ve ever read in a loonnnggg time https://t.co/KtA53uYWds
— Brett “Solidarity 2023” Banditelli (@banditelli) May 17, 2023
Is this part of the story real? We hope to all that is good and holy not, but if it is, file it under the very large filing cabinet that houses f*cked-up LA stories.
Horses has only been opened since 2021, but in just two short years it has enshrined itself as a Hollywood hot spot — garnering favorable reviews from the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and becoming a favorite of celebrities including Jay-Z, Jeff Bezos, and Will Ferrell. Before opening Horses, Johnson and Aghajanian were recognized by the James Beard Foundation as nominees for co-Rising Star Chefs during their time at Nashville’s Catbird Seat, and, according to Eater, Johnson has earned a James Beard nomination for her tenure at Freedman’s in Silver Lake.
We’re not sure how this controversy will affect Horses, but in September of last year, reservations were pretty tough to get. As of now, reservations are open for today on Resy.
Only three actors have ever portrayed Inspector Clouseau, the bumbling, obliviously stupid French detective of the Pink Panther films. (The number is four if you count a Roger Moore cameo in 1983’s Curse of the Pink Panther.) There’s a reason for that: The role is so closely associated with the first person to play him, Peter Sellers, that only a true genius could ever dare fill those shambolic shoes. Alan Arkin gave it a try in the late ‘60s. Steve Martin did the same in the aughts. Now another legend may join them.
As per Deadline, MGM, now owned by Amazon, is looking to reignite the Pink Panther IP, and they may have found their man: Eddie Murphy. Multiple sources claim the beloved comic performer is “circling” the role. No details are known at this time, but it could become the next big role for the performer, who has returned to entertainment after taking a good, long hiatus to raise some kids and has been doing a prettygreat job of it.
The Pink Panther series began in 1963 as a farcical, classy heist movie in which Sellers’ Closeau was second-billed to David Niven’s jewel thief. The character proved so popular that he got his own break-out movie, 1964’s Pink Panther-less A Shot in the Dark. (At the same time, the titular animated character, seen in the delightful opening credits, scored his own line of theatrical cartoon shorts.)
Sellers returned to Clouseau in the mid-‘70s, who he played up until his death in 1980. He even embodied him after passing away; the truly bizarre Trail of the Pink Panther continued his story using scrapped footage from 1976’s The Pink Panther Strikes Again. No less than Roberto Benigni played his illegitimate Italian son in 1993’s Son of the Pink Panther, which brought an end to the franchise’s original run.
Regardless of how you feel about the IPA, there’s no arguing with its undying popularity. From West Coast IPAs to milkshake IPAs to New England-style IPAs and everything in between, you’d have a tough time finding a more beloved beer style in the US craft beer world. And, as we’ve mentioned in the past, there are more than 9,000 breweries in the US and it’s a safe bet that most (if not all) have an IPA (or three) on its menu. The US is figuratively drenched in hoppy, sometimes juicy, sometimes bitter India Pale Ales.
Since summer is hurtling towards us like a hop-fueled bullet train, we figured it was the perfect time to rank some of the best IPAs in America. Instead of the usual top ten (boring), we decided to instead opt for the top thirty IPAs in America. Ranked, obviously.
Selections below include dry-hopped bangers, hazy, juicy New England-style IPAs, bitter, floral West Coast IPAs, and other IPA styles. It should be noted that we tried our best to showcase as many beers from different breweries as possible. We’re magnanimous like that. Maybe your favorite IPA made the list — time to find out!
This double IPA is brewed with a ton of Nelson Sauvin, Galaxy, and Mosaic hops. The result is an aromatic flavorful, hoppy beer with a ton of candied citrus peels and tropical fruit flavors. There’s a reason Trillium is such a popular brewery.
Tasting Notes:
This is a classic hazy IPA from the start. A nose of ripe peach, guava, mangos, and dried orange peels starts everything off. The palate is more of the same and that’s not necessarily a bad thing if you enjoy a beer that more resembles freshly squeezed juice than beer. The finish has just a hint of pine.
Bottom Line:
This is an outstanding New England-style IPA. It ticks all the boxes. Its only downfall is that for casual IPA fans, it might be a little too sweet.
This beer has a rather grim name, but the beer is anything but. This 10.5% ABV double IPA is a fall favorite from the folks at 3 Floyds. This 100 IBU (international bittering units), dank, citrus-filled beer was brewed in collaboration with the band Pig Destroyer.
