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I hear you on the beer front, there is so much bad beer especially IPA. I'm starting to stick to the stuff that has consistent quality. I've just had too much h
by gunshai 5y ago
I hear you on the beer front, there is so much bad beer especially IPA. I'm starting to stick to the stuff that has consistent quality. I've just had too much horse shit thinking I'm trying something "different".
- ethbr0 5y agoI realized I'd finally become "that guy" when my mom came to visit and I took her to a pool hall / microbrewery. She looks at the menu and asks, "Oh, do they have any IPAs? That's what everyone's drinking in {insert hometown}." "Mom... IPAs are kind of overdone now. There's lots of other, more interesting types of beer." Waiter arrives. My mother, "Do you have any IPAs you would recommend?" Waiter replies, "We have some good ones, but if you want my opinion, IPAs are kind of overdone. We have lots of more interesting beers."
- Pxtl 5y agoOkay yeah they're overdone but I would expect a microbrewery to have something hoppy on tap they could offer. I went to a lot of trouble to acquire a taste for those evil things you're not getting away with not serving me one at a hipster bar.
- smackeyacky 5y agoA good IPA is a great beer, but it is hard to get right, so a lot of less talented brewers defer to overloading the hops and trying to make a virtue of it.
- gunshai 5y agoThe most talented brewers I see, have really talented QA folks standing right behind them helping them make targets for their process and blend things that are out of spec ect. The smaller breweries will always make something different but their consistency is atrocious most of the time.
- andi999 5y agoSomething hoppy...? Like 'hoppy' : https://en.hoppy-happy.com/products/hoppy/ https://en.hoppy-happy.com/products/hoppy/
- spelunker 5y agoI dunno, I've come full circle on IPAs and now drink loads of them. I guess it's just personal preference in the end.
- acchow 5y agoBefore quitting alcohol, I also came round on IPAs to the point that it was the only beer I'd drink. But there's also a tendency for many breweries to out-hop each other. That's when it becomes over the top.
- bb88 5y agoI've had much better luck drinking IPA's than red wine. Most red wine is too acidic for my taste. And particularly in the PNW, IPA is still where it's at. If you go look at grocery store, they're stocking IPAs more than other kinds of beer here. That said I've appreciated drinking red wine more after drinking an IPA, as it seems to help me get past the tannins quicker.
- smackeyacky 5y agoThis is where Merlot is a good choice. Its a more mellow taste usually.
- KineticLensman 5y ago> That said I've appreciated drinking red wine more after drinking an IPA Sort of like the run-up that red wine gives you to a glass of whisky.
- raverbashing 5y agoYeah, I agree. Anything double IPA or above sounds like a marketing gimmick I wanna drink beer, not tea made with hops
- AlwaysRock 5y agoA lot of brewers will admit that if your beer doesnt turnout the way you want you a trick is tossing in a ton of hops and making it an IPA. Once you get used to doing that you become a brewery that only makes IPA. It does seem to have swung back a bit over the last few years though. I find people are looking for, "drinkability" over "hoppyness" but that's obviously anticdata.
- gunshai 5y ago>A lot of brewers will admit that if your beer doesn't turnout the way you want you a trick is tossing in a ton of hops and making it an IPA. Once you get used to doing that you become a brewery that only makes IPA. Larger craft breweries really don't have this luxury. They need to have both a means of production laser focused quality and process oriented folks AND a place for rapid research and development. What is ironic is when a craft brewery starts reaching size where they can afford these types of benefits they are often demonized for various reasons all having to do with the Brand.