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Perhaps every brewery branching out from uninspired IPAs would help resolve the "issues of consumer selection." I get that they're easy to make and harder to sc
by atyppo 4y ago
Perhaps every brewery branching out from uninspired IPAs would help resolve the "issues of consumer selection." I get that they're easy to make and harder to screw up, but they're literally the only thing available at a lot of places.
- fknorangesite 4y ago> they're literally the only thing available at a lot of places. I'm surprised to see this sentiment. It certainly rang true a decade+ ago, but back then craft breweries were more novel, and there was more [over]reaction to bland, mass-produced lagers, etc. Sours were really trendy rather than IPAs just pre-pandemic, and these days in my experience most places have a pretty varied selection of types available.
- atyppo 4y agoI'm in NYC and my odds of finding a craft beer that isn't an IPA (or possibly sour) are slim to none if I'm not at a beer bar like Proletariat or Burp Castle (two random examples). I've managed to find one brewery I really like in New Hampshire called Schilling Beer Co that mostly focuses on European beers and has a really good food menu as well. It's a shame more places don't have more diverse beer menus.
- the_only_law 4y agoPersonally I’d like to see more stouts that aren’t super heavy dessert stouts.
- bsder 4y agoIt's still mostly true. I like either piss water or toxic sludge but can't stand IPAs (I loathe the taste of hops) and my choices in microbrews are always very limited. If there are a dozen IPAs there will be maybe two lagers and single thing that pretends to be "dark". As I understand it, it's economics and experience. IPAs are fast to brew, and there are options for adjusting the flavor if you screw it up. Lagers and stouts take longer and are very prone to simply failing with no way to "fix" it when it does.
- bwanab 4y agoI totally agree. There are so many good beer and ale styles. I love IPA, but please let's have some variety.