Incredible beer. Track it down.
Posted on 12/27/2016 4:18:24 PM PST by mikeIII
Lagers may be ubiquitous but India Pale Ales are beers with a backstory
BEER is for drinking. But beer is also an occasion for conversation—and, if good enough, a subject for it, too. That is where India Pale Ales, or IPAs, come into their own. Few beers incite and enrich conversation as much. Their distinctive character—the “firm bitterness [that] lingers long and clean” in one, the “complex aromatic notes of citrus, berry, tropical fruit and pine” in another—spur discussions that spill over from tap rooms to websites with ease. The plethora of craft brewers that has sprung up over the past few decades provides ample scope for arguments about the relative merits of local brews and far-flung ones—with far-flung, these days, meaning from more or less anywhere on Earth.
Not sure the following here on FR for IPA, but I remember reading some posts on home-brewing a while back. It seems to be growing in popularity, though. This is from the holiday issue of The Economist. This past week, the New York Times also had a section on American IPA brewers, mostly Micro Breweries.
I love IPA’s. I like my beers like my ex fiances cold and bitter.
My first experience with IPA was when I won a solo trip to the Super Bowl XXX in Tempe, AZ. I had gotten to the hotel, but had no car. I went across the street to pick up a beer, and wanted something I hadn’t had, so I picked up a Sierra Nevada IPA. Not exceptional, but very good. While not my favorite, a safe middle of the road choice that can be taken by itself or with food.
I’ve tried hard to like IPA’s but just can’t. To bitter for me.
Drinking a Yuengling at the moment...poured in my very on Yuengling logoed beer glass.
Ping
I’ve never been able to learn to like IPAs - and that’s a problem with their current popularity, because get-togethers and parties seem to offer no other beers except IPAs.
Traveling the Great Basin, you'll occasionally see a bumper sticker that reads: "Get Icky With Someone You Love"
I brew my own and almost always an IPA. After 10 years of brewing I’ve learned to appreciate those microbreweries that stick their neck out to try and make it amongst the thousands that are now out there.
If you can’t brew a good IPA you won’t make it.
Thank you, no. Yuck...
Beer ping.
Received some weird beverages as Christmas gifts this year. Currently enjoying a Captain Morgan’s Canon Blast splashed over ice... not bad.
I love IPAs. Not sure they love me the next day.
I have to agree with you. I enjoy a good dose of hops as much as the next guy. But lately it seems that brewers have gone just a bit too far.
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I like beer, but I don’t like it if it is too “hoppy”.
Which is funny, because hops is the flower for my birth month.
I like anything from Bud Light to Guinness, so I have a wide range of taste, but I don’t like it “too” bitter.
Jai Alai IPA by Cigar City brewing is, by far, the best I’ve ever had.
Incredible beer. Track it down.
Try their “Torpedo”.
I will search for it. Thanks for the tip.
Here’s my fav.
Real Ale Brewing Company.
Blanco, Texas
DEVILS BACKBONE.
It’s the bomb.
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