On Wed, 21 Oct 2004, Grafix8888 wrote:

> I've always scoffed at the seemingly annual reports that SNCA has changed
> (usually for the worse) and maintained that it has always been a "bracingly
> hoppy beer that had enough malt going on not to wither in the presence of so
> many hops." Yet after my first sip of 04 SNCA a couple days ago my initial
> thought was "damn this is a lot more hoppy this year"
>

I thought that 2001 and 02 were fairly consistent, and pretty hoppy
(finishing hops). I really felt that 03 was more bitter (not necessarily
less malty!) than those previous years. It seemed to me that maybe they
were trying to keep up with the double IPA trend so they upped the IBUs.
Haven't yet tried the 04.