Hop-Heads rejoice!!  One of the craft brewing community's favorite IIPAs and a bigger, badder version of an already big and bad IIPA will be released in the coming months. 

Hoppin' Frog, pride of Akron, OH (outside of Lebron James, of course) will be releasing Hop Dam Triple IPA around mid February.  Tapped at 10% abv with "High IBUs", this one is sure to please the hop lover in all of us.  And if it's even more hoppy than the obscenely-hopped Mean Manalishi Double IPA (168 IBUs), then be ready for a palate-crushing, hop-slap of an experience.  Rumors are that Hoppin' Frog is expanding to two new states this year, so here's to hoping KY is one of those.   

Surly also released information about their upcoming Abrasive Ale, a canned double IPA being released this spring.  Abrasive is a rebirth of the incredibly popular 16-Grit IIPA, which was created for an event marking the last time Surly could sell growlers in Minnesota.  No official specs for Abrasive have been released, but the original 16-Grit had 9% abv, 110 IBUs, and dry-hopped twice with Glacier and Amarillo hops.  As an added bonus, this will be released in cans.  After trying my first IPA in cans a month or so ago (the Ska Modus Hoperandi), I can attest that the aluminum packaging does nothing to deter the hop profile of a beer.  Surly is limited in their distribution, but this, along with a few other Surly beers, might just give me enough of an incentive to make the trek up to the Gopher State this spring.