Random Beer Thoughts

[Jnorton00]

Thank you.

You're an inspiration to us all.

 

[nathanmiller]

People on here that write about beer for various or any publications: can you hit me up in DMs? I have some questions if you wouldn't mind. Thanks in advance for being awesome.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

People on here that write about beer for various or any publications: can you hit me up in DMs? I have some questions if you wouldn't mind. Thanks in advance for being awesome.

dontdrinkbeer and arren should be the only voices of reason you listen to, possibly LukeAleTime if you want legitimate answers.

 

[arren]

dontdrinkbeer and arren should be the only voices of reason you listen to, possibly LukeAleTime if you want legitimate answers.

My name and "voice of reason" should never be in the same sentence.

If you want legit answers, consult DannyFullpint.

 

[dontdrinkbeer]

Contact Ding or ChadzBeerReviews

 

[jivex5k1]

People on here that write about beer for various or any publications: can you hit me up in DMs? I have some questions if you wouldn't mind. Thanks in advance for being awesome.

Does my wordpress blog count?
Here's my most recent review:
https://briansbeerblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/dogfish-head-75-minute-ipa/

 

[sacrelicio]

Does my wordpress blog count?
Here's my most recent review:
https://briansbeerblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/dogfish-head-75-minute-ipa/

Oh boy, maple variant IPA! Add vanilla and make it turbid and you got a winner.

 

[LukeAleTime]

dontdrinkbeer and arren should be the only voices of reason you listen to, possibly LukeAleTime if you want legitimate answers.

Legitimate. No one has ever called me that. I've finally made it.

 

[LukeAleTime]

People on here that write about beer for various or any publications: can you hit me up in DMs? I have some questions if you wouldn't mind. Thanks in advance for being awesome.

I'm not sure how much help I can be from downunder, but I pitch to a few US places and have articles coming up in a couple.

 

[JonathanAmes]

dontdrinkbeer and arren should be the only voices of reason you listen to

 

[arren]

I just read someone say, "Boy, I can't wait for this IPA trend to be over" and I'm just speechless. While certain substyles can draw the ire of some folks, the style itself has never been a trend. It's akin to someone saying, "man, I love all kinds of meat, but I sure hope this 'chicken' trend ends soon."

The hate for IPAs is so strong at a time when the style is arguably more accessible than ever - but everyone is still stuck on the IPA a la Greg Koch. I can understand not knowing about beer, but how you can be a regular at breweries and beer bars and still ask the question, "Why do these breweries have like 15 different IPAs but only one porter?"

 

[ISO Valeric]

"Why do these breweries have like 15 different IPAs but only one porter?"

ahahaha. "imagine if a brewery tried to formulate 15 different porters, then you'll understand why"

 

[lazerviking]

The hate for IPAs is so strong at a time when the style is arguably more accessible than ever - but everyone is still stuck on the IPA a la Greg Koch.

Interesting perspective. I haven't experienced this at all. My anecdotal experience is that people who have previously hated IPAs now proclaim them as their favorite style.

 

[trickytunadicky]

Interesting perspective. I haven't experienced this at all. My anecdotal experience is that people who have previously hated IPAs now proclaim them as their favorite style.

Still solidly just okay to me. There are a few I enjoy, but if I was going to write sexist beer articles as a woman, the first one I would write would be "Ten IPAs to get your Boyfriend/Husband Wild About Craft Beer!" It's the men's version of fruit beer.

 

[arren]

Interesting perspective. I haven't experienced this at all. My anecdotal experience is that people who have previously hated IPAs now proclaim them as their favorite style.

I think the amount of people open to IPAs has definitely increased, but for the most part there's still an incredible stigma behind them due to how they got popular.

It also doesn't help that IPAs are like sushi, in that if you've had a bad first experience, there's a good chance you won't ever want to try it again.

 

[steimie]

I think the amount of people open to IPAs has definitely increased, but for the most part there's still an incredible stigma behind them due to how they got popular.

It also doesn't help that IPAs are like sushi, in that if you've had a bad first experience, there's a good chance you won't ever want to try it again.

How did they get popular?

 

[boogercrack]

I think the amount of people open to IPAs has definitely increased, but for the most part there's still an incredible stigma behind them due to how they got popular.

It also doesn't help that IPAs are like sushi, in that if you've had a bad first experience, there's a good chance you won't ever want to try it again.

Yeah I have no idea what you're trying to say here.

