Am I in Catch 22? Carb/IPA question

[MDB]

Brewed a summer IPA, not a high gravity beer. Been in bottles for 3 weeks at 70, I have to say best tasting beer I've brewed yet, but the carb is coming up short. I've got plenty of other home brew to drink, so I can wait, but I thought I read that IPA's are best young. I honestly can live without the proper carbonation as this beer is so good, but if it can get better carb I'm a patient man. Just don't want to sacrifice this flavor for bubbles. If I let it go say another 3-4 weeks will the flavor die off as a trade off for better carbonation?

 

[Revvy]

People always say "IPA's have to be consumed fresh, yadda yadda yadda."

But that doesn't mean you drink green uncarbed beer. The beer STILL has to go through it's natural processes before it's ready to drink. And that takes as long as the bosses, the yeast needs it to take.

I just cracked open an IPA that I bottled maybe 6 months ago, and it's beautiful.

It's perfect.

People over simplify and pass around around "advice" or brewing chestnuts, without really thinking them through. All beers need to go through their processes.

Often the hoppiness of an ipa doesn't really come into it's own, or develop til certain other conditioning in the bottle or keg occurs. Then the hops come to the forefront.

People also forget that IPAs originally were meant to survive long arduous sea journeys. They ofther weren't even consumed for 6 months or more til the ships reached their destinations.

 

[inturnldemize]

VERY interesting facts Revvy. Man, I learn something new on these forums everyday. +1 to you bud!