do all roads lead to hazies.

[fluketamer]

i swore i would never start brewing and drinking hazy ipas and now i find its all i look for.

do we all evolve to drinking hazy NEIPAS.

i used to love lagers and blonde ales. now i find a lager as a good break once in a while now . but in general i am always seeking more and more ho(a)ppiness.

Are hazy ipas the natural obvious inevitable pinnacle of brewing/drinking?

 

[mashdar]

I have heard that people prefer stronger/spicier/pungent foods as they age, possibly due to reduced taste/smell perception. Perhaps it's like that?

I personally don't care for them, but I may just be a couple decades behind in the carcinization process.

edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation
beer drinkers converge on crusty old neipa drinkers?

 

[Bobby_M]

I got wrapped up in the haze craze when it was novel. Now I don't seek them out at all unless you consider Fiddlehead a hazy. I only brew them occasionally to stay sharp on the process. I'm not going to call it a fad in the larger market but it was a fad for me, just like Thiols and Gose. I'm more impressed by a well executed lager.

 

[Yooper]

I avoid hazies whenever possible. Sometimes at a brewpub, it’s one of only a few choices. I just don’t care for them. Not because they are hazy necessarily- but because I love IPAs with firm bitterness and a clean malt backbone and I’ve just never found a hazy that I really liked. I never loved Belgians either, except the ‘cleaner’ ones as I don’t like the yeast character (same with hefeweizen or any weizens as a rule). But I do like most other beer styles, but can only drink one sour and not if they are terribly sour.

The fruity ‘milkshake’ IPAs are the worst.

 

[Kickass]

I hardly slowed as my highway passed the hazy craziness a long time ago.

 

[day_trippr]

unless you consider Fiddlehead a hazy

Fiddlehead has been my favorite "bought" beer for a few years now. It's definitely a hazy IPA...

Cheers!

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Nope. Not me. I'll drink one, but it's NOT even remotely my preferred style of IPA.

Give me a nice, clean, crisp, moderately dry and crushingly bitter West Coast IPA, and I'm a happy boy.

 

[Brewer dad]

I’ve never really cared for them myself, but if that’s someone else’s thing more power to you.

Before I started brewing I was a porter/stout guy. While I still enjoy those sometimes my go tos now are lagers(pils, Dunkel, anything really) and UK ales. To me it would seem road often lead to lagers

 

[mashdar]

I wonder if preference for IPA us inversely correlated with posting on a homebrew forum.

If you're a good brewer, you can make better than most cans, but hazies are easier to buy and harder to make than some other styles.

 

[Yooper]

I wonder if preference for IPA us inversely correlated with posting on a homebrew forum.

If you're a good brewer, you can make better than most cans, but hazies are easier to buy and harder to make than some other styles.

I don't think they are 'harder to make'.

 

[mashdar]

I don't think they are 'harder to make'.

I mean that they're more O2 sensitive, so they wont be a great starter equipment beer.

I've never brewed one, but people seem to indicate that even with a good process they age poorly.

 

[Bobby_M]

Fiddlehead has been my favorite "bought" beer for a few years now. It's definitely a hazy IPA...

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Cheers!

Well, it's a hazy in spirit or per BJCP guidelines but way more drinkable than what a fairly dominant portion of craft breweries are putting out.

 

[day_trippr]

^That's^ why it's been my favorite hazy - because they brew their hazies like I brew mine...

Cheers!

 

[jtratcliff]

I never loved Belgians either, except the ‘cleaner’ ones as I don’t like the yeast character (same with hefeweizen or any weizens as a rule).

I'm glad it's not just me

I had my 1st hefeweizen in Germany (way before I started brewing) because I thought the beer that the guy at the next table over had looked interesting.... Big tall glass with an orange slice... Major banana bomb.

I keep trying 'em to see if my taste buds have shifted but I just didn't care for the yeast character...

Same with Belgians... I can take them a little better than hefes but still not a fan.

It's weird... I like most other styles. Even sours...

Every once in a while I'll try a new Belgian or Hefeweizen to see, but so far I haven't found one I like

I brew a variation of Sam Calagione's blood orange hefeweizen from Extreme Brewing but with US -05 that I like just fine... So it's not the wheat... Definitely the yeast.

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

My road (to favorite hot-weather-beer) seems to be converging on:

• the subdued bittering but hoppy flavor intensity typical of a NEIPA/Hazy beer
• the tropical hop-flavors, drier finish, lack-of-haze, and minimalist grist of a NewWCIPA
• that remains reasonably sessionable enough that I can have 2 while mowing the lawn!

 

[lumpher]

I enjoy a Hazy every now and then, but I'm still more of a "traditionalist". I brew mostly Hefes, Stouts, Blondes, and an occasional IPA. When I want a Hazy, I'll buy a 6er. While they can be good, I've never felt the desire to chase them.

 

[Miraculix]

I have had multiple neipas back when it started, they were all horrible to me. Then I've brewed one to prove that they were horrible because of the lack of freshness. Again it was a horrible "beer". It fit every single definition of a neipa and was not oxidised at all. Then I've bought a few cans of this brewdog neipa, brewed literally two or three weeks ago, again to show that it's actually a good style. What can I say ... Ho-rri-ble. Not only the taste, also my stomach said something along the lines of "you really expect me to digest THIS!?". I've tried

Hazies are not as extreme but can go into the same direction. I like hoppy beers like sierra Nevada pale ale. That's a good one. Add much more hops and you turn something good into something bad in my humble opinion.

 

[Brockness Monster]

I was a fan of highly hopped beers from 2007 (when I forced myself to start drinking Stone IPA to get used to it) to about 2012 (when I was finally burned out on hops and poorly made IPAs from numerous breweries). Don't really care for IPA's anymore, and anything that doesn't have some kind of yeast character is boring to me. That said, I still love a crisp well made pilsener on occasion.

 

[Miraculix]

I was a fan of highly hopped beers from 2007 (when I forced myself to start drinking Stone IPA to get used to it) to about 2012 (when I was finally burned out on hops and poorly made IPAs from numerous breweries). Don't really care for IPA's anymore, and anything that doesn't have some kind of yeast character is boring to me. That said, I still love a crisp well made pilsener on occasion.

I think I've bought stone IPA twice. The first time I forced it down, the second time I forgot about the first time, remembered it after the first sip and never bought it again.

 

[madscientist451]

do we all evolve to drinking hazy NEIPAS.

Are hazy ipas the natural obvious inevitable pinnacle of brewing/drinking?

Question #1 answer: From the responses so far, no we don’t all like hazy NEIPAs, but I like them, some more than others.

Question #2: I’ve been trying to make a really good NEIPA for the past few years, and it’s forced me to “clean up” my lazy ass brewing ways. I’ve upgraded my fermenters so I can do low oxygen dry hopping and transfers to the keg, studied advanced techniques and added water adjustments to my routine. So yeah, for me I suppose all the changes have brought me close to some sort of brewing pinnacle.

 

[Snuffy]

If I want to make one beer last a while and avoid having too many, I order a hazy.

 

[Miraculix]

If I want to make one beer last a while and avoid having too many, I order a hazy.

I've had a hazy in London once that I really liked. Lower abv and quite clear. No milkshake-ish beer. That was a good one.