What the hell's an IPA?

[jblaven]

Just found out. Damn you guys... Think I just found my new favorite beer! :fro:

 

[annasdadhockey]

Welcome to the bitter side!!!
Which one did you try?

 

[SavageSteve]

And which specific beer made you have this revelation? Do tell.

-Steve

 

[Trencher]

Congrats - your life truly begins today!

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Welcome to the club! Read this while I was drinking Red Hook's Longhammer IPA.... delish!

But like the rest, I must know what you drank to induct you to the HHA (Hop-Heads Association)?

 

[Parker36]

Welcome to the club! Read this while I was drinking Red Hook's Longhammer IPA.... delish!

My go-to 12pack IPA. Well done, sir

 

[Yooper]

Just found out. Damn you guys... Think I just found my new favorite beer! :fro:

Oh, yeah. Pretty soon, you'll be wearing a hophead t-shirt, and start being known as an IPA snob.

Here I am, talking about IPAs, of course, with a famous brewer:

Trust me, once you become a hophead, there is no hope for you. Even my husband has starting appreciating highly hopped beers, and we're growing hops to help keep up with demand.

 

[Brewin_CRAZY]

CONGRATS, might I recommend you try as many IPA's as possible, get to know what you like, and try to brew it!

 

[Mr. Nice Guy]

Welcome to the club! Read this while I was drinking Red Hook's Longhammer IPA.... delish!

But like the rest, I must know what you drank to induct you to the HHA (Hop-Heads Association)?

I'm drinking a longhammer too! You really can't beat it for the money.

You hopheads have to try the ipa's that lagunitas makes, they are really outstanding.

 

[greencoat]

Grats on the new discovery! One of my favorite past times is going my local beer snob haven and mixing a six pack of different IPAs. I just recently discovered Victory's Hop Wallop IPA - it's fantastic!

 

[Reno_eNVy]

You hopheads have to try the ipa's that lagunitas makes, they are really outstanding.

First of all, it's great to get the backup for the Longhammer love!

Secondly Mr. Nice Guy, Lagunitas IPA is fantastic. My LHBS carries tons of stuff you can't find anywhere else in the area and I often end up leaving with grain, hops and a delicious treat ^_^

 

[alcibiades]

gotta love american IPAs....

we do it big and bold, like our SUVs and shopping malls.

 

[Rick500]

So here's what you absolutely have to do next: find yourself some Bell's Two-Hearted ale, some Bell's Hopslam, some Founder's Double Trouble. Report back with your findings.

 

[jblaven]

Sweetwater
Atlanta, GA

Sweetwater Brewery

I am from GA, decided to try a "local" microbrew

 

[jaynik]

Wow. Sweetwater IPA is fantastic. Great grapefruit flavor. Super beer! I'm planning to try to find some on my way to Orlando next weekend!

 

[Zen_Brew]

This is a great time to find you like IPA's. I don't know if there has ever been a better selection available to sample at the commercial level.

Welcome welcome.

For some, life begins at 50....

50 IBU's
and it just gets better from there.

 

[annasdadhockey]

This is a great time to find you like IPA's. I don't know if there has ever been a better selection available to sample at the commercial level.

+1000000000000000000000

 

[beerkrump]

Sweetwater is a four cylinder IPA. Soon, you'll be downing SN Torpedoes like they're lemonade. Then, just wait until you get your hands on a Pliny or Ruination, your taste buds will never be the same.

 

[greencoat]

Sweetwater is a four cylinder IPA. Soon, you'll be downing SN Torpedoes like they're lemonade. Then, just wait until you get your hands on a Pliny or Ruination, your taste buds will never be the same.

Ruination may be the most aptly named beer in existence.

 

[Irie5447]

Oh, yeah. Pretty soon, you'll be wearing a hophead t-shirt, and start being known as an IPA snob.

Here I am, talking about IPAs, of course, with a famous brewer:

Trust me, once you become a hophead, there is no hope for you. Even my husband has starting appreciating highly hopped beers, and we're growing hops to help keep up with demand.

Aren't you the show off!

 

[Ryno]

Glad to hear about your hop discovery. I cant get enough of them. I just bought some Left Hand Brewery Warrior IPA and going to try Tremens Delirium for the first time this weekend. Cant wait!!

 

[Rick500]

Delirium Tremens is nothing like an IPA but I promise you you'll thoroughly enjoy it.

 

[HOOTER]

Think I just found my new favorite beer!

Amen brother! Let's hear it for the hops!

All this talk of IPA's is making me thirsty!

 

[zman]

I loves me some Torpedoes and I just discovered Hop Stupid....mmmmmmm. What about India Brown Ale?

 

[zman]

Glad to hear about your hop discovery. I cant get enough of them. I just bought some Left Hand Brewery Warrior IPA and going to try Tremens Delirium for the first time this weekend. Cant wait!!

+100 on Left Hand Brewing One of the Best Breweries here in Co

 

[Brewin_CRAZY]

I'm drinking a longhammer too! You really can't beat it for the money.

You hopheads have to try the ipa's that lagunitas makes, they are really outstanding.

They are not bad, Maximus and Hop Stopid are both amazing. If you get Ninkasi try their double hopped IPA, not gonna lie, its amazing. Hit up Ninkasi's Red, their IPA, their Double IPA, they are all amazing. So I live in oregon, their brewery is a whopping 40 mins away from me. If you dont get their beer in your area I may be able to help you out, just PM me. Their BIC has filled a few cornies for me before, its a great company and even better beer!!!!!

 

[MBasile]

Welcome to the wonderful world of IPA's. I remember when my buddy discovered Racer 5... well, I kind of remember. Apparently he loved it, because the pitchers kept on coming!

 

[rico567]

I love a good IPA. Lagunitas is very good if you're drinking more than one. DFH 90 min is very nearly the epitome of the IPA art.

I think in the last year or so, though, I'm about burned out on the "hop bombs." Like anything else in these United States, what we do we have the tendency to overdo. Me, I'm still seeking that perfect balance in an IPA. There are some that aren't billed as IPAs that are wonderfully balanced pale ales, and come close to what I could drink daily, like Three Floyds' Alpha King.

 

[Yooper]

Aren't you the show off!

Yeah- I LOVE that t-shirt.

 

[masonsjax]

I just tried stone IPA for the first time yesterday. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Last time I was in portland, OR I made a point of visiting descheutes (sp?) Brewery. Everything they make is fantastic, but they had something very very hoppy on their X tap that was amazing. Also had mirror pond from a hand pump, which tasted freaking great too.