Let's Remember Some Beers (In Memoriam: Old IPAs)

[EvenMoreJesus]

Bite your tongue:

Only good Black IPA that I've ever had. True story.

 

[thewimperoo]

Ska Modus Hoperandi was a favorite in my early days.

Found this picture I took of Falling Rock's menu back in 2009. Most of the ones already posted in here.

 

[flexabull]

That one is the spices have changed.

That's right! But I do remember people bitching about how the hops/hoppiness had changed as well.

I don't think this was the first canned craft beer, but it was among them. My uncle gave me a can of this when I visited Oregon in 2008. My mind was blown by an IPA in a can. Simpler times.

It's still pretty decent, and a solid value at around $10/sixer. I need to drink beers like this more often. I think I'm finally starting to tire of the ticking lyfe.

I was so excited when this beer showed up, a good IPA in a can?! For a couple of years it was a staple in my backpack during hikes and overnight trips.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Yeah. Back when the southeast exploded onto the shitlord scene, some asshat was convinced this DONG was going to be a whale. A growler that was traded twice became a running hyperbolic joke that growlers were traded dozens of times. Then they bottled it and people were trying to get rid of it as extras.

Jojomdma.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

I was so excited when this beer showed up, a good IPA in a can?! For a couple of years it was a staple in my backpack during hikes and overnight trips.

Speaking of early IPA's in cans:

 

[Number45]

Dogfish 60 and 90 for me, they were basically gateway drugs to hoppier beers. Still enjoy the 90 minute if fresh, brings back dem feels.

 

[sherm10161]

Does anyone know if FFF still makes Brian Boru? We used to get bottles of it up here way back when, and I thought it was unbelievable at the time. I'd love to revisit it, preferably without driving to Munster.

 

[litheum94]

Remember when adding lactose to an IPA was a novel idea to add body and balance out big bitterness and booziness, rather than create a hoppy milkshake?

Must have been drunk when I took all of my photos

 

[FoudreGuy]

Speaking of early IPA's in cans:

I used to be so excited getting a sixer of this whenever we'd visit my wife's family in Nebraska.

 

[Stubs]

Dogfish 60 and 90 for me, they were basically gateway drugs to hoppier beers. Still enjoy the 90 minute if fresh, brings back dem feels.

This was Hop Devil from Victory for me

 

[lb304854]

Jojomdma.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu that's right. Knew you would come up with his name.

 

[KevSal]

Only good Black IPA that I've ever had. True story.

my favorite, from memory ofcourse, was this little guy

funny enough it was technically my first alchemist beer. i only bought one, went back and they were all gone

 

[FoudreGuy]

Remember when they tried to make White IPA a thing?

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Does anyone know if FFF still makes Brian Boru? We used to get bottles of it up here way back when, and I thought it was unbelievable at the time. I'd love to revisit it, preferably without driving to Munster.

It's no longer listed on their website. Last BA review was posted in 2015.

 

[thebandit1]

It's no longer listed on their website. Last BA review was posted in 2015.

I just browsed their site because I’m bored and found out they can Gumballhead.

Damn.

 

[sherm10161]

I just browsed their site because I’m bored and found out they can Gumballhead.

Damn.

Had one last night. It's delicious.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

I just browsed their site because I’m bored and found out they can Gumballhead.

Damn.

This is a very recent development. Gumballhead is now in 6x12oz packs and Alpha King is 4x16oz cans. I'm sure ZD is on the horizon.

 

[FoudreGuy]

Gumball Head is awesome.
Zombie Dust is fine.
Alpha King sucks.

 

[ABSTRACTlegend]

Bite your tongue:

 

[1v1willwreku]

1v1willwreku

confirmed.

 

[jmgrub]

Remember when they tried to make White IPA a thing?

Had a couple good ones, the one from El Segundo in particular. Bitter Monk was also good but I think it had brett?

 

[gregkoko]

Gumball Head is awesome.
Zombie Dust is fine.
Alpha King sucks.

Accurate

 

[Stubs]

Had a couple good ones, the one from El Segundo in particular. Bitter Monk was also good but I think it had brett?

