What makes for a bad IPA?

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  1. RBassSFHOPit2ME

    RBassSFHOPit2ME Initiate (0) Mar 1, 2009 California

    Too much malt.
     
    #81 RBassSFHOPit2ME, Oct 29, 2013
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  2. Wolfhead

    Wolfhead Pundit (795) Sep 1, 2009 Illinois

    EMPTY
     
    #82 Wolfhead, Oct 29, 2013
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  3. BuckeyeOne

    BuckeyeOne Initiate (0) Mar 9, 2008 Washington

    Grapefruit is a citrus.
     
    #83 BuckeyeOne, Oct 29, 2013
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  4. BuckeyeOne

    BuckeyeOne Initiate (0) Mar 9, 2008 Washington

    In all fairness, it did have a dirty sock feature as well.
     
    #84 BuckeyeOne, Oct 29, 2013
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  5. MisSigsFan

    MisSigsFan Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2013 California

    But it has more than just citrus qualities to it.
     
    #85 MisSigsFan, Oct 29, 2013
  6. 1fJef

    1fJef Initiate (0) May 4, 2013 Maryland

    High Price
     
    #86 1fJef, Oct 29, 2013
  7. ipamonster

    ipamonster Devotee (337) Jun 18, 2013 Rhode Island

    See Shipyard IPA for your answer. It sucks all around.
     
    #87 ipamonster, Oct 29, 2013
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  8. ipamonster

    ipamonster Devotee (337) Jun 18, 2013 Rhode Island

    Sweaty balls and ball hair, or some other hair?
     
    #88 ipamonster, Oct 29, 2013
  9. Kal

    Kal Initiate (0) Aug 10, 2012 England

    Any English one ( style not manufactured in)
    I can't stand them
     
    #89 Kal, Oct 29, 2013
  10. Kal

    Kal Initiate (0) Aug 10, 2012 England

    You never had Greene king then
     
    #90 Kal, Oct 29, 2013
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  11. BuckeyeOne

    BuckeyeOne Initiate (0) Mar 9, 2008 Washington

    As do all other citrus like oranges, limes, lemons, etc. What's your point?
     
    #91 BuckeyeOne, Oct 29, 2013
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  12. MattyBones

    MattyBones Initiate (0) Oct 29, 2013 New York

    For me it would have to be old age to where you taste more malts than the actual hops. If all I taste are the malts the second it hits my tongue I know what I'm drinking has been sitting on the shelf a little too long.
     
    #92 MattyBones, Oct 29, 2013
  13. CowsandBeer

    CowsandBeer Initiate (0) Sep 24, 2012 Nebraska

    Not a fan of the salty/oniony ones. Also, those that try to be the biggest IPA ever and end up as bitter, boozy messes.
     
    #93 CowsandBeer, Oct 29, 2013
  14. rozzom

    rozzom Pooh-Bah (2,620) Jan 22, 2011 New York
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    If it's too available
     
    #94 rozzom, Oct 29, 2013
  15. BuckeyeOne

    BuckeyeOne Initiate (0) Mar 9, 2008 Washington

    Lighten up, Francis
     
    #95 BuckeyeOne, Oct 29, 2013
  16. Domingo

    Domingo Grand Pooh-Bah (4,252) Apr 23, 2005 Colorado
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    Summit Hops.
     
    #96 Domingo, Oct 29, 2013
  17. beerfinder

    beerfinder Initiate (0) Jan 17, 2008 Pennsylvania

    Moore malt than hop.
     
    #97 beerfinder, Oct 29, 2013
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  18. FriarTuckInLuck

    FriarTuckInLuck Initiate (0) Dec 15, 2011 Arizona

    Glad I don't have your palate... :wink:. I've tasted fishtank before, albeit only once or twice. Gubna was a dank onion bomb to be sure, just like I like 'em.
     
    #98 FriarTuckInLuck, Oct 29, 2013
  19. Roguer

    Roguer Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,811) Mar 25, 2013 Connecticut
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    Entirely a matter of taste and preference. I don't like a huge malt character in an IPA. That doesn't mean I don't want balance; I don't want a huge smack of caramel malt in my face.

    I'm also not partial to overly astringent IPAs. I prefer my massively bitter beers to have significant floral, citrus, tropical, etc. notes; when it's more of a dry bitterness, or if I can't really pin down the flavors beyond, "Well, crap, that's bitter, all right!" then I tend to not like the beer very much.

    That all comes down to personal preference, of course.
     
    #99 Roguer, Oct 29, 2013
  20. Longstaff

    Longstaff Initiate (0) May 23, 2002 Massachusetts

    Stale/staling hops used
    Unfresh beer (staling post-bottling)
    Lack of hop flavor/aroma
    Garlic/onion flavored hops
    Too thick/sweet without bitter balance
    Too much/too high Lovibond crystal malt
    Not enough hops
    Grassy/vegetal flavors from poor hopping techiniques
    Rough bitterness
    Diacetyl and other faults/off flavors
    All hop flavor and no bitterness
    Too thin/watery, no malt character
    Belgian yeast
     
    #100 Longstaff, Oct 29, 2013
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