Anti-IPA ?

[McKBrew]

Got to start out small and work your way up.

Think of an IPA like your first day in prison. When Bubba comes up to initiate you you really don't want him to have that big of a package. After a few weels with Bubba (Broken Halo) you kind of get used to it and then when King Dong (Dogfish 120) comes up and wants to make you his b!tch you accept it a lot easier and might actually look forward to it because you started out small.

 

[flyangler18]

Got to start out small and work your way up.

Think of an IPA like your first day in prison. When Bubba comes up to initiate you you really don't want him to have that big of a package. After a few weels with Bubba (Broken Halo) you kind of get used to it and then when King Dong (Dogfish 120) comes up and wants to make you his b!tch you accept it a lot easier and might actually look forward to it because you started out small.

Off to the quote thread with you!

 

[Homercidal]

Got to start out small and work your way up.

Think of an IPA like your first day in prison. When Bubba comes up to initiate you you really don't want him to have that big of a package. After a few weels with Bubba (Broken Halo) you kind of get used to it and then when King Dong (Dogfish 120) comes up and wants to make you his b!tch you accept it a lot easier and might actually look forward to it because you started out small.

I kinda want to laugh at this, but somehow I just can't.

OTOH - If you start with HOPSLAM! from Bell's, then most other beer tastes like Bud Light.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

I kinda want to laugh at this, but somehow I just can't.

OTOH - If you start with HOPSLAM! from Bell's, then most other beer tastes like Bud Light.

mmmmmmmm, Hop Slam.

 

[Tenchiro]

I do love a hoppy IPA, but there are many out there that don't have the malt character to back up the hops. Those seem a bit hollow tasting to me.

 

[BillyVegas]

As for examples of IPAs I've had...Harpoon, Arrogant Bastard, Sierra Nevada Celebration, and others but I cant remember. Don't have my specific recollections on what I didn't like about each one in particular- but the common denominator would be... IPA.

I can stomach some Pale Ales, which makes me think I can develop the taste for IPAs, but... that's a different ballgame I suppose.

 

[BillyVegas]

Got to start out small and work your way up.

Think of an IPA like your first day in prison. When Bubba comes up to initiate you you really don't want him to have that big of a package. After a few weels with Bubba (Broken Halo) you kind of get used to it and then when King Dong (Dogfish 120) comes up and wants to make you his b!tch you accept it a lot easier and might actually look forward to it because you started out small.

This is the best post I've seen in a while.

Well played.

 

[Revvy]

mmmmmmmm, Hop Slam.

We all have different tolerances, and preferences, and I go through periods where I lurve me some IPA's but I always have found hopslam too over the top for my tastes. I love Two Hearted though.

AND my latest favorite is another Michigan one, Founder's Centennial IPA.

 

[Tenchiro]

Got to start out small and work your way up.

Think of an IPA like your first day in prison. When Bubba comes up to initiate you you really don't want him to have that big of a package. After a few weels with Bubba (Broken Halo) you kind of get used to it and then when King Dong (Dogfish 120) comes up and wants to make you his b!tch you accept it a lot easier and might actually look forward to it because you started out small.

It's a lot like this;

 

[Chriso]

Also - I think to be fair we have to distinguish between IPA and IIPA.

I LOVE a flavorful, mid-range IPA. BierMuncher's Outer Limits is a good example, it's not over-the-top... He pushed the numerical limits of the IPA style but his recipe is still very balanced.

I do NOT love crazy over-the-top IIPAs that exist solely to kick you in the face, and say nasty things about your mother.

So, I think it's a little unfair to belittle an entire style of beer, just because a few examples go a bit beyond the norm, or are unbalanced.

Just my two little pennies. Everyone's got an opinion.

.....now, if you want a beer that will scare the panties right off of any BMC drinker............Cantillion Gueze. Buahahahaha. DELICIOUS sour beer. I love you, sour beer. You are my friend. I will drink you.



Edit: Also. LMFAO at that animation! Thanks for sharing that, Tenchiro!

 

[McKBrew]

That was an awesome clip Techniro.

 

[p4ck37p1mp]

I'm not a big fan of most IPAs, few are balanced and most are overly bitter.

