IPA hate

[1977Brewer]

I think I would drink hop tea, daily. I'm IPA hydro sample drunk right now though.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I'm going to put in my 2 cents worth then git right outta town. I like some hoppy, but not a lot. It's just a personal preference thing. Then there are the macho yuppie scum types that liken hops in beer to jalepenos in nachos. Yeah, I drink this beer, not because it's good, but because it's got more hops than the Easter bunny and I can take it. Practically undrinkable cat urine, I'll pass on that, I don't judge beer lovers on the IBU scale, I judge them on their love of the beer. That's what's important, I have a couple of friends who think Arrogant Bastard Ale is the next best thing to mother's milk. I don't like it. But I don't berate them for liking it. Take a look at http://www.slate.com/articles/life/...ess_is_ruining_craft_beer_s_reputation.1.html
I just wish we had a lot more variety in the commercial market.

You missed any "actual discussion" on this by a long shot. Just join in the mayhem.

what the old-hater said!

 

[ol-hazza]

what the old-hater said!

Isnt that a line from a taylor swift song?

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Isnt that a line from a taylor swift song?

who's-a-whaty?

 

[ol-hazza]

who's-a-whaty?

Much like when i to fishing im getting no bites here

 

[Gentlemans_Ale]

Boom pseudoscience!

Everything in that article about that gene affecting perception of bitter flavor is conjecture. They call the gene a marker and say that they can't figure out why, and not for lack of trying, so here are some things we pulled out of our butts that don't hold up to experimentation.

Well sh#t! I thought everything on the World Wide Web was true...

 

[ol-hazza]

http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?imgu...4GYCA&tbm=isch&client=safari&ved=0CCMQMygFMAU

 

[Glasscloud]

Hoppy beers were always my least favourite. Definitely always preferred the darker more malty/grainy brews. Though I have pretty much only bought different IPAs over the last few months and meh. I only really enjoy them when they are super hoppy. Hoptimum is probably the best hoppy beer I've had. Anything less hoppy IMO is just not worth while. Kinda of like the difference between a Guinness(watered down nasty) and a maybe a founders breakfast stout.

 

[Psylocide]

Hoppy beers were always my least favourite. Definitely always preferred the darker more malty/grainy brews. Though I have pretty much only bought different IPAs over the last few months and meh. I only really enjoy them when they are super hoppy. Hoptimum is probably the best hoppy beer I've had. Anything less hoppy IMO is just not worth while. Kinda of like the difference between a Guinness(watered down nasty) and a maybe a founders breakfast stout.

So you like IIPAs and not IPAs... and you like Imperial Stouts but not Irish Stouts.

 

[Still Brewn]

Just to stir the pot and resurrect the dead..... anyone remember this commercial.

 

[Cape Brewing]

I don’t hate any beer and think it all comes down to personal preference. I’m a religious “drink what you like” person and that goes from BMC through Double Mango Goo-Goo Berry Glitter Milkshake Pastry Fake Version 224 IPA.

What I DO hate though.... is THIS... (as perfectly described by a local blogger)...

https://hoppyboston.com/2019/03/22/how-we-can-break-the-craft-beer-hype-cycle/

... and in the 25 years I’ve been into craft beer... I’ve never seen more of it than over the last few years.

Yes, it’s been a explosion of growth and there are a ton of benefits to that, but... and this shouldn’t be a surprise... some negatives come with it.

Personally, I think too often “hype” equals “tremendously artistic” in people’s heads... especially given the enormous number of people who are new to craft beer... and that can be frustrating.

When factors outside of whats in the can become more important than whats inside... that’s when I, personally, have a problem with it.

 

[Soulshine2]

"There are also many that dont appeal to me, they seem to try to hard. They taste like way too many hops crammed into a bottle, for the purpose of being way too many hops in a bottle!"

Exactly

Give me a good Maerzen, stout ,porter ,nut brown, kolsch...something with flavor but not as my wife puts it- "perfumey"
Hops was originally used as a preservative and add subtle flavor...go along with me here, but so is salt. Would you eat oversalted food...me neither.