some damn good IPA's out there

**Fritz** · 06-25-2015, 05:54 AM

Originally Posted by Mustonen

Go start a sour beer thread.

No seriously, it's a style I'm looking to explore.

Search and you might find.

**yeahman** · 06-26-2015, 08:27 PM

Pisses me off when I go to a restaurant or bar and ask if they have any pale ales on tap. They invariably start listing the IPAs. No, I want a pale ale, got any? Then they say something like you mean Bud Light? NO, I WANT A FUCKING PALE ALE, GOT ANY? And lots of times they don't have an actual pale ale on tap because all the IPAs have taken over. Which makes me want to find the bar manager and say you are fucking clueless. Get these fucking ten IPAs the out of here and get a regular pale ale on tap. It's not the same thing, and I'm really kind of sick of IPAs and I prefer a regular pale ale that's not overly hoppy and overly strong. Bar managers who don't understand the difference between an IPA and a pale ale should get a different job. You need to have BOTH, capiche?

**~mikey b** · 06-26-2015, 08:55 PM

yeah, man

SB · 06-28-2015, 04:26 AM

Moobs, side effect of drankin too manys IPA

**strawjack** · 06-30-2015, 07:30 AM

Cloudbusting from Grimm is a tasty brew. Stumbled upon that one in a new bar last night.

http://grimmales.com/

**MagnificentUnicorn** · 06-30-2015, 07:51 AM

Originally Posted by yeahman

Pisses me off when I go to a restaurant or bar and ask if they have any pale ales on tap. They invariably start listing the IPAs. No, I want a pale ale, got any? Then they say something like you mean Bud Light? NO, I WANT A FUCKING PALE ALE, GOT ANY? And lots of times they don't have an actual pale ale on tap because all the IPAs have taken over. Which makes me want to find the bar manager and say you are fucking clueless. Get these fucking ten IPAs the out of here and get a regular pale ale on tap. It's not the same thing, and I'm really kind of sick of IPAs and I prefer a regular pale ale that's not overly hoppy and overly strong. Bar managers who don't understand the difference between an IPA and a pale ale should get a different job. You need to have BOTH, capiche?

I think every bar should be required to have Sierra Nevada Pale Ale on tap right next to the Bud and Bud Light.

**fool** · 06-30-2015, 10:05 PM

Visited Knee Deep in Auburn last Saturday. Good time, though the beer didn't impress me as much as I thought it would. Need to give it another go.

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**shroom** · 06-30-2015, 10:41 PM

citrus mistress tonight cuz I like my shit fruity

**PlayItLeo** · 07-01-2015, 06:40 AM

High grade

**strawjack** · 07-01-2015, 07:16 AM

Ya mon! Lunch is tasty even for breakfast

**Game Over** · 07-01-2015, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by shroom

citrus mistress tonight cuz I like my shit fruity

Unsure I'd call it a fruit beer (at least thats what I try to tell myself

) as they only use the peel. I'd have to think zest is more of a spice?

**Captain Awesome** · 07-01-2015, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by strawjack

Ya mon! Lunch is tasty even for breakfast

My favorite local pizza/beer spot just announced "The Maine Line" which is a draft line dedicated solely to Maine Beer Company. I'm happy. They have a few sixtels of Lunch ready to go.

**strawjack** · 07-01-2015, 01:39 PM

VT'ers = drunks

**FussyDutchman** · 07-01-2015, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by strawjack

VT'ers = drunks

I may or may not resemble that statement

. Time to man up NH!

**SchralphMacchio** · 07-02-2015, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by fool

Visited Knee Deep in Auburn last Saturday. Good time, though the beer didn't impress me as much as I thought it would. Need to give it another go.

Dang, that's a surprise! Everyone here knows I'm a huge fanboy ... really liked the Lupulin River. I haven't been to their brewery, but the consistency of their year round TIPAs is kind of unparalleled. The fact that you can get Simtra, Hoparillo, and Hop Shortage year round is pretty cool.

For other CA brands ... I've been drinking quite a bit of Saint Archer IPA recently. Very much my style of malts and hops.

**brutah** · 07-02-2015, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by strawjack

VT'ers = drunks

please..... for one its quality over quanity (NW>NE) and there's more breweries and better breweries in the west

but i'll give vermont a nod for the most breweries per capita. That being said magic hat is only ok (only vermont beer i've knowingly had)

California number one in the nation with 481 breweries

Washington comes in at number 2 with 256 breweries (also, most of the nation's hops come from the yakima valley)

Colorado is #3 with 235 breweries

Oregon is #4 with 216 breweries

New York is #5 with 181 breweries.

