[sonick]

Besides Fat Tug, I like Lighthouse Switchback, Phillips Amnesiac (now comes in tallboys!), and Hoperation Tripel Cross.

I haven't had much experience (i.e. have not drank each of them enough) with the IPAs from the new breweries, but the ones I have tried have all been absolutely solid (Brassneck, Four Winds, Main Street, Powell Street).

Though from what I remember they definitely restrain themselves on the hops which is a nice change from the hop-bomb-arms-race breweries had been having two or three years ago.

I am not sure exactly which hop gives this flavour, but there is a certain clovey aftertaste that some big Imperial IPA's (Central City comes to mind) and other heavy IPAs, that I find too overpowering after a few sips.