Bamsdealer
Well-Known Member
By hops, I mean hop forward beer. I've been brewing close to a year now and made a number of styles... about half have been pale ales, ambers, IPAs or II IPAs. All have been excellent. My porters, stouts, Belgians, wheats... while mostly good, haven't blown me away. I do my own recipes for the most part, so it may just be that I know what I like in my IPAs and am more familiar brewing them. It could be the water. It could be that I get lucky. It could be that IPAs are an easy style to brew. I hope its not, but it could be the hops are covering up flaws in my recipes or brewing process.
Im at the point where I actually prefer my IPAs to the commercial versions out there. Maybe its because 90% of my beer consumption is now homebrew, i have just acquired a taste for my beer. I still love my Racer 5, Two Hearted, SNPA, but they really have been knocked down a notch. Even the case of Nugget Nectar I picked up just doesnt seem to be what is it once was... which sucks in a way, but at the same time validates my beer that much more.
Anyone out there with similar experiences?
Im at the point where I actually prefer my IPAs to the commercial versions out there. Maybe its because 90% of my beer consumption is now homebrew, i have just acquired a taste for my beer. I still love my Racer 5, Two Hearted, SNPA, but they really have been knocked down a notch. Even the case of Nugget Nectar I picked up just doesnt seem to be what is it once was... which sucks in a way, but at the same time validates my beer that much more.
Anyone out there with similar experiences?