Oskar Blues Passion Fruit Pinner

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I don't know about this. I've always felt like Pinner ranked pretty high on the marijuana/cat piss flavor quotient, especially for a session IPA. I don't think that taste profile lends itself to being fruited (unlike a Sculpin for example). That said, I dig Passion Fruit. Just had this bad boy and loved it.

 

I was making reference to Fruit being added to IPA beers as this original Post was about another IPA having fruit added to it.
The watering hole I was talking about is the Fruit additive IPA pool. Like this one, Ballast, Samuel Adams, Stone, ect.

 

Watermelon Dorado is a fruit additive IPA, Ballast Point isn't making that because of the "juicy IPA craze".

 

I will agree to disagree.
El Dorado Hops already Give Watermelon flavors and adding more fruit additives will heighten those flavors.
IMO, I do feel this fruit additives craze is because of this Fruit juice IPA craze going on.
When the Fruit juice IPAs die there will be less breweries making fruit additive IPAs

 

This is no different than a brewer adding coffee or chocolate to a Stout or Porter. They are trying to enhance existing flavors from a specific style, in this case fruit for a fruit forward SIPA. This is most likely not a trend and will be around for the long haul. Just my .02.

 

When the fruit dies, something else will come along. And that's good. I like trying new ideas to go along with my workhorse favorites. Actually, I liked some of the stuff, like Tangerine Enjoy By. But I sure got over Root Beer really quickly. I see the 10.7 ABV root beer stuff hit the shelves this week. Will it sell? Not to me. Fruity Pinner? What the heck.

 

A Dorado is a fish that the beer is named after, not because it uses El Dorado hops. In the end, I think we are both right, brewers want to mimic the fruit juice IPAs and soften the bitterness to appeal to a larger demographic.

 

OB needs to work out their distribution issues with with regular Pinner first.

Seeing cans in three different states all with canning dates of 2015 or older.

 

Why do people keep insisting that whatever new style of beer is becoming popular is going to die? The market is only getting more diverse, and given the amount of excitement and length of time that 'fruit juice' IPAs have been en vogue, it's pretty clear they're not going away.

 

At first I really enjoyed the fruit added IPAs, but now every time I see a new release like this I sigh. However, I don't care if brewers keep cranking them out. First, my wife digs 'em. Second. I still have hundreds of other options to choose from. Don't get why it bothers some people.

 

Popularity for any thing fades and moves to something else. Fruit beers are nothing new but sour and ipas its currently a "newer Fade or trend" that is blowing up at the moment. I forgot this site is really knit picky about the choice of words and everything you say is chiseled into stone.

But of course "fruit juice" IPAs wont go away entirely. I can say you more than likely wont see as many of them in like 2-3 years even a year from now.

The world Changes, Fades "trends" come and go, Sorry but happens with beer too.

Examples of trends you are currently seeing:
"root beer" beers and ciders, Nitro everything, and one that I think is going to Blow up Quick just hasnt got there yet is Gluten-Free.

 

Mike Hess' Grapefruit Solis is the best I have drank grapefruit wise. If you get a chance to try it I think you will be impressed. Not a fruit in IPA fan either but this one really works IMO. Cheers!

 

Would def. try that if I came across it. thanks!

 

I agree you might see the popularity dwindle but comparing them to IPAs and sours is exactly what I mean when I say they're here to stay. A few years ago you probably remember tons of people thought the IPA craze was a fad. Now it's the dominant style of craft beer and its popularity is still increasing today. Sours have not gone away either, and are still catching on with more and more people. Could these styles fall out of favor eventually? Sure, and I guess hamburgers could see a decline too, but most likely they won't.

 

I see what you are saying but IPAs have been popular for a long time. Sours have come and gone in popularity. As right now you see the IPA fruits being popular, You are actually seeing the fruited sours being popular.
All I'm stating is that you are seeing you can say subcategories of popular styles fading.

 

I'm sure it's quite different in Connecticut but here in Colorado sours are just as popular as ever, fruited or not.

 

Oh im not saying sours aren't popular. As you are seeing every brewery doing one may it be a gose or Berliner.
But i feel the fruited are way more popular to the non fruited.

 

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