Tasting Notes:
This beer’s nose is exactly what you expect from a classic West Coast IPA. There’s a nice mix of grapefruit, orange peel, and dank, resinous pine needles. Drinking it reveals hints of grapefruit, lime, candied orange peel, wet grass, bready malts, and more bitty pine needles at the finish.
Bottom Line:
This is a decent West Coast IPA for fans of the style. It’s a little one-dimensional with mostly just citrus and pine sticking out over any other flavors.
Milkshake IPAs definitely aren’t for everyone. But fans love beers like Hop Butcher Blazed Orange Milkshake. It’s brewed with Citra and Strata hops as well as lactose, vanilla, and oranges and it’s creamy, juicy, and filled with fresh squeezed oranges flavor.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is heavy on orange and vanilla and not much else. It smells very sweet. The palate continues this trend with orange peels, vanilla cream, and just a hint of bitter, floral, piney hops at the finish. Overall, it’s decent but a bit of a one-trick pony.
Bottom Line:
This is like an orange creamsicle in beer form. If that’s your jam, go ahead and grab this. Otherwise, opt for something a little less specific.
In the IPA world, few beers are as popular, highly rated, and easier to find than Ballast Point Sculpin. Named for the stinging Sculpin fish, it’s known for its citrus, pine, and biting hops flavor profile. It’s a simple and classic West Coast IPA.
Tasting Notes:
A nose of ripe pineapple, grapefruit, orange peel, bready malts, and bright pine greets you before your first sip. The nose is highlighted by tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, wet grass, and dank, biting hops. The finish is floral and loaded with citrus peels and surprisingly bitter, resinous hops.
Bottom Line:
This popular West Coast IPA is named for a stinging fish for a reason. It’s bitingly bitter at the finish and might be a bit much for some drinkers.
The year-round favorite from Athens, Georgia’s Creature Comforts is known for its complex flavor profile featuring a mix of tropical fruits, citrus peels, and dank, resinous, piney hops. It’s balanced and has a nice mix of fruity and bitter flavors.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll find aromas of mango, peach, grapefruit, tangerine, bready malts, and floral, piney hops. Drinking it brings forth flavors of caramel malts, passionfruit, ripe pineapple, grapefruit, tangerine, and dank pine needles. The finish is lightly bitter and tempers the fruit well.
Bottom Line:
This is a great, well-balanced IPA. It’s just a little lighter on aroma and flavor than some IPA fans would prefer.
Societe is a big name in the San Diego brewing world. It’s a brewery that seems to brew nothing but memorable beers. Its best is arguably The Pupil, a West Coast IPA known for its clean, crisp, tropical fruit-filled flavor profile.
Tasting Notes:
Yeasty bread, grapefruit, lemongrass, orange peel, and a ton of floral, piney hops can be found on this beer’s nose. On the palate, you’ll find notes of honeydew melon, grapefruit, freshly-baked bread, pineapple, lemon, wet grass, and more dank pine. The finish is pleasantly bitter.
Bottom Line:
It’s obvious why this West Coast IPA is so popular. While it does end with the bitter bite IPA fans know well, it’s balanced with citrus and tropical fruit flavors.
This double IPA gets its name from the hooch imbibed on the Canadian television cult comedy ‘Trailer Park Boys’. It’s brewed with Maine-grown wheat, Golden Promise malt, Simcoe, Citra, and Mosaic hops.
Tasting Notes:
Sweet wheat, lemon peel, ripe mango, grapefruit, orange peel, and herbal, floral hops are prevalent on the nose. The flavor is a tropical paradise in beer form. It’s centered on flavors of guava, peach, mango, honeydew melon, caramelized pineapple, tangerine, and lightly floral, piney hops. The first is lightly astringent, sweet, and dry.
Bottom Line:
This is a sublimely well-balanced hazy IPA. It’s filled with tropical fruits and citrus peels and ends with a nice hint of acidity. It’s a great example of the style.
23) Lawson’s Finest Triple Play
Lawson’s Finest
ABV: 7%
Average Price: Limited Availability
The Beer:
Lawson’s Finest Liquids is a popular Vermont destination for IPA fans. Its flagship offering Sip of Sunshine is a great beer. But, if you really want to taste something special, you’ll grab a Lawson’s Finest Triple Play. Its name comes from the use of three different hops: Amarillo, Citra, and Simcoe.
