re: Evaluating Mouthfeel in Beer Tasting

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I thought the BA Narwhal was a little hot, but delicious

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I agree on both points.

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I can't think of a hot non-BA beer off the top of my head

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IMO Firestone Walker Parabola and Sucaba, Bruery Mash, Deschutes Abyss are all high in alcohol, but it's a smooth alcohol warmth as opposed to something like Black Tuesday/BA Narwal which is a hard 'hot' alcohol warmth.

ETA: ooops misread the quote...

I've had one or two high alcohol belgian ales where the brewer just let the fermentation go wild and the result was a beer that was 'hot'.

Really most of non-BA beers I've had that I would describe as hot have been homebrewed beers and were probably the result of poor fermentation producing fusel alcohols.

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I can't think of a hot non-BA beer off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are some that I've had.

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I find that Abrasive is a hotter DIPA than something like Heady (comparing similar beers of the same style). There's just more alcohol warmth in Abrasive than many DIPAs. I find that's the thing that holds it back from being a top tier DIPA.