Vermont, meanwhile, is tied for 24th place (but number one in breweries per capita)

(source: https://www.brewersassociation.org/statistics/by-state/)

**glademaster** · 07-02-2015, 02:48 PM

Michigan will always be the #1 beer state in my mind. I've had more standout beers brewed in the mitten than anywhere else, and I've tippled brews from Burlington to San Diego.

I think I'm going to start a Pilsner/Kolsch/Helles/Weisse thread.

**brutah** · 07-02-2015, 02:51 PM

And for those on the anti-IPA stance, go start your own beer thread. Sours have their place and there are some good ones out there, but i'll drink one and be done with them for awhile. Sours aren't that sessionable. But that Gose beer is completely shit, if I want to drink a sour, salty beverage i'll lick my own armpit because that's what that shit tastes like......

this article sums up my thoughts nicely: http://www.thrillist.com/drink/natio...ned-craft-beer

I worked at a craft brewery for about a year and its just a plain fact that IPAs sell. I watched this brewery basically just relabel and rename their pale ale a session IPA, and then watched that beer become more popular and its sales increase. that's also how I measure a brewery, ie, how good/bad is their IPA. Unless you are a brewery fulfilling a specific niche like being a belgium brewery, you should have a good IPA in your stable.

**Bromontana** · 07-02-2015, 03:26 PM

Warning: IPA thread turning militant like crossfit thread.

**MakersTeleMark** · 07-02-2015, 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by Bromontana

Warning: IPA thread turning militant like crossfit thread.

My local brewery has a crossfit place across the parking lot. It's fun to watch hot girls lift and throw shit whilst sipping a cold IPA.

**glademaster** · 07-02-2015, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by BRUTAH

And for those on the anti-IPA stance, go start your own beer thread. Sours have their place and there are some good ones out there, but i'll drink one and be done with them for awhile. Sours aren't that sessionable. But that Gose beer is completely shit, if I want to drink a sour, salty beverage i'll lick my own armpit because that's what that shit tastes like......

this article sums up my thoughts nicely: http://www.thrillist.com/drink/natio...ned-craft-beer

I worked at a craft brewery for about a year and its just a plain fact that IPAs sell. I watched this brewery basically just relabel and rename their pale ale a session IPA, and then watched that beer become more popular and its sales increase. that's also how I measure a brewery, ie, how good/bad is their IPA. Unless you are a brewery fulfilling a specific niche like being a belgium brewery, you should have a good IPA in your stable.

Cool your jets, man. I love a good IPA, and I've been turned on to more than a couple by this thread. If I'm at a bar and they have a truly good IPA on tap, that is still my go to beer. It's apparent that they sell well, and I agree that breweries are measured by them.

The beauty of the craft beer explosion lies in the rediscovery of obscure styles and in everyone being able to find multiple styles they enjoy. I'm drinking a Krystalweizen at the moment, but there's an Imperial Pelican Ale on deck.

**The AD** · 07-02-2015, 04:08 PM

I still haven't tried gose and I'm fairly unlikely to enjoy it since I rarely like wheat beers, but I'm still willing to try it. Maybe it's sort of the new hefeweizen. Seems like there's always a style out there for those who don't really like the taste of beer, but still want to drink beer for some reason.

**Fritz** · 07-02-2015, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by BRUTAH

And for those on the anti-IPA stance, go start your own beer thread. Sours have their place and there are some good ones out there, but i'll drink one and be done with them for awhile. Sours aren't that sessionable. But that Gose beer is completely shit, if I want to drink a sour, salty beverage i'll lick my own armpit because that's what that shit tastes like......

I actually think some sours are highly sessionable, but unfortunately too expensive to do so on a regular basis. Maybe not the big, dark sours, but I've found the more fruity, tart, lighter sours in the 4.5% to 7% range to be very easy to drink lately. Specifically the petite sour line from Crooked Stave, some of the hoppy saison/farmhouse ales from Prairie, Almanac, and Odd 13 bretts and sours (if you have access to them). Also, I just downed a 4-pack of Here Gose Nothin' from Destihl during a round of golf on a hot day and wished I had brought 4 more. All of these are more sessionable than even the session IPAs out there IMO. Sorry, don't mean to derail the IPA thread. I still love IPAs and DIPAs.