 

[menschmaschine]

I consider IPAs, especially the American versions, somewhat of a novelty. All this hop-craziness is a little out of balance for me... EXTREME BREWING CLOSE-UP! WOAH! :cross:

However, I'll drink one from time to time when I go out. I'd drink an IPA over a BMC any day... but then again, I'd do A LOT of things before drinking a BMC.

 

[Grinder12000]

I've been making it a habit to drink many IPA's lately. I just picked up a 12 pack of assorted IPA'S and like many of them but a few are just a bunch of Hops

Palisade Brewery - Red Truck is really tasty
El Toro Brewing and Great Divide Titan IPA were good.

Sierra Nevada - Harvest was outstanding!

 

[Homercidal]

Great job, Techniro!

A friend of mine is such a picky eater. He would basically only eat cheeseburgers and mac N cheese when he was young. He had an interest in brewing, and after trying it a bit he surprised me by brewing an IPA. Not only that, but he basically only drinks IPA and that sort of stuff. He's very discerning about it.

I'd say that it can be an acquired taste, yet some seem to like it right off the bat. I've had some bad IPAs, but generally I like the style, and very much like certain ones.

I've found that I'm not so much a fan of stouts and porters now. I should probably try some more, but for a while now I just seem to gravitate more towards the Pale Ales and IPA, and whatnot.

 

[jpsloan]

I'm no fan of IPA's. I much prefer something on the malty side.

Scratch that.

I prefer beer that is well-balanced. Too much hop is just as undesireable to me as too much treacle. But all said, I tend to prefer beers that "accentuate" and "showcase" the grain, rather than the hop.

Regarding the trendiness of IPA's, I don't know. In theory, I can see how microbrew and semi-macrobrew commercials tend to punch the "hops", and I can see how this relatively new concept to a BMC drinker can lead people towards the More Hops Means Better Beer mode of thinking. In theory... but I can't say that I've run into any of these people.

 

[BrianTheBrewer]

It's a lot like this;

That was great

 

[BrianTheBrewer]

As I said before I am a big fan of IPA's. Im also a big fan of taste.
What I mean by taste is...I believe some people who come and post here realize that they have been drinking Bud, Miller or Coors for awhile now and stop drinking it right away because they dont want to be made fun of by some of the others on here. I was not like that when I first posted here. I have never been a fan of the BMC clan. Even way back in high school I was never a big fan of BMC. I would go with Sam Adams, Killians or Sierra Nevada. I was always into taste. Now maybe my taste buds have grown over the years and ive learned what I really like. What im trying to say is that I dont drink BMC because its the big commercial 3, I dont drink those brews because they have no taste in my opinion. I love something with flavor, something with a kick, something that will make you remember the brew you just drank. Many IPA's do just that. Most people think IPA's all taste the same, those are the people I laugh at. Go take a Sierra Nevada Celebration and have one, then have a Stone IPA then have a Harpoon IPA. All 3 dont taste the same.

 

[Nanik006]

Clearly, it's a matter of taste.. but mosyslack I think hit on what I was talking about. Lots of the ones I've had are just... I suppose JUST hops. I don't get a good balance. Really turns me off to the way a IPA I think could be enjoyed.

IPA Drinkers, any recommendations of some brews I should sample?

Kungpaodog- I could send you some of my test IPA batch when the time comes, but you're gonna have to try to sell me on the IPA first. It's pretty low on the list as of now...

Don't know if anyone mentioned them yet as suggestions but both the Stone IPA and the Stone Ruination IPA are very good ... in fact, i've not had a single Stone beer i didn't like, even their porters and stouts ... which are styles i don't typically enjoy.

Also, if you have the opportunity ... Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster is huge hops and very good, and on the other end Great Lakes Rackhouse Ale is very malty but also very good. Unfortunately they're only available at the brewery.

 

[Tenchiro]

Don't know if anyone mentioned them yet as suggestions but both the Stone IPA and the Stone Ruination IPA are very good ... in fact, i've not had a single Stone beer i didn't like, even their porters and stouts ... which are styles i don't typically enjoy.

Also, if you have the opportunity ... Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster is huge hops and very good, and on the other end Great Lakes Rackhouse Ale is very malty but also very good. Unfortunately they're only available at the brewery.

I like the hop level of Ruination but it is a bit out of balance, I think a bit more malt would make it a perfect beer. My favorite IPA is still from Bridgeport, it is bottle conditioned and is everything I think an IPA should be.

 

[brokenanchor]

I agree with flyangler about the some of the bigger IPAs being the result of a brewers pissing contest. Not to insinuate that they taste like piss...or that I have in fact ever tried piss, but for me it can be hard to enjoy those kinds of beers.

That being said, I love IPA's and just pulled the last pint from a Sierra Nevada keg. I like my IPA's like I like my women...hairy...sorry I meant to say I like them to smell nice n floral like, and not leave a really bitter taste in your mouth when you're thru with her.

A local pub here made an APA with all chinook hops and it was unlike any other pale I have tried...hoppy with hints of peach and very floral aroma. One of my favorite floral/bitter balanced IPA I've had is O'dells. I've seen Stones was mentioned already, but right now Stones can get on my stones. I was opening one Saturday at a party, and the whole damn lip cracked off the top and gave me a nice slice on my finger. So I drank that b*!@h to show it who was boss.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

We all have different tolerances, and preferences, and I go through periods where I lurve me some IPA's but I always have found hopslam too over the top for my tastes. I love Two Hearted though.

AND my latest favorite is another Michigan one, Founder's Centennial IPA.

Quite true. While there are certainly some styles that I prefer over others, I have yet to find a style of beer that I could say that I disliked. We all have to learn to appreciate beers for what thay are and what they're intended to be. Just because you love a good Mild shouldn't mean that you are incapable of drinking and appreciating a well made hops-in-your-face IIPA, or vice versa.

What really opened my beer tasting experience is brewing new styles. I decided that I was going to brew as many new styles this year as I possibly could. So far this year I've brewed 19 styles that I had never brewed before, with one more to come this Friday.

Everyone brews for different reasons. Some people brew the same handful of recipes over and over again because they know that they like it. I'm fascinated by recipe creation and the differences in yeast strains. I like it all, from a sweet, low abv Southern English Brown to a hopped up IIPA.

I do NOT love crazy over-the-top IIPAs that exist solely to kick you in the face, and say nasty things about your mother.

I do. You sissy.

.....now, if you want a beer that will scare the panties right off of any BMC drinker............Cantillion Gueze. Buahahahaha. DELICIOUS sour beer. I love you, sour beer. You are my friend. I will drink you.

Gueze is absolutely incredible, and anyone who says otherwise should be banned from beer forever.

 

[Opherman47]

i find IPA's refreshing especially in the summer after a hot hard days work on the yard

 

[Homercidal]

A local pub here made an APA with all chinook hops and it was unlike any other pale I have tried...hoppy with hints of peach and very floral aroma.

Hmm.... i wonder what a PEACH IPA would taste like...

 

[Grinder12000]

If you look at stats IPA's are always the most entered style in competitions.

 

[Homercidal]

The thing I like about them is that they ARE a bit overwhelming, but you can also pick out fine flavors, and you get flavors that you just don't get otherwise. Resins, etc. Some IPAs are not just bitter, but very complex and unique.

 

[flyangler18]

If you look at stats IPA's are always the most entered style in competitions.

This is telling- and evidence toward my hypothesis that there is a real trend toward 'bigger and badder' IPAs as the newest locker room dickwaving contest. Chriso's distinction between IIPA and IPA is an important one. IIPAs are not for the meek! I do love my hops, but I don't always want enamel-stripping, kick you in the face bitterness. I want lots of hop flavor and aroma that I can experience the depth of.

 

[Sucram]

No arguments can be made about taste. I personally love super-hoppy beers. However, I don't like some big IPAs that combine a sweeter malty character with a cloying , resiny hop flavor.

 

[McKBrew]

One thing about most IPA's is that they will balance out with time. So if it's too hoppy now, let it sit somewhere for 6 months and then see what happens. You'll be suprised at the changes.

 

[farmbrewernw]

It depends on my mood really sometimes I really want some enormous hop bomb and other times I can't stand them. I went through a 6 month period last year where I couldn't even drink them but this summer I got back in the saddle and have been drinking II IPAs and the like ever since.