Why is everyone only into IPA's

[permo]

Personally I love a great IPA, but I think with knowledge comes power. I study the BJCP style guidelines and learn to appreciate other styles of beers and judge them for what they are intended to be. It isn't fair to compare everything to an IPA

 

[atom]

what's an ipa? i've never heard of it or seen a thread like this before...

 

[Venari]

... The "cat piss" one.

I do remember cat piss, but that was a few months ago, and now I can't remember which one I was referring to. I'll have to defer to your memory of that day. But I do remember saying, of the samples at that particular brewery, "I like it", which to me, means "I'll drink it".

The ones I really liked were the Dark Horse, the stout you had at home, and the chocolate stout that was at Big Rigs.


Back to the topic of IPA's, however. I did make one here at home, seeing as I felt I couldn't properly get an opinion of it until I had seen what went into making one. I still haven't emptied that keg, but I have pulled off a few samples of it. Quite the hoppy pumpkin flavour.

 

[brick_haus]

IPA's are for those with more refined pellets. Lots of them.

 

[Teromous]

This is an interesting read while I sit here drinking my commercial Imperial Oktoberfest after a long afternoon of bottling my Belgian Dubbel.

 

[Patch62383]

Hey I love IPA's and I love experimenting with different hops but man there is so much more to brewing than IPA's maybe I am just an odd duck I prefer to brew as much different stuff as I can

 

[Peruvian802]

@Teromous - are those brands of IPA? If so, I'd like to try them.

 

[Hello]

Whats with the pallets? I don't get it must be because I am slow

If you brewed more IPAs you would know.


I love IPAs. I spent years hating them. I dumped a fair share of what were probably amazing IPAs down the drain as well. I tend to brew for me and share with all. That means I like to have a pale, a stout, an IPA and then something random on tap.

I am okay if no one likes to brew what I like best. It doesn't even seem to bother me.

 

[LandoLincoln]

Hey I love IPA's and I love experimenting with different hops but man there is so much more to brewing than IPA's maybe I am just an odd duck I prefer to brew as much different stuff as I can

Yeah, that's pretty weird, all righty.

 

[mrdauber64]

The awesome thing about IPA's that I like is that you don't need to make them so that they are enamel-strippingly bitter. If that is what you don't like about them, then either first wort hop them or have a small bittering addition and a huge late/dry hop. Also if you don't like the citrus or pine, choose a hop that doesn't have the characteristic that you don't like. There are so many variations(black, red, Belgian, west coast, east coast.....) and different ways to make them you should be able to find one that you like. The term IPA gets a bad rap from IPA haters because they aren't open to trying the different variations of the style. Not all IPA's are like Stone's Ruination.

 

[Patch62383]

Hey I figured as much I was just curious if everyone else only brewed IPA's I myself love IPA's I probably brew them 50% of the time although the more I brew the more I realize it is just as hard if not harder to create and brew a successful stout, brown, amber ect..... Anyways I love IPA's I think for myself I am just ready to start doing different stuff.

 

[Patch62383]

I agree I love hops but not hops that are all of the beer. I always first wort hop my IPA's I also do a lot of late small additions for aromas. My favorite hops for IPA's are Chinook,citra and simcoe

 

[slym2none]

Let me consult my notebook - these are what I have brewed so far, and what I have planned through December:

an amber ale
a barleywine
an IPA
a blonde
an Oktoberfest ale
a stout
a dark winter ale
an Irish red
an APA
a rye ESB
a nut-brown ale
and finally on the end of the year, another IPA

Admittedly, it's the only style I will brew twice, all year long. I can live with that.

 

[Chris_Primavera]

One more thing -

Once you acquire a taste for IPA's going back to less aggressive brews is disappointing. I used to like Stella Artois - had one the other day and it tasted like Coors Light to my pallet

 

[normonster]

That's like saying why is everyone into blonde women....they aren't. Your highlight real may include a heavy majority of them but a smokin hot brunette asking for some company will undoubtedly make the cut.

 

[aprichman]

IPAs are one of the few styles that I usually enjoy around the year. During the winter I'll usually drink a lot more stouts, porters, etc. as well as whiskey but will always have 1 or 2 IPAs kicking around my fridge. In the summer I tend to transition away from darker beers and whiskey and drink mostly pale ales and IPAs. I think a lot of this has to do with the wide variety of hops that can lend very different flavors to very simple malt bills. It's hard to get burned out on IPAs or any hop forward style if you're using different hops IMO.

 

[wobdee]

I was on the IPA kick for a couple years, got burnt out on hops and brew nothing but malty lagers now. I think I'll stick to lagers for the most part in the future.

 

[Gavin C]

I'd like to know more about brewing 15 gallon IPA's. Big IPA's in other words. What are the things I need to look into. No scale nonsense now. I only want to hear from folks who have

a: brewed 15 gallon IPA's
b: have a refined and/or expanded pallet
c: thumb their noses at <90IBU beers

 

[hanuswalrus]

I've never seen so many "pallets" being thrown around in one thread and I work in the freight business

 

[Patch62383]

You need a bigger mash tun bigger boil kettle and lots more ingredients lol. I usually brew 10-12 gallon batches

 

[dsaavedra]

You need a bigger mash tun bigger boil kettle and lots more ingredients lol. I usually brew 10-12 gallon batches

This guy gets it

 

[Gavin C]

You need a bigger mash tun bigger boil kettle and lots more ingredients lol. I usually brew 10-12 gallon batches

That disqualifies you. You haven't got the 15gallon stare. Remember no scale nonsense.

Sorry recent nonsense post that seems appropriate in this "Why does everyone like x thread" of which the there are a batrilliozillion.

 

[Patch62383]

What is so much harder about a 15 gallon batch over a 10? it is just bigger equipment not really anything else expect obviously scaling your recipe to fit the boil size and having the right amount of fermenters

 

[slym2none]

Brewing a 15-gallon batch for the first time is like going Super-Saiyan for the first time. Just pure badassery.



Brewing your first 15-gallon batch as an IPA, SS2...

 

[day_trippr]

Why do people start threads to publicly whine about a beer style they don't like?

Cheers!

 

[Patch62383]

Who's whining about beers they don't like?

 

[charles]

Making an ipa with 5 hops, MT hood centennial US fuggles cascade and Chinook. Going to transfer to a secondary. Should I dry hop more cascades?

 

[Patch62383]

If you want a lot of aroma. I'd add hops every 5 minutes after the 20 minute mark and at flame out. I'd dry hop with cascades 2 ounces

 

[Bosh]

Love IPAs that are nice big mouthfuls of hop juice but the really dry ones that seem more and more common these days are getting on my nerves. You get a wonderful burst of hop flavor and then a big empty hole where all the other flavor should be.

 

[normonster]

I'd like to know more about brewing 15 gallon IPA's. Big IPA's in other words. What are the things I need to look into. No scale nonsense now. I only want to hear from folks who have



a: brewed 15 gallon IPA's

b: have a refined and/or expanded pallet

c: thumb their noses at <90IBU beers

Make another thread then hijacker.