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

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This was always my hop harvest seasonal must-have:

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I still buy bombers of this when it comes around.

Also just bought a bomber of reasonably fresh Dreadnaught. Probably the only two IPA bombers I still buy (albeit on very limited occasions).
 
Another now out-of-style IPA that comes to mind is Lone Pint Yellow Rose IPA. This feels like one of the last talked-about non-hazy IPAs in beer circles prior to the onset of Global Juicening.

I remember really loving it when I could get it, but after chatting at my local bar with some visitors from the DFW area it sounds like quality has since taken a noticeable downturn.

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Yellow Rose is still a banger don’t let the DFW homies ruin it for you. I honestly don’t even know if Lone Pint sends it to DFW.

Another regional Pliney killer was Southern Star 2012 Pro-Am. They later repackaged it as Valkyrie and it was never the same.
 
Oh, Sculpin...

I hope it's still good. I have no idea, as I don't think I've encountered a fresh pack in a few years.

I remember being excited to try it when I went to a wedding in San Diego back in 2011. I even brought bottles back home to share with my friends. Now I can walk to my nearby grocery store and find expensive outdated dusty six packs on the shelves.

Sigh...
 
I remember that 3 week wait about 6 or so years ago when you'd be on high alert for a new batch of Ninja v Unicorn bombers. Some stores would get one case. You'd have the hard decision between drinking one or sending it away to the waiting list of folks that wanted anything from Pipeworks. Then the Ninja series followed. Citra Ninja was crazy hard to find. I think maybe Galaxy Unicorn was the hardest of the Unicorn series.

Now you just know whenever you need a DIPA you can find NvU sitting on shelves and it's typically fresh unless you're at some hole in the wall.
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This was the first one for me. I remember having Sam seasonals in college, then splitting a sixer of DFH 60 minute with someone, but after that I found my first true beer love. I bought so much of this **** when I graduated in 2007 and had a disposable income.
 
Got a big stainless steel growler of this beast back in the day...drank it in 30 mins on accident it was so good.

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Societe was the best San Diego brewery I visited in 2013. Everything on tap was great. Don't hear anything about them now. I hope they're still succeeding with the locals making crazy good old school pales and IPAs.
 
Societe was the best San Diego brewery I visited in 2013. Everything on tap was great. Don't hear anything about them now. I hope they're still succeeding with the locals making crazy good old school pales and IPAs.
2013 for me too: I had a single full day in San Diego and time to hit one spot so we went to Toronado. What an amazing tap list for a non-west coaster. The Pupil stood out even amongst others I was more hyped for.

If they've changed I refuse to hear it.
 
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This was the first one for me. I remember having Sam seasonals in college, then splitting a sixer of DFH 60 minute with someone, but after that I found my first true beer love. I bought so much of this **** when I graduated in 2007 and had a disposable income.
I’ll piggy-back to add this:

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Completely blew my mind when I had it in the mid-2000s. I still remember paying like $45 for a case and thinking how nuts it was considering Coors Light was $16 for a thirty pack.
 
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This was the first one for me. I remember having Sam seasonals in college, then splitting a sixer of DFH 60 minute with someone, but after that I found my first true beer love. I bought so much of this **** when I graduated in 2007 and had a disposable income.
This was an early favorite of mine too. I felt like one of the only people who was sad when it was replaced with Dirtwolf. Haven't tried it since it was brought back though.
 
Does Bear Republic still brew Racer X? And does Alesmith still do Yulesmith?
Yes racer x is still made. Though been a long time since I picked any up

Now yulesmith! They used to have two versions a winter and a summer. Winter was a big malty red ale and summer was more of a DIPA. I remember trying winter and thinking it was killer! So then I later found the summer version and thought oh cool I liked the last bottle let's have it again. Little did I know it was not the same and almost spit out my first taste, I wasn't that into hoppy west coast beer yet and dumped the rest of the bottle. A year or two passes and I tried it again and it was awesome. Then they dumped the yulesmith brand and started making Alesmith DOUBLE IPA year round. I don't believe I've ever tried that one.
 
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Kind of amazing to think that this was one of the red hot hyped up IPAs back in the day and now it turds it up everywhere.

It used to be really good, I assume it's not anymore, but I wouldn't know since I haven't bought any in years.
i was gonna post this up, back when they had the $8 bombers i always thought was super overpriced, but soo good. i remember thinking $15 6 pack was outrageous lol
 
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