 

[stupac2]

I think he's saying that people are beer hipsters. IPAs are what gets a lot of people into beer, and they're hugely popular among the more beer-naive side of the beer scene. So a lot of people (read: idiots) think that makes them too hoi polloi, and instead talk about, I dunno, weirder styles that have less mass appeal. Some people seem to really relish disliking popular things and I think that's what drives about 95% of the anti-IPA stuff you see around.

 

[arren]

I think he's saying that people are beer hipsters. IPAs are what gets a lot of people into beer, and they're hugely popular among the more beer-naive side of the beer scene. So a lot of people (read: idiots) think that makes them too hoi polloi, and instead talk about, I dunno, weirder styles that have less mass appeal. Some people seem to really relish disliking popular things and I think that's what drives about 95% of the anti-IPA stuff you see around.

That's not at all what I mean, but it's a good point nonetheless - I suppose a good amount of it is backlash from their popularity.

I meant that there seem to be casual drinkers who still believe the IPA scene is how it was circa the mid-00's, a land of 120 Min and Ruination and Green Flash IIPA - and that paints their impressions of the style as a whole in a negative light.

 

[ggfunk]

My impression is that folks on the outside think IPAs are what all the beer geeks are super into.

 

[sb67]

Interesting perspective. I haven't experienced this at all. My anecdotal experience is that people who have previously hated IPAs now proclaim them as their favorite style.

I think the amount of people open to IPAs has definitely increased, but for the most part there's still an incredible stigma behind them due to how they got popular.

It also doesn't help that IPAs are like sushi, in that if you've had a bad first experience, there's a good chance you won't ever want to try it again.

160+ IPAs in, and I still don't like IPAs. I wish people would stop telling me their stories of how they used to not like IPAs, but now it's all they drink, and my palate will just have to get used to them. "Just wait until you try [brewery] IPA!" Why does it matter to so many people if maybe I just don't like IPAs?

 

[ggfunk]

160+ IPAs in, and I still don't like IPAs. I wish people would stop telling me their stories of how they used to not like IPAs, but now it's all they drink, and my palate will just have to get used to them. "Just wait until you try [brewery] IPA!" Why does it matter to so many people if maybe I just don't like IPAs?

Because validation of their tastes is all they care about.

 

[Snarf1]

160+ IPAs in, and I still don't like IPAs. I wish people would stop telling me their stories of how they used to not like IPAs, but now it's all they drink, and my palate will just have to get used to them. "Just wait until you try [brewery] IPA!" Why does it matter to so many people if maybe I just don't like IPAs?

3000 posts in and you're still talking about how much you don't like IPA.

 

[sb67]

Because validation of their tastes is all they care about.

They get really upset when I say things like, "Yes, I've had Trillium. Treehouse. Sip of Sunshine. Pliny. I don't like IPAs." At that point, it's just funny to watch them stumble for how to attempt to berate me next.

 

[sb67]

3000 posts in and you're still talking about how much you don't like IPA.

HE STARTED IT!! *points finger to no one in particular*
Just following the conversation.

 

[lb304854]

The JCN thread in Trade Help reminds me how sane beer used to be. In 2011-12 I made separate international trades for JCN, Blauw, Blabaer, and Crianza with combinations of Rare, King Henry, and Vanilla BCS. All partners were willing to work out extras to make int'l shipping worth it.

Beer was so fun between '09-'12. I can only imagine how great it was before that.

 

[stupac2]

The JCN thread in Trade Help reminds me how sane beer used to be. In 2011-12 I made separate international trades for JCN, Blauw, Blabaer, and Crianza with combinations of Rare, King Henry, and Vanilla BCS. All partners were willing to work out extras to make int'l shipping worth it.

Beer was so fun between '09-'12. I can only imagine how great it was before that.

The one counterpoint is that while a lot of stuff like that has gotten harder to get, there's more good beer than ever being produced. Today pretty much anyone can drink really well just off of locals and stuff on shelves. How often was that true in '09?

 

[JCastle1]

They get really upset when I say things like, "Yes, I've had Trillium. Treehouse. Sip of Sunshine. Pliny. I don't like IPAs." At that point, it's just funny to watch them stumble for how to attempt to berate me next.

You obviously haven't tried Kernel yet.

 

[lb304854]

The one counterpoint is that while a lot of stuff like that has gotten harder to get, there's more good beer than ever being produced. Today pretty much anyone can drink really well just off of locals and stuff on shelves. How often was that true in '09?

Absolutely true.

But no lambic.

 

[ant880]

How often was that true in '09?

Exactly 65.3% of the time