And aged in wine barrels. I dont even know why it was called a White IPA. It was delicious though.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Remember when they tried to make White IPA a thing?

Let's consider all of the IPA sub-genres that have since bitten dust:

- Red IPA
- White IPA
- Black IPA
- Rye IPA
- Belgian IPA
- Brett IPA

Please correct me if I've forgotten any.

 

[FTowne1]

Let's consider all of the IPA sub-genres that have since bitten dust:

- Red IPA
- White IPA
- Black IPA
- Rye IPA
- Belgian IPA
- Brett IPA

Please correct me if I've forgotten any.

The market is absolutely bloated with hazy IPA's now, so I'm hoping that it meets it's maker in the next 2-3 years.

 

[ripps1]

Let's consider all of the IPA sub-genres that have since bitten dust:

- Red IPA
- White IPA
- Black IPA
- Rye IPA
- Belgian IPA
- Brett IPA

Please correct me if I've forgotten any.

Hopefully coming soon to that list

-milkshake IPAs

 

[wuntrikpony]

Let's consider all of the IPA sub-genres that have since bitten dust:

- Red IPA
- White IPA
- Black IPA
- Rye IPA
- Belgian IPA
- Brett IPA

Please correct me if I've forgotten any.

RIP brown IPAs

 

[coach1]

Hopefully coming soon to that list

-milkshake IPAs

Brut IPAs too, please.

 

[wuntrikpony]

Brut IPAs too, please.

Would rather drink the crab juice.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

RIP brown IPAs

I thought you were playing with me. Yike.

 

[coach1]

RIP brown IPAs

I thought you were playing with me. Yike.

The only brown IPA (BIPA? BRIPA?) I remember having was from 10 Barrel back in the pre-InBev days. It was actually pretty good.

But I don't know if it was ever really a trend, or just an attempted trend that never got any footing. It also came around in the wake of Black IPAs IIRC, so that may have been a factor.

 

[thebandit1]

Completely random but this beer is the best black IPA I’ve ever had:

And the barrel-aged version is a top five beer for me.

I’m old. I remember when Shorts was good.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

The only brown IPA (BIPA? BRIPA?) I remember having was from 10 Barrel back in the pre-InBev days. It was actually pretty good.

But I don't know if it was ever really a trend, or just an attempted trend that never got any footing. It also came around in the wake of Black IPAs IIRC, so that may have been a factor.

This -- and White IPA, for that matter -- felt like brewers throwing out ideas in hopes of staying ahead of IPA trends. Brown was the last untried IPA color of the SRM rainbow, and Blue Moon was the #1 "crafty" beer at that time.

 

[jmgrub]

Let's consider all of the IPA sub-genres that have since bitten dust:

- Red IPA
- White IPA
- Black IPA
- Rye IPA
- Belgian IPA
- Brett IPA

Please correct me if I've forgotten any.

Too bad American-style barleywines are still around.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Too bad American-style barleywines are still around.

I'll still order a FFF Behemoth if I see it on daft, and sometimes I convince myself that I *do* want a Bigfoot, but otherwise, yeah, I tend to agree.

 

[ripps1]

Brut IPAs too, please.

I forgot about those. Good call

 

[coach1]

I forgot about those. Good call

I wish I had forgotten about them.

 

[bramsdell]

RIP brown IPAs

When this first came out (bombers), it was ****ing fantastic. Like 8.5%, creamy brown ale base, and an nice piney hoppiness to balance it out. Better than any black IPA I've ever had.

The sixers were a shell of this beer's former self.

 

[CSO]

Let's consider all of the IPA sub-genres that have since bitten dust:

- Red IPA
- White IPA
- Black IPA
- Rye IPA
- Belgian IPA
- Brett IPA

Please correct me if I've forgotten any.

Wood. Baseball bats. How this flavor juggernaut was surpassed by hazy IPA’s I’ll never know.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Wood. Baseball bats. How this flavor juggernaut was surpassed by hazy IPA’s I’ll never know.

Oh man, wood-aged IPAs. Good call. I was always partial to the Humidor IPA.