hatfieldenator
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I feel as if these two styles can be essentially the same beer. IPAs don't have to super bitter (consider 60 min for example, fairly mild bitterness$. At the same time APAs are allowed to be fairly bitter too. It seems as if you could call a beer by either name.
I bring this up after receiving feedback from my APA entry in the HBT comp. Each judge thought it might be too bitter for the style, one even suggested entering it as an IPA. If I were to do that it would actually be on the low side of bitter for an IPA, so it really seems as if it's simply personal preference? The BJCP guidelines for each style sound fairly similar to me. It seems like there's a lot of overlap in the style.
I'm interested in hearing others feedback.
I bring this up after receiving feedback from my APA entry in the HBT comp. Each judge thought it might be too bitter for the style, one even suggested entering it as an IPA. If I were to do that it would actually be on the low side of bitter for an IPA, so it really seems as if it's simply personal preference? The BJCP guidelines for each style sound fairly similar to me. It seems like there's a lot of overlap in the style.
I'm interested in hearing others feedback.