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Anyone Else Here Not A Fan Of IPA-Everything In Craft Beers?
June 12, 2017, 11:23 AM
slabsides45Anyone Else Here Not A Fan Of IPA-Everything In Craft Beers?
I've got very simple (read: low browed, knucke dragger) taste in beer. I really enjoy Yuengling traditional.
I ordered one recently and they brought me the IPL version of Yuengling, and it tasted like monkey wizz. Sir, do you like the IPL? Negative, Ghost Rider.
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June 12, 2017, 11:34 AM
at-home-daddyI'm all about the malt, so don't at all care for IPAs. Unfortunately, the Seattle area in particular is really, really hot on IPAs, so other than a list of different IPAs it's tough to find much of anything else on tap at local restraurants beyond the obligatory pilsner and hef...you might be offered a red or porter if you're lucky. My favorite beers are browns and Scotch Ales, and it's rare to ever find one of those out in the wild. I've taken to asking what bottled beers they have available, since that's about the only way I get my malt fix.
June 12, 2017, 11:34 AM
dsietsI don't know where the OP is having this problem as I'm finding plenty of variety. But I live in Beer City USA, so.
But I have to smile at the thought of "too much IPA." When I came of age, everything was Bud, Miller, Coors, Labatt, Fosters.
June 12, 2017, 11:35 AM
jhe888quote:
Originally posted by detroit192:
IMHO the craft brewery craze grew out of the home brew movement.
I don't know if one grew out of the other - I think the two phenomena were sparked by the same interests - getting some beer that actually had flavor and getting some variety. And the thing that happened first was increased importation of European beer. I could get a Pilsner Urquell or an Optimator in the late '70s - long before I could get a Sierra Nevada or a Boston Beer.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. June 12, 2017, 11:40 AM
CooksterI have been trying, not too hard mind you, to develop a 'taste' for them over the last couple of years or so, but I am just finding the love for them.
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June 12, 2017, 12:23 PM
arabiancowboyI love a high ABV citrus IPA. But I'll only drink one at a sitting.
June 12, 2017, 12:36 PM
chellim1quote:
Originally posted by jhe888:
quote:
Originally posted by detroit192:
IMHO the craft brewery craze grew out of the home brew movement.
I don't know if one grew out of the other - I think the two phenomena were sparked by the same interests - getting some beer that actually had flavor and getting some variety. And the thing that happened first was increased importation of European beer. I could get a Pilsner Urquell or an Optimator in the late '70s - long before I could get a Sierra Nevada or a Boston Beer.
Yep.
When I was in college it was either quantity or quality... and quality usually meant imports. That's when Boston Beer came out with Samuel Adams' Boston Lager. We have so much variety available now... it's great!
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reflex/deflex 64Preach it brother. I'm about full up on IPA, reached terminal mass on Shandys about half a summer into that fad too.
Over hopped swill for you my man? No thanks I believe I'll have a diet root beer with a shot of grenadine. Don't forget my fuggin lime wedge either.
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June 12, 2017, 12:51 PM
feersum dreadnaughtI've been liking Oskar Blues' Mama's Little Yella Pils in the can...
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June 12, 2017, 12:59 PM
Pipe SmokerI prefer lagers to ales. The "craft" breweries like ales because they're cheaper to make. Ales can be brewed in significantly less time, and don't require refrigeration during the brewing process. My favorite beer is Hacker-Pschorr Munich Gold. I drink it daily, and Kaiserhof, my fave San Diego restaurant, has it on tap.
Serious about crackers. June 12, 2017, 01:06 PM
smschulzEveryone is entitled to their own taste.
I am not convinced it is just a fad/cultural coolness idea.
Perhaps some drink it to be cool but no one I know.
I LIKE hopped up beers.
Most of these Craft Brewers just try different combinations of ingredients just to see what people aka their customers like.
I generally never cared for Dark/Stout Beers.
However, a local brewer here (Bufalo Brewing) hopped up a Stout formulation and I loved it.
June 12, 2017, 01:06 PM
FenderBenderI can't campaign to hard against IPA's, I'm a huge fan of their darkside equals. Scotch ale and wee heavy, these are beers they malt to the moon.
June 12, 2017, 01:08 PM
snwghstI was professionally involved in the craft industry very early. Luckily (or not) I was taught how to brew by a TRUE German Master Brewer who graduated top of his class at Doemans in Munich after his apprenticeship in Bavaria. He was 1 of 12 in the country that held the brewing certifications he does. Which included the "Big 3"
To say the least, his perfectionistic attitude towards brewing basically ruined me on what was and mostly is available today within the craft beers (they have gotten much better since I was in it 25yrs ago)
I opt to typically not taste a beer while one of the brewers is present as I can typically and have told them what they did incorrect through the process
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June 12, 2017, 01:10 PM
P220 SmudgeI used to love IPA's. Until my body decided that they now give me the screaming shits, every time. Last attempt was several months ago, had about six ounces of that one and it was a struggle. I also paid for it after.
I've refined my taste down to pilsners and lagers and I'm ok with it.
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June 12, 2017, 01:24 PM
RHINOWSOquote:
the only thing worse than overhopped IPA's are beer snobs.
Not as bad as Crossfit and Vegans, but getting in the ballpark.
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June 12, 2017, 01:24 PM
PossibleZombieSorry, you are on your own with this. I love IPAs and drink them 80% of the time. I'm actually considering brewing my own with my wife since she is interested in the brewing at home thing right now.
June 12, 2017, 01:26 PM
TMatsquote:
Originally posted by snwghst:
I was professionally involved in the craft industry very early. Luckily (or not) I was taught how to brew by a TRUE German Master Brewer who graduated top of his class at Doemans in Munich after his apprenticeship in Bavaria. He was 1 of 12 in the country that held the brewing certifications he does. Which included the "Big 3"
To say the least, his perfectionistic attitude towards brewing basically ruined me on what was and mostly is available today within the craft beers (they have gotten much better since I was in it 25yrs ago)
I opt to typically not taste a beer while one of the brewers is present as I can typically and have told them what they did incorrect through the process
Is it true that lagers are more difficult for a craft or micro-brewer to make than ales and stouts? Sure seems like many brew pubs don't even make a lager.
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June 12, 2017, 01:26 PM
AirmanJeffquote:
Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
I used to love IPA's. Until my body decided that they now give me the screaming shits, every time. Last attempt was several months ago, had about six ounces of that one and it was a struggle. I also paid for it after.
I've refined my taste down to pilsners and lagers and I'm ok with it.
A pilsner is a lager! #beersnob
June 12, 2017, 01:38 PM
LeeannCan't stand them.
I'm okay with a traditional IPA like Bass Ale, but that's it.
Shandys can go jump in a lake. Yum, lemon (or orher citrus) pledge.
Ales, some lagers, some pilsners, hefeweizens, English browns, porters...that's beer.
Bud, Miller, Coors...that's not beer.
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June 12, 2017, 01:58 PM
David Wquote:
Originally posted by Leeann:
I'm okay with a traditional IPA like Bass Ale, but that's it.
Bass Ale is an English Pale Ale, not an IPA. #beersnob
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