Your Beer of Choice? (19 Viewers)

[ChipsAndBeers]

 

[k9dr]

Happy .....

 

[RoyalBluff]

Best dark beer I’ve ever had. I don’t know if it is true but they say you can’t get this outside of Munich, even the Pope had to get them flown into the Vatican.

 

[k9dr]

Who’s Your Daddy

 

[k9dr]

Foreign Objects Chaos Theory IPA, with beer angel

 

[Schmendr1ck]

Here's the haul of mostly local stuff I brought back from S@P:

 

[k9dr]

 

[k9dr]

 

[Copper44]

Usually one of my favorites, doesn’t seem as good this year.

 

[Old State]

Wow, an entire page of this thread without an IPA! Very encouraging!

Diversity!

 

[k9dr]

Wow, an entire page of this thread without an IPA! Very encouraging!

Diversity!

You must have missed posts 1654, 1655, and 1656

 

[Old State]

You must have missed posts 1654, 1655, and 1656

None of these posts have a labeled IPA as far as I can see. I assumed the Scottish themed beer was a Scottish style. I didn’t see the labeling in the bar pic, and I don’t see one in group of beers.

I take it back and repeat you people need to diversify

 

[pltrgyst]

I... repeat you people need to diversify

Agreed. Straight IPAs are the boiled hot dogs of the beer world.

 

[krafticus]

Agreed. Straight IPAs are the boiled hot dogs of the beer world.

I love Boiled hot dogs... as long as they are not all beef. yummmmm

 

[Old State]

Agreed. Straight IPAs are the boiled hot dogs of the beer world.

I’d move to say anything “IPA” has moved into gimmick status. The craft brewing scene doesn’t think they can sell a beer unless they put “India Pale” Imperial” “Double” etc in the name. The American beer industry reminds me of the hot sauce culture

 

[k9dr]

I’d move to say anything “IPA” has moved into gimmick status. The craft brewing scene doesn’t think they can sell a beer unless they put “India Pale” Imperial” “Double” etc in the name. The American beer industry reminds me of the hot sauce culture

 

[Old State]

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Must...only...drink..IPA.....

 

[k9dr]

Must...only...drink..IPA.....
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I don’t only like IPA’s, but most of my favorite beers are IPA’s

 

[mrplacey]

On tap at the local water hole, had to try it.

 

[Old State]

“Session IPAs” were previously known as simply Pale Ale before the IPA craze jumped the shark

This is a great article BTW
https://www.brewsnews.com.au/2016/10/04/ipa-has-gone-too-far-mitch-steele/

 

[k9dr]

Mighty Squirrel Cosmic Distortion DIPA

 

[mrplacey]

“Session IPAs” were previously known as simply Pale Ale before the IPA craze jumped the shark

This is a great article BTW
https://www.brewsnews.com.au/2016/10/04/ipa-has-gone-too-far-mitch-steele/

It's the closest I'm going to get to owning a set of JACK's..

 

[krafticus]

Space Panda @ Hysteria brewing company. Delicious

 

[krafticus]

Stormbreaker Hazy IPA @ Black Flag brewery

 

[mike32]

I like IPA, so sue me! Locally brewed Rochester Mills it’s good stuff. Also my new Puma golf shoes hiding in the background!

 

[k9dr]

IPA flight at Progression Brewing

 

[phaze12]

I have never liked IPAs.

Then I went to @SpaceMonkey and tried a treehouse Julius (don’t think that’s how it’s spelled). Have to say that is the first IPA that I not only liked, but loved. Very tasty.

 

[Old State]

I used to like IPA and still do. I’m just sick of it and feel it is 1000% over represented. I even made an excellent IPA twice a year when I was a brewer for John Harvard’s brewhouse in Pa in the late 90’s. Back then brewers would have laughed at and never believed that one day brewpubs would have over half their offerings in just one style.
Back then brewers wanted to showcase as many styles as possible to show off their talents. If a place made nothing but super hoppy and/or strong beers the first thought was that they were trying to hide off flavors from a dirty brewhouse or that they didn’t trust their skills. A big heavy IPA is a relatively simple beer to make...probably the easiest. When hops are used at that degree it overwhelms your tastebuds and numbs them to more subtle flavors...good and bad.

My favorite quote from the article I posted was this (remember this is coming from a well known commercial brewer famous for his IPA)....
“Steele said there are also signs in the US of a groundswell towards pilsner, despite its inherent challenges for brewers.
“Pilsner is probably the fastest growing style at the moment. I’m wondering if this full-bodied, hoppy, but very drinkable and very dry-finished pilsner is going to take off,” he said.
“Finding the right balance in a pilsner is a very tough thing, especially for craft brewers, that may not have the equipment that large brewers have.
“It’s gotten a reputation among brewers as ‘the brewer’s beer’. If a brewer can pull it off and brew a nice pilsner, that’s telling you that they’re an excellent brewer and they know what they’re doing,” he said.

 

[ReallyGoodUsername]

I’m just sick of it and feel it is 1000% over represented.

A big heavy IPA is a relatively simple beer to make...probably the easiest.

Hard to argue the most popular and easiest style of beer is 10x over represented.

I've had dozens of different beers of all types before I had my first IPA but it, and many of the other IPAs after it, were hands down the first beers I ever really really liked. I'm sure there's some people who jumped on the band wagon but it's hard to argue it's the reason it's so popular.

 

[mike32]

A fellow baseball dad a few years ago was a beer distributor and he said he spent some time with Adolph Coors. Mr. Coors commented that almost anyone could brew an IPA or “craft” beer that required less consistency. He said the most difficult thing to do was to get a Coors Light Bud Light etc. to taste the same in Los Angeles as it does in Miami or New York or wherever year after year. Ironically beer snobs hate the macro light beers but I guess they offer very little hiding places in terms of errors and it takes great skill to pull off brewing them properly on a large scale.