Good question. I can't stand sours but I've never complained about their existence or that other folks enjoy them...
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Our tastebuds clearly aren't as refined or sophisticated as those who can appreciate a more "balanced" beverage. I'm confident that with enough determination and experience I will eventually get there. But for now I'm stuck sipping IPA's in ignorance with the rest of the peasants.
What is with the defensiveness of the hopheads? Drink what you like and don't worry about the other guy. RDWHAHB.
I think that, to a large extent, it's a generational thing. I'm certifiably old (wanna see my Medicare card?). I distinctly remember what good old American Lager tasted like before the dawn of the Light Beer Era. Believe it, or not, but there was a time when there were dozens of beers available, mostly of the same style, but each with its own, distinct flavor and character, unlike today's bland, tasteless, rice lagers. A lot of older folks tend to see IPAs as an extension of the bland, BMC syndrome, in that hoppy beers tend to taste a lot alike. The NEIPA craze hasn't really developed nationwide, yet. We don't see much of that style here in the West. I've actually tried a couple, at a brewpub here in MT that brews a few NEIPA-ish beers, and thought they were pretty good, but not 8 bucks a pint good.
A frequent complaint in this thread has been that bars and taprooms dedicate too many taps to hoppy brews. Again, that's a generational thing. The appeal of hanging out in bars does diminish as one gets older. If the bar crowd is predominately made up of folks who came of age since the craft beer revolution began, and who think hops = craft beer, the bars, taprooms and brewpubs are, naturally, going to keep what most of the clientele wants on tap.
The Boomers and the Millennials are the two biggest bulges in American demographics today. The old folks have more disposable income, but the young folks hang out in bars more. There's your problem. It won't last forever, though. The Boomers are already dying off, and the Millennials are starting to settle down, raise families, and spend more time at kids' soccer games, PTA meetings, etc. and less time socializing. The next generation may not grow up liking beer at all, and any of us who are still here in, say, 10 years will be wondering what all the fuss over IPAs used to be about.
RDWHAHB.
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MapleGroveAleworks
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Who is being judgemental towards individual people? Please show me. I see plenty of judgment towards breweries the current trend of 50%+ all taps being IPAs everywhere I go. And if you get defensive over that, I can't help you.
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MapleGroveAleworks
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Because it's disheartening to visit new breweries and they have 10 beers on tap. 5 of them were IPAs. That gets old.
If that happened to you with sours, you'd be just as justified in similar complaints.
CavA3R4
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I still love my Orval clone. it is slighty citrusy or fruity and then just a little bit sour.
man is that good stuff. Of my friends who "know" beers, they all love it. I'm going to have to make another batch before I run out.
man is that good stuff. Of my friends who "know" beers, they all love it. I'm going to have to make another batch before I run out.
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Interesting thread! It's fun around here, I should have joined in sooner! I was never seriously infected by the super hopped virus, and lean to maltier more often than not. But I do enjoy IPA when i enjoy it. Two hearted is a favorite, and I keep a keg of my interpretation there of on hand most times. (At risk of being branded heathen - I will confess that I often drink is so cold it is almost turning to a squishy - And I love it that way.) I always think that discussions about where IPA sits in the landscape is almost summed up by a qoute from the late Skeeter Skelton:". . . saying that sourmash bourbon constitutes an unimportant factor in the diet of man. Maybe, but ain't there lots of it being put to use?" Ya likes what ya likes who am i to judge!
anotherbeerplease
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NEIPAs won't last forever just like anything else. Enjoy them while they are at their peak and by the time you get bored I'm sure there will be a new style on the horizon too. For me I love the depth of flavor that IPAs offer; they seem to me far more complex than just about any other beer style out there with not just the malt but also the hops to enjoy. At the same time I think there are a lot of underappreciated styles, brown ales, red ales, american lagers etc that just sit there in the background unnoticed.