Tasting Notes:
Aromas of honey, cracker-like malts, tangerines, mango, peach, and just a hint of floral, spicy hops make up a very welcoming nose. The palate continues this trend with notes of ripe pineapple, caramel malt, grapefruit, wet grass, tangerine pulp, mango, honeydew melon, and floral, herbal, and spruce tips. The finish is a nice mix of sweet fruit and bitter, resinous hops.
Bottom Line:
This is the type of beer that shows you just how important the included hops are to a well-balanced IPA. The three hops used work together in perfect unison to make a very flavorful beer.
This aptly named 7.1% ABV double dry-hopped IPA was brewed exclusively with Citra hops. It’s a New England-style IPA known for its hazy appearance and creamy, tropical fruit-filled, citrus, and piney hop flavor profile.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is all lemon zest, candied orange peels, tangerine, grapefruit, tropical fruits, and floral, herbal, earthy hops. Take a sip and you’ll find notes of bready malts, orange juice, lemon zest, tangerine pulp, ripe pineapple, grapefruit, and light pine. The finish is resinous and lightly bitter. Overall, a well-balanced citrus-driven beer.
Bottom Line:
This is a hazy, creamy New England-style IPA that’s brewed completely with Citra hops. The result is a well-balanced, citrus-filled brew.
This popular beer from Minnesota’s Surly Brewing was made in collaboration with Denmark’s Amager Brewery. This double dry-hopped banger was made with Golden Promise malts and Citra and Mosaic hops. It’s known for its tropical fruit, citrus, and lightly dry flavor profile.
Tasting Notes:
Sniffing it brings forth tremendously dank pine needle aromas. This is followed by caramel malts and candied orange peels. The palate is even more complex than the nose with flavors like lemongrass, caramel malts, tangerine peels, grapefruit, pineapple, peach, honey, and pine taking center stage. The finish is a memorable mix of fruity sweetness and bitter, dank pine.
Bottom Line:
This beer’s flavor lives up to its name. It’s a big, bold IPA loaded with sweet malts, tropical and citrus fruits, and a nice kick of bitter, floral, piney hops. What’s not to love?
This beer gets its name “Hooey” because that’s what some people would say about this IPA’s over-the-top recipe. It’s brewed with a ridiculous number of hopes including Mandarina Bavaria, Simcoe, Citra, Amarillo, El Dorado, and Mosaic hops. On top of that, they don’t filter out the yeast or hop oils.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is centered around toasted malts, caramelized pineapple, mango, tangerine, and floral, herbal pine. The palate is wet grass, lemon peels, candied orange peel, ripe pineapple, peach, fruit esters, and just a hint of floral, resinous, chewy bitterness at the finish.
Bottom Line:
This aromatic, flavorful hop explosion of a beer is creamy, hazy, and sublimely well-balanced. It’s the kind of beer you’ll want on hand at all times.
This IPA isn’t necessarily tipping to scales at 75 IBUs as the name might suggest, but it’s loaded with aromatic and flavorful hops including Strata, Citra, Mosaic, Mosaic leaf, and Citra leaf hops. It gets its malt backbone from the use of Caramel Light, Carapils, and pale wheat.
Tasting Notes:
A nose of caramel and toasted grains is only added to with aromas of spruce tips, grapefruit zest, tangerine, and lightly herbal, floral scents. A dank, fairly bitter, hoppy ending starts with notes of grapefruit, caramel malts, yeast bread, ripe mango, and tangerines. It’s juicy, sweet, and has a nice kick of hop bitterness.
Bottom Line:
This is a well-balanced beer that deserves to land on your radar. It’s fresh, floral, and loaded with mouth-watering citrus flavors.
This 8% ABV double IPA is brewed exclusively with Citra hops purchased from a farm in Yakima Valley in Washington State. It’s well-known for its bold, bright tropical fruit and citrus aromas and flavors, without the usual bitterness that some IPAs have to offer.
Tasting Notes:
A lot is going on with this beer’s nose. There’s a nice mix of dank, aromatic hops as well as ripe mangos, tangerines, lemon peels, and other tropical fruit aromas. The palate is an explosion of lime juice, ripe guava, juicy mango, peach, cantaloupe, caramel malts, and more floral, earthy, pine.
Bottom Line:
This is a surprisingly well-balanced beer. It feels like the malts, bitter hops, and tropical fruit flavors are working together like a philharmonic of flavor.
