How the East Was Won

[iijakii]

IPAs need to be ridiculous, dry and bitter. Can't stand IPAs that are anywhere near sweet, which is most of the east-coast ones I have tried., and frankly a lot of west coast ones too.

 

[b-boy]

IPAs need to be ridiculous, dry and bitter. Can't stand IPAs that are anywhere near sweet, which is most of the east-coast ones I have tried., and frankly a lot of west coast ones too.

I agree with this 100%. There are a lot of cloyingly sweet IPAs out there. Usually marketed as DIPAs or IIPAs. They are a little off-putting for me as well.

 

[m00ps]

IPAs need to be ridiculous, dry and bitter. Can't stand IPAs that are anywhere near sweet, which is most of the east-coast ones I have tried., and frankly a lot of west coast ones too.

But then how am I supposed to fit this 2lbs of crystal into it?
Plus, who puts sugar into their beers? Thats going to make it cidery

 

[iijakii]

But then how am I supposed to fit this 2lbs of crystal into it?
Plus, who puts sugar into their beers? Thats going to make it cidery

Well you need the crystal and a high mash temp. You want it to have body, of course. An FG of around 1.020 is perfect.

 

[blizz81]

I only drink Greenlandic-style IPAs. You guys are behind the trends.

 

[standpoint]

You all need to try Summit Brewery's True Brit IPA for a great example of balanced IPA. Minnesota makes some of the best beer around (OK, so does Wisconsin). For the over the top types, Surly brewery doesn't disappoint. Just don't drink Surly Furious, it used to be something good, but changed and just isn't the same.

 

[specharka]

East coast beers would be AMAZING, if you could get them on the WEST coast. You know why its so hard to get a good East coast IPA on the WEST coast? THEY DONT SEND THEM TO US..Ya want to know why? WE HAVE PLINY! Nuff said..LOL Just kidding really. well, sort of.....
I actually do like a lot of the East coast IPAs I have tried but I am not a palette wrecking IPA kind of guy..So it only goes to reason.

Funny OP brother! I like your style.

Cheers
Jay

I have been thinking about this...

Lawson's contracts out to Two Roads Brewing here in CT to locally produce Sip of Sunshine. Why couldn't others do the same? John Kimmich (Alchemist) and Vinnie Cilurzo (Russian River) develop some gentleman's agreement so that there would be wider distribution of both?

As much as I love HT, I would really like to try Supplication and I don't want to support the resale market. A friend of mine scored $300 worth of Cantillon in Brussels for a case of HT...surely there's some way for these indie guys to get better distribution.

 

[Braufessor]

I have been thinking about this...

Lawson's contracts out to Two Roads Brewing here in CT to locally produce Sip of Sunshine. Why couldn't others do the same? John Kimmich (Alchemist) and Vinnie Cilurzo (Russian River) develop some gentleman's agreement so that there would be wider distribution of both?

As much as I love HT, I would really like to try Supplication and I don't want to support the resale market. A friend of mine scored $300 worth of Cantillon in Brussels for a case of HT...surely there's some way for these indie guys to get better distribution.

From a business point of view - why would they? They can't make it fast enough to start with. If you can make it yourself, in your facility and distribute it closer to home and sell it all...... it would be inefficient to try to get someone else to brew it (for which they may or may not be properly equipped) and attempt to distribute it further away. Why would the Alchemist (for example) want to increase demand? They are not even close to keeping up with the demand they have now. Plus - the allure of many of these beers is found in the fact that they are hard to obtain.