Sounds like what used to happen to me. With age,the hop flavors fade,leaving their bitterness behind. They say that IPA's don't age well.
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jigidyjim
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Yah I've heard that - though I just thought it meant they lost flavor, and didn't think it meant they actually started tasting bad.
Sort of ironic, since wasn't the whole point of an IPA to be a beer that could survive a long ocean journey? Although I guess long might mean a few weeks, not 6 months.
Good question. Although,in researching Victorian ales,I've found that they did use more hops then as now. I just noticed in my ales that the hop flavor fades slowly,leaving only whatever bitternes they had to start with behind. Although,that was before I started using the o2 absorbing/blocking caps. All systems go at this point,but I am interested in how far that goes...?
