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It is quite odd, the dominance of IPA. I wasn't aware of it until I walked in Rodman's in NW Washington, DC, and found that what appeared to be 80% of the Amer
by cafard 7y ago
It is quite odd, the dominance of IPA. I wasn't aware of it until I walked in Rodman's in NW Washington, DC, and found that what appeared to be 80% of the American beer offerings were IPAs of one sort another.
- walrus01 7y agoAnd even more so in the Pacific Northwest, relatively close to the hop-growing area in central WA, and full of small craft breweries.
- zwieback 7y agoThey are easy to brew and hide fermentation or sanitation defects well.
- LargeWu 7y agoI don't get out to too many taprooms anymore, but I used to be in the habit of ordering their pils or lager first, since it's much harder to hide the quality behind the hops. Generally speaking, breweries that have good beers of those styles are good across the board, while those that don't have a lot more variance.