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One of the biggest problems with hoppy beers is that they have a short shelf life (less than 90 days even when packaged well, much less when dissolved oxygen is
by rmcpherson 9y ago
One of the biggest problems with hoppy beers is that they have a short shelf life (less than 90 days even when packaged well, much less when dissolved oxygen is present) but distribution issues and lack of education means that most IPAs are consumed past their prime.
- emodendroket 9y agoI mean, people keep telling me if I try this or that IPA I'll like it better but they all pretty much taste the same to me.
- rmcpherson 9y agoHaving brewed award-winning IPAs I would take issue with that statement but luckily there is much more to the craft beer world than IPAs. You mentioned you like sours but hops are often used to interesting effect in sours as well. Sour beer yeasts and bacteria actually interact with hop oils to create new flavors. It's fascinating stuff although still poorly understood. As an example this sour beer wiki has a fairly detailed article on using hops in sour beers. http://www.milkthefunk.com/wiki/Hops http://www.milkthefunk.com/wiki/Hops
- emodendroket 9y agoWhat I mean to say is, I'm sure they're different, but it's lost on me, because the hop flavor is just so overwhelming to me. I mean, I'm sure my sour-hating friends don't really appreciate the difference between a Rodenbach Grand Cru and a Cuvée des Jacobins either, even though they're quite different.
- baddox 9y agoI love IPA. It’s virtually all I ever drink, and yet I have no interest in fancying myself a connoisseur or going out of my way to try some new special IPA. It seems that most people assume that the former implies the latter.
- walshemj 9y agoyes I am not a fan of this supper hoppy craft beers trend lots of places in London especially round silicon roundabout only have this style.