IPA's... what's the draw?

[Marsdude]

I was a lot like "beowolf." I was totally into malty beers and gradually came to appreciate IPA's.

One thing you might try - allow your IPA to warm up a bit before you drink it. Sometimes this really brings out a lot of the subtle flavors.

 

[Chap]

I first posted this in May and since then I have tried many IPA's. I am still not a "hop head" but I am starting to appreciate the hops! I think I will always enjoy a good malty beer but the hops are winning me over!

 

[Handle]

I love me some seriously spicy foods, and I love me some seriously hoppy IPA's as well. hmmmm

By the by....yes, I too am crazy for extremely hot foods...tacos slathered with Pure Death sauce...oh yeah... Habanero poppers, even better...

I also love ridiculously spicy foods, and I like myself some pretty hoppy beers.

I'd be willing to bet there's a correlation there.

 

[dunnright00]

About an hour ago, I would have said the same thing about sour beers.

But I'm at the last few sips of my Jolly Pumpkin La Roja, and I'm liking it!

Give it time...

 

[stevedasleeve]

That leaves you with only about 50 types left to brew.

That's enough no?!

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

I didn't get it either until I recently bought a 6-er of Bell's Two-Hearted Ale. Not bitter...not sweet...perfect balance and lots of great flavor/aroma. Strong but doesn't taste like it. Just about every other IPA I've had was either cloyingly sweet or too bitter and sometimes tasted strong.

 

[QuixoticDevice]

Oh man, if you don't drink IPAs, that only leaves you with porters, stouts, milds, bitters, EPAs, APAs, Dubbels, Tripels, Krieks, ESBs, barleywines, wheats, hefes, pilsners, schwarzbiers, kolschs, dunkels, and lagers! I suppose you could live that way... If you can call that living!

In all seriousness, that's one of the great things about beer: if you find one you don't like, there's still legions of others out there to try and enjoy.