5 ♦ 5 Double IPA

I like geocaching and I like beer, so when I saw these travel tags I had to have them.  Beer and geocaching both depend on technology and some archeologists have even theorized that man's thirst for beer caused civilization to develop.  This travel tag wants to go everywhere in the world people appreciate beer.  Take pictures of it at the Great American Beer Festival, Oktoberfest or your favorite local pub.  Hide it in caches near breweries or bars, it wants to go anywhere and everywhere people drink beer and geocache.

Please do not take it to places where alcoholic beverages are illegal and/or they offend the majority religion.  These would include: the few remaining dry counties in the USA, Islamic countries and other places where beer is against the law.  Beer is loved all over the world; don't take this tag to one of the few places where it is not.

IPA or India Pale Ale is a heavily hopped English style ale.  Hops are the bitter flavor in beer and they are also beer's preservative.  IPA was originally brewed with the extra hops to allow it to survive the long hot boat ride from England to India without spoiling.  In addition to extra hops, a double IPA has twice the malt as normal ale does, so after fermentation the resulting ale will have twice the flavor and twice the alcohol too.

Like the Double IPA, 5-5 caches are not the most popular style and some people avoid them and describe them as harsh.  In spite of their intensity they can also be very satisfying too, but few people can handle more than a couple of them a day.