MikeFlynn74
Well-Known Member
Everything I have been reading is that Americans over hop everything. You guys think this is true with American micros?
It is all perspective. That is like asking, 'Do Belgians ferment to warm?' or some other question regarding a characteristic of a countries beer tendencies. The US hops stuff up, it is what we do. Not good or bad, just the facts.
That just American style.
A well made beer is a well made beer. And I've had plenty of well-made hoppy american beers. The flavor of hops is pretty awesome. I mean, think about it: if you can get a great bock from Germany, why try to reinvent the wheel? You're not gonna score a ton of customers with a well-made, but run-of-the-mill bock, you know? But plenty of breweries have built their good name on delicious IPA's and IIPA's. I don't know if we're "too enamored" with hops, but there are certainly a metric f*ck-ton (thanks for that awesome term, Kyle) of hop-focused brews out there. It's all relative, and I don't know how you can really judge something as subjective as this. People like'a the hops, so you give'a them the hops.
American beer is just refinding itself . Before prohibition there were around 1400 breweries after just a hand full. They went from good traditional beers to bland mass produced cheap beer . Why, simple people didnt care they just wanted beer and booze and the hand full of breweries needed to supply it quickly.
Now the pendulum is swinging the other way we discovered beer again and as Americans we tend to push the envelope . I think the the hoppier the better will wind down to just a few really good over the top hopped beers.
Couldn't you have said that you agree with me? Please? I feel like I need all the support I can get!
It's like treading on eggshells being me!!
in all good conscience I cant do that .... I have the feeling it will turn around and bite me in the ass .....
We're Americans. More horsepower, bigger burgers, footlong subs, the atom bomb, and Pliny. Bigger, louder, faster is different. That's what we do.
Ultimately, the consumer will decide. We've dealt with a century of no hops. We might been in a century of hops! How many varieties of hops have been introduced in the last 10-15 years?
I'm sick of "Imperial" anything. Make a balanced beer to the style. I'm more impressed with a good beer than an IBU delivery vehicle.
Couldn't you have said that you agree with me? Please? I feel like I need all the support I can get!
It's like treading on eggshells being me!!
Here we are going into 2020. The "hop craze" is now the craft beer norm. The big breweries have bought craft breweries who make hopcentric beers and they've even made their own pseudo "craft beer labels" that are hop heavy. Looks like American beer has redefined itself as hoppy.
My preference is still malty over hoppy.