Are all Hazy IPAs mostly the same?

OK, guys, now this is why we need to write more reviews. A combination of Grey Poupon and Foot Loops has got to be immortalized. Good for @beertunes for the review.

 

Having my b2 HFOD tonight, and while I enjoyed it, I did get some hop burn. This is something I’ve only experienced 1 or 2 times before, but since you mentioned it that’s exactly what stood out to me.

Side note: did I miss the discussion where “hop burn” is a thing? I assume it’s from high dry-hopping rates, please correct me if I’m wