Cant escape bad IPAs!

[pumahunter]

Have not had the sierra nevada one..... had pretty much given up even trying them because so many of them were bad-mediocre. I will grab a Sierra Nevada though, and give it a try though if I see it.

SN one was ok, but nothing compares to the Great Divide Fresh Hop PA in my opinion...

My 2 cents briefly:

I don't know where it comes from, but when I get in a funk from a bad beer, I recalibrate. Usually with New Belgium's Rampant IPA. One of the best commercial beers out there IMO.

Indeed, Rampant is so delicious

 

[Yourrealdad]

SN one was ok, but nothing compares to the Great Divide Fresh Hop PA in my opinion...



Indeed, Rampant is so delicious

Yep, I love Great Divide Fresh Hop, less grassy than most and more fresh hoppy goodness.

But, to get to the OP ?, I would agree that there is probably a mishandling of the beer by the distributor or by both? LQ stores.

I have had times where IPA's have had off flavors in them and I think it might just be a type of hop being used sometimes that does it.

P.S. Hopstoopid is a great beer and so is Laguinitas a great company. Lil' Sumpin is delicious.

 

[TwistedHops]

Check out Fantasy Factory from Karben4.

Absolutely love all of their beer! Really a shame that I'm in grad school no where near Madison anymore...

 

[worlddivides]

Everyone has different tastes. I love everything I've ever had by Lagunitas. They're definitely in my top 10 favorite beer companies--and especially for IPAs.

New Belgium's IPAs (such as Rampant) are also pretty awesome.

 

[Braufessor]

I actually just had Rampant for the first time tonight..... just kind of always passed it over because it was "New Belgium" and just thought there must be something better than that...... It is really a damn good beer. One of the better IPA's I have had in awhile. Won't be passing on it again.