I will not wait in line for beer

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  1. jhavs

    jhavs Grand Pooh-Bah (3,587) Apr 16, 2015 New York
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    Well I had to google FOMO. You learn something new everyday on BA! For me, that is not the reason I will wait in a line. If its a beer I want and I have the time, then why not!
     
    #21 jhavs, Jan 31, 2017
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  2. ovaltine

    ovaltine Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,787) Apr 6, 2010 Indiana
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    The "weeks at sea in warm climates" statement has me confused - which IPA's (or any other style, for that matter) brewed in the continental US spend weeks at sea?

    And if you tell me Stone (or Ballast Point or any other California brewer) ships to my beer fridge in Minnesota via The Panama Canal and Mississippi River, I'm gonna be pissed.
     
    #22 ovaltine, Jan 31, 2017
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  3. Troutbeerbum

    Troutbeerbum Initiate (0) Dec 5, 2016 Maine

    Research the history of India Pale Ale.
    My point was, the style originally was brewed to last (keep) for months on end. How that has progressed to "buy it today,drink it today" to the point that people will wait hours in the cold for it has me wondering. It was just an observation for discussion.
     
    #23 Troutbeerbum, Jan 31, 2017
  4. BeastOfTheNortheast

    BeastOfTheNortheast Pooh-Bah (2,153) Dec 26, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    LOL. Good guess - I mean I am not sure what else he was getting at.
     
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  5. BeastOfTheNortheast

    BeastOfTheNortheast Pooh-Bah (2,153) Dec 26, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    I see what you're getting at. It was a little misleading, as if that's what happens now.
     
    #25 BeastOfTheNortheast, Jan 31, 2017
  6. Harrison8

    Harrison8 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,285) Dec 6, 2015 Missouri
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    Do you not check any dates on your bottles/cans? Not one?

    If not, the store I frequent has several month old Sculpin you can pick up for the clean rate of $14 a 6 pack :slight_smile: Because that several month time span shouldn't matter, right? Especially since the trip from England to India took around 18 months back in the day.
     
    #26 Harrison8, Jan 31, 2017
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  7. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    I'd suppose if I was in the jungles of Burma and it was 110 degrees I'd inhale that shitty old ass IPA and ask for another. You know what you know, now you can get all kinds of stuff in varying degrees of freshness, fresh IPAs are still best. There's a few that stand up to some time, but most do not, and the only line for beer I'd stand in today would be at Hill Farmstead.
     
    #27 nc41, Jan 31, 2017
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  8. cavedave

    cavedave Grand Pooh-Bah (4,157) Mar 12, 2009 New York
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    Ironically, OP, if everyone adopted your way of thinking there wouldn't be any lines.

    And just a thought that if some brewery was able to recreate the original barreled and bretted IPA made with the malts and hops of the time I would probably wait on line to get some.
     
    #28 cavedave, Jan 31, 2017
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  9. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,884) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    Yeah, for me, between the growler station and a wealth of choices for packaged product, I just let what's freshest be my guide when I buy IPAs. No need to go nuts.
     
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  10. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,884) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    ...conditioned in the boiler room, too :wink:. I dunno, man, if it's that unique I'd consider being there right beside you. :sunglasses:
     
    #30 TongoRad, Jan 31, 2017
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  11. oldbean

    oldbean Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2005 Massachusetts

    It helps that while you're "standing in line" at HF you have access to one of the world's greatest tap/bottle lists...
     
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  12. Troutbeerbum

    Troutbeerbum Initiate (0) Dec 5, 2016 Maine

    I get your point, I check dates and I agree,fresher is better. But, are beers really losing THAT much in a month or so ?
     
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  13. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    Oh yea. It's a drive for most people to begin with , ending with a drive on a gravel road. Everything they make is outstanding, and I drive 1200 miles round trip to do it, maybe again this June.
     
    #33 nc41, Jan 31, 2017
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  14. Harrison8

    Harrison8 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,285) Dec 6, 2015 Missouri
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    Depends on who you ask. Some folks would argue that some of the heavily dry hopped IPAs fall off quickly. Some folks say NE IPAs fall off quick. Others say all of them have about a two week to month long drinking window. Personally, I try to get my IPAs within 3 weeks of bottling. That's yielded some good results overall. If you're the one and done type, you won't be able to pick apart the taste differences in 3 day or 3 week old IPA anyway.
     
    #34 Harrison8, Jan 31, 2017
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  15. Feel_the_Darkness

    Feel_the_Darkness Initiate (0) Oct 17, 2012 Virginia

    I agree straight up, lines are for nerds. I hate waiting on damn near anything. If I want to wait 4 hours to drink a beer, I'll go stand outside my local bar all morning til they open for lunch.
     
    #35 Feel_the_Darkness, Jan 31, 2017
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  16. mudbug

    mudbug Pooh-Bah (1,762) Mar 27, 2009 Oregon
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    That's what hobos are for
     
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  17. cavedave

    cavedave Grand Pooh-Bah (4,157) Mar 12, 2009 New York
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    IPA's fall off after hour 23
     
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  18. StoutSnob40

    StoutSnob40 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,611) Jan 4, 2013 California
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    I wish people would stop making declarations about waiting in line. We don't care. Some of us find it fun, and no one is forcing us to do it. It's one less person in front of us, and one more person who we can trade-**** later. You're just pissed that you don't get any of it.
     
    #38 StoutSnob40, Jan 31, 2017
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  19. Troutbeerbum

    Troutbeerbum Initiate (0) Dec 5, 2016 Maine

    Good point, There is a brewery here in Maine that distributes to my local shop, I've had month old and that day Cannings just because I was in the right place at the right time. I didn't notice any difference, that's not to say someone else wouldn't. For me, I love that particular beer, but I can't wrap my head around not being able to wait until it comes around again, or running around people to get in line for it. To each their own.
     
    #39 Troutbeerbum, Jan 31, 2017
  20. JayORear

    JayORear Grand Pooh-Bah (3,058) Feb 22, 2012 California
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    This half-truth has been discussed ad nauseum here on BA. The short version is that the "original" IPA is not "our" IPA.
     
    #40 JayORear, Jan 31, 2017
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