Located in Magnolia, Texas, The Lone Pint might not have the production of some of the beers on this list. But its Yellow Rose IPA is one of the most highly-rated of all time. This single hop and single malt IPA was brewed exclusively with Pilsner malt and Mosaic hops. It’s known for its citrus, fruit-filled flavor profile.
Tasting Notes:
This beer’s nose is about as classic as an IPA gets. There are notes of ripe grapefruit, juicy mango, peach, and a ton of floral, dank pine. Take a sip and you’ll be greeted with flavors of orange blossoms, grapefruit pulp, spruce tips, pale malts, honeydew melons, and mango. It all ends with a dank, resinous, medium bitter hop finish.
Bottom Line:
This beer is a nice mix of medium to high bitterness and fresh fruit flavor. It’s an all-around great, classic-tasting IPA.
One of Other Half’s flagship IPAs, this double dry-hopped monster of a beer is hazy, and juicy, and gets all of its hop flavor and aroma from the use of Citra Hops. The result is an orange, lime, and grapefruit-centered beer you’ll never get tired of.
Tasting Notes:
Complex aromas of ripe clementines, passionfruit, guava, mango, coconut, and dried apricots start everything off right. This is followed by just a hint of floral, herbal pine. Sipping it reveals more mango, guava, passionfruit, candied orange peel, caramel malts, and dank, not very bitter pine. It’s creamy, sweet, and very drinkable.
Bottom Line:
There are few New England-style IPAs as balanced as All Citra Everything. Its light bitterness is the perfect complement to the citrus elements.
One of the most famous IPAs in America, The Alchemist Focal Banger is brewed with British-sourced malts as well as Mosaic and Citra Hops. This results in a memorable, hoppy, flavorful beer that’s best if enjoyed immediately. As if you’d be able to wait anyway.
Tasting Notes:
This beer has it all. Orange peels, honeydew melons, ripe berries, juicy pineapple, mango, and lightly floral hops are big on the nose. One sip and you’ll be treated to flavors like orange blossoms, candied orange peels, tangerine pulp, grapefruit juice, freshly cut grass, mangos, peaches, and dank, sticky, resinous pine with just a hint of bitterness to temper everything together nicely.
Bottom Line:
When it comes to New England-style IPAs, Focal Banger (along with Heady Topper) is one of the OGs. It’s still just as great today as it was when it was first crafted in 2007.
14) Monkish Adios Ghost
Monkish
ABV: 10.2%
Average Price: Limited Availability
The Beer:
This is definitely not a beer for the faint-hearted. This juicy, hazy triple IPA sits at a potent 10.2% ABV. Brewed completely with Citra hops, it’s known for its divinely dank, cosmically citrus, memorable flavor profile. It’s a beer you’ll want to try if you ever happen upon it.
Tasting Notes:
The nose starts everything off on the right foot with a ton of melon, berry, tropical fruit, tangerine, grapefruit, peach, and dank spruce tip aromas. The palate is filled with caramelized pineapple, tangerine, mango, peach, grapefruit, and pine resin. The finish is pleasantly hoppy and bitter.
Bottom Line:
Even at its high ABV, it still manages to be creamy, sweet, fruity, and drinkable. Yet it’s also undeniably complex.
This beer is adorned with a roaring dinosaur. Is this the titular “King Sue”? Who knows. Regardless, this ferociously delicious hazy IPA gets its monstrous flavor from the liberal use of Citra hops and Citra hops alone. The result is a mango, peach, pineapple, and citrus juice bomb.
Tasting Notes:
With grapefruit zest, tangerine, mango sorbet, apricot, pineapple, caramel malts, and lightly cracked black pepper, this beer is an adventure for your nose. The palate continues this trend with juicy peach, tangerine, apricot, mango, tart grapefruit, light sweet malts, and floral hops. It ends with a nice hoppy, piney, barely bitter dry finish.
Bottom Line:
King Sue is a beast of a beer. This New England-style IPA might be brewed very far away from Vermont, but it has everyone fans of the style enjoy and they’re all in perfect balance.
We’d all like to have nothing but a beer (or three) for lunch and Maine Beer actually crafted a beer so we wouldn’t feel so bad about actually doing it. Brewed with American 2-row, Caramel 40L, Munich 10L, and Carapils malts as well as red wheat, Amarillo, Simcoe, and Centennial hops, it’s malty backbone and fruity flavor profile.
