Does anyone really like over-the-top grainy beers? Pours like motor oil, tastes like burnt toast, makes your poo poo black?
I didn't think so.
I say "meh" to Karl Strauss now. Seems they're more bent on being brewstaurants than a craft brewery, especially since they only have a few different releases in the 20+ years they've been open. (Just my 2 centavos.)
If you're headed to SD, definitely head to Green Flash over in Vista, the Yardhouse downtown, and Pizza Port in Carlsbad (ahh...my old stomping ground *sniff). Can't go wrong with either, but Pizza Port is a must-do.
I look at beers like breasts. there are all different kinds and I love almost all of them. some more than others, some not so much (like the ones I'm getting from drinking all this beer!). but why just stick to DD's when there are so many others? Variety is the spice of life!
Does anyone really like over-the-top grainy beers? Pours like motor oil, tastes like burnt toast, makes your poo poo black?
I didn't think so.
every had old viscosity by port brewing? "this ain't your daddy 30 weight oil"
Seconded on everything here. Pizza Port Carlsbad has GREAT beer and pizza, at really solid prices. Tons of varieties, too.
If I could add to this, Ballast Point is another one that is really solid.
Seriously, I have never had an IPA that I liked. I brewed Yooper's DFH60 clone and the sampling has indicated that it's a really good beer, and it's really good for an IPA, but truth be told, it's hopped like crazy and it just takes away from the beer-ness of it all.
I drink IPA's when I'm around homebrewers just to be polite. I guess I can understand what folks see in them, but deep down, I just don't think they're that great and if I never had another one, or if the style had never been invented, I wouldn't really be saddened.
Anybody else feel the same?
Just don't rush into them, if you enjoy other beers have them, I almost guarantee you will transition into a hop lover eventually
...or were brewed with high alpha bittering hops to make it to 70+ IBUs as cheaply as possible.
I hate this attitude among certain beer drinkers. I guess I must be an inadequate beer drinker with a sub-par palette...
And the funniest part is the people who believe this way don't understand what they are saying when they write this stuff.
*palate.
And thanks... obviously my palate isn't the only thing which needs correcting.
I'm curious what beers people mean when they say "typical American IPA"
I'm spoiled, Cali has the best IPA in the world (Yep, I said it), and I've had some pretty asstastic examples from some of the "big" brewers in other states. But it's hard not to love a Green Flash West Coast IPA, Ballast Point Sculpin (gold medal at the world beer cup iirc), Lagunitas IPA or Pliny
25 ounces? what batch volume?
My SWMBO loves the beers that taste like biting into a grapefruit peel, she would likely love it!
But do you understand my point? The quote I commented on was "I almost guarantee you will transition..."
No, I won't. I have been drinking quality craft beer all over the world (as opposed to FROM all over the world), for almost 15 years now, and HATE most IPA's.
So when someone treats non-IPA drinkers as if they merely haven't been enlightened yet, I quite frankly take it as an insult.
there are two sides to this.
There are the extremely overbittered ipa's with ibu's at or over 100. Which i find rediculous.
And there are the bitterness balanced extremely hoppy flavored and fragrant ipa's.
The latter i find exquisite.
SNPA is how i introduce IPA to a BMC drinker.
SNPA is how i introduce IPA to a BMC drinker.
I also get irritated by people who claim all hoppy beers to be "one-dimensional".
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