Tasting Notes:
The nose starts with a healthy dose of yeasty bread, honey, and caramel malts. It then dives into tangerine, mango, guava, and floral, herbal pine depths. There’s more of the same when it comes to the palate with papaya making an appearance along with juicy peach, more caramel, tangerines, grapefruit, and more tropical fruit juice sweetness. The last sip is crisp, dry, and sublimely bitter.
Bottom Line:
The brewers at Maine Beer gave the classic West Coast IPA a bit of an East Coast spin and created this highly memorable beer. If you’re a fan of traditional IPAs, you need to try this one at least once even if it’s nowhere near lunchtime.
Citra seems to be the hop of choice when it comes to highly-rated IPAs. Kern River’s most popular beer uses Citra as its main hop but also utilizes Amarillo hops as well. The addition of a good amount of bold malts gives this beer a sweet, malty backbone. It’s also loaded with citrus and tropical fruit aromas and flavors.
Tasting Notes:
Aromas of grapefruit, candied pineapple, yeasty bread, caramel malts, and tangerine start things off on a great note. The palate is all caramel malts, grapefruit pulp, more pineapple, pithy orange, and resinous, dank, pine needles. The finish is bitter, citrus-filled, and lightly acidic.
Bottom Line:
This is a truly aptly named IPA (even if it also contains a healthy dose of Amarillo hops). It’s loaded with fresh citrus flavor that will make it a must-try for traditional IPA fans.
10) Hill Farmstead Susan
Hill Farmstead
ABV: 6%
Average Price: Limited Availability
The Beer:
Like many of its beers, Hill Farmstead Susan is named for an actual person. This 6% ABV IPA was named for the brewery’s founder’s grandfather’s sister. It gets its fresh, complex flavor from the use of house ale yeast as well as Yakima Valley hops from Washington State and Riwaka hops sourced from New Zealand.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll find orange peels, clover honey, peach, tangerine, caramel, and grassy, floral hops. Take a sip and you’ll be treated to flavors of freshly baked bread, candied orange peels, apricots, honey, pineapple, and grapefruit. The finish is lightly bitter and dry with a nice final flourish of pine needles.
Bottom Line:
Like all of Hill Farmstead’s beers. This bright, floral, memorable beer is best when enjoyed fresh. Don’t even think of putting this one down in your cellar and forgetting about it. Drink it now.
As we mentioned earlier, Lawson’s Finest Sip of Sunshine is an outstanding beer. But who wouldn’t want to double all of that goodness? This 8% ABV double IPA is loaded with 2-row pale malt, Carapilsen malt, Vienna-style malt, Caramunich malt, and flaked oats. It gets its hop presence from the addition of Citra and Columbus hops.
Tasting Notes:
Bready malts, yeast, tangerine peels, ripe grapefruit, stone fruits, and dank, resinous hops are heavy on the nose. There’s more of the same with the palate. There’s a ton of great sweet malt in the background that elevates the grapefruit juice, orange peel, grass, lemon zest, peach, mango, and more sticky pine needles. The finish is filled with citrus flavor and lightly biting hops.
Bottom Line:
If there’s one dominant flavor in this beer, it’s grapefruit. But, due to the nice malt backbone and other flavors, it doesn’t take over and outweigh anything else.
La Cumbre’s Project Dank is exactly what the name suggests. It’s a project that’s always changing and evolving. Depending on the release, the malts, yeast, hops (even hopping techniques), and other ingredients vary greatly. The brewery has still managed to drop some of the best IPAs ever made time after time.
Tasting Notes:
The most recent version has a ton of citrus right away on the nose. Grapefruit, tangerine, lemongrass, and a healthy dose of fur tips. The classic IPA aroma moves into the palate with more grapefruit, tangerine juice, lime peel, candied orange peel, light pepper, and a ton of sublimely dank, resinous pine. The finish is perfectly bitter and filled with pine. All in all, it’s a great, balanced, classic IPA.
Bottom Line:
You’re going to want to pick up La Cumbre Project Dank. And then grab it again a year later if you see it again and compare it to the previously year’s version.
Alpine Nelson got its name because of the liberal use of New Zealand-sourced Nelson Sauvin hops. It’s kettle-hopped and then dry-hopped with the popular hop variety. This gives it nice pine, tropical fruit, and citrus flavors. The addition of European rye malts adds a little spice to the equation.
Tasting Notes:
This IPA has a rather unique nose and that’s definitely a good thing. It starts with grapefruit, tangerine, bready malts, yeast, peach, and ripe pineapple, and then delves into spicy, peppery rye. The palate continues this awesome trend with caramelized pineapple, ripe mango, guava, papaya, clementines, more rye spice, and pine needles. The finish is dry, pleasantly bitter, and has a nice mix of citrus peels, rye, and pine needles.
Bottom Line:
This is a classic IPA with a spicy rye spin. It’s already a great, flavorful beer and the addition of rye malts gives it an added dimension.
6) Maine Beer Dinner
Maine Beer
ABV: 8.2%
Average Price: Limited Availability
The Beer:
The ramped-up version of Maine Beer Lunch is a robust 8.2% ABV and is brewed with American 2-row malt, Caramel 40L malt, Carapils malt, and dextrose. It gets its hoppy aroma and flavor from the use of Mosaic, Simcoe, Citra, and Falconer’s Flight hops.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is loaded with aromas of ripe peach, pineapple, guava, mango, passionfruit, and other tropical fruits. There’s also a ton of pine. Sipping it reveals flavors like papaya, ripe pineapple, passionfruit, peach, light garlic, caramel malts, honey, and a ton of bright, vibrant pine. The finish is dry and gently bitter.
Bottom Line:
Maine Beer Dinner is an exceptional beer. It’s one of the most well-balanced IPAs on the market. Try this one and Maine Lunch whenever you get a chance.
Nobody brings up the “best IPAs” without including Russian River Pliny The Elder. One of the beers that started the West Coast IPA craze, it’s brewed with Simcoe, CTZ, Amarillo, and Centennial hops. It’s known for its classic pine, citrus, and floral aromas and flavors.
Tasting Notes:
Traditional West Coast IPA aromas of lemon zest, grapefruit, sweet malts, and floral, dank pine set the table for what’s to come. The palate only adds to this with a ton of ripe grapefruit up front followed by caramel malts, sweet honey, tangerine, nectarine, pineapple, and a wallop of dry, bitter (almost aggressively so), piney hops.
Bottom Line:
If you only purchase one classic West Coast IPA on this list, make it Russian River Pliny The Elder. It doesn’t get much better than this.
4) Hill Farmstead Abner
Hill Farmstead
ABV: 8.3%
Average Price: Limited Availability
The Beer:
This imperial IPA, featuring Centennial, Chinook, Columbus, Simcoe, and Warrior hops was named for Hill Farmstead’s founder’s great-grandfather. It’s even brewed using water from a well named in his honor. It’s double dry-hopped, unfiltered, and should be enjoyed fresh.
Tasting Notes:
Freshly cut grass, ripe grapefruit, lemon peel, honeydew melon, honey, caramel malt, and lightly spicy, floral hops are prevalent on the nose. On the palate, you’ll find hints of cracker-like malts, caramel, sweet honey, tangerine, grapefruit, and grassy, herbal, piney hops. The finish is dry, and a nice mix of sweetness and bitter hops.
Bottom Line:
Hill Farmstead is a can’t-miss brewery. It’s the kind of place to take a pilgrimage to. If you get a chance try this beer. It’s the kind of IPA you’ll compare other IPAs to.
When The Alchemist brewer John Kimmich first brewed Heady Topper in 2004, he might not have realized that he created a new kind of IPA: the New England-style IPA. Years later, the style is hugely popular thanks to this unfiltered, hazy brew featuring tropical, citrus, and bold pine flavors.
Tasting Notes:
This beer pours like a cloudy glass of freshly squeezed orange juice and the aroma with its tangerine, candied orange peel, lime zest, and grapefruit only adds to it. There are also notes of sweet malts and dank pine as well. The palate is centered around more sweet malts, honeysuckle, lemon zest, grapefruit, clementine, pineapple, mango, and more herbal, earthy, floral pine. There are more pine needles and a little bitterness at the end.
Bottom Line:
If you’re a fan of New England-style IPAs or you want to get into them, you must try The Alchemist heady Topper. The beer that started everything is still just as memorable today.
2) Russian River Pliny the Younger
Russian River
ABV: 10.25%
Average Price: Limited Availability
The Beer:
It’s difficult to pick between Russian River Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger. But it’s all about the ABV and style. While Pliny the Elder is a double IPA sitting at 8% ABV and Pliny the Younger is a 10.25% ABV triple IPA. This Amarillo, Chinook, Citra, CTZ, Mosaic, Nelson, Simcoe, and Warrior hop-filled IPA is known for its surprisingly easy-to-drink flavor profile featuring citrus, stone fruits, and floral, earthy pine.
Tasting Notes:
There is a ton of pine resin on this beer’s nose. If that’s your jam, you’ll love this beer. There are also notes of fresh-cut grass, orange peel, grapefruit, and floral hops. The inviting nose leads to a memorable palate of fur tips, spicy, floral hops, tangerine, lemongrass, grapefruit, stone fruits, and caramel malts. The finish is dry and gently bitter on the tongue.
Bottom Line:
This is not an easy beer to find as it’s only released in limited quantities once per year. If you find yourself with a bottle, treasure it. You might never get it again.
Tree House is a big name on the list of top-rated beers. You could work your way down the Massachusetts-based breweries’ beer menu, and you’d be treated to some of the best beers in the world. But we believe its best beer is King Julius. This hazy, juicy New England-style IPA is known for its over-the-top tropical fruit aromas and flavors.
Tasting Notes:
Complex aromas of ripe pineapple, sweet malts, cantaloupe, mango, papaya, passionfruit, juicy peach, tangerine, and other tropical fruit flavors start everything off right. The palate continues this explosion of fruit juice with even more mango, tangerine, grapefruit, caramelized pineapple, honeydew melon, peach, and lightly floral, piney hops. The finish is sweet, and juicy, and has just a tickle of bitterness to make you realize it’s an IPA.
Bottom Line:
This is an absolute juice bomb. It’s so filled with tropical fruit flavors, sweet malts, and light hops that it’s probably the best beer to showcase the New England-style IPA. It’s absolutely outstanding.
Eilish’s representatives confirmed the breakup to Page Six: “We can confirm Billie and Jesse did split amicably and remain good friends.” The reps also asserted that any cheating allegations as the reason for their split are “false.”
Peoplealso confirmed the news with the same statement from Eilish’s representatives: “We can confirm Billie and Jesse did split amicably and remain good friends. All cheating rumors are false. Both are currently single.”
Rutherford’s representatives have not released a statement, and Eilish nor Rutherford have personally publicly acknowledged the breakup. In fact, a specific reason hasn’t been publicly identified yet at all.
Per Page Six and People, Eilish and Rutherford’s last public appearance was at Coachella in April.
Being a parent is a full time job but without the money and health benefits. Kissing scrapped knees, planning meals, scheduling doctor appointments, extracurricular activities, PTO meetings, the list could go on for days. But in today’s society many women with children not only work inside the home but outside as well because a two income household is necessary in many cases. So why are moms leaving their marriages to do it all on their own?
Divorce attorney, Dennis Vetrano Jr. posted a video to TikTok that has over 7.4 million views, explaining the rise of working moms filing for divorce. The revelation came as no surprise to women or other divorce attorneys who commented under Vetrano’s video but it may be surprising to some men.
You know how there’s that saying that girls mature faster than boys, the initiation of divorce by working moms may be a continuation of that notion.
“I’m seeing working moms doing it all, and I’m seeing the husbands step back and say, huh I don’t gotta do a thing. She’s got the kids, she’s got the groceries, she’s got the laundry, she’s got the meals, she’s got the work,” Vetrano says. “That’s the theme and women are tired.”
Over the past few decades women have taken on more roles outside of the home out of necessity and desire but their load inside the home hasn’t decreased. The wives Vetrano is speaking about have partners who haven’t caught up with the evolution of roles. Essentially still living like the 50s expecting their wives to take care of all household responsibilities while ignoring the fact that their wives work outside of the home just like they do.
“We even filed the divorce, find the attorney, created the child custody schedule,” one woman wrote.
“After my divorce I had one less child to take care of. Leveled up,” another commented.
“I will never forget the day I said ‘if i’m doing it all by myself, I might as well be by myself,'” someone else wrote.
Another divorce lawyer even chimed in saying that her clients who are women are often much happier after divorce. It certainly makes you wonder about the maturity theme here. Not in the way of men being immature but women adapting much more quickly to societal shifts as some men struggle to keep up or even see the correlation that leads to divorce.
Take a look at the video below and if you’re feeling extra adventurous, check out the comments under the main video to see if you agree with the sentiments women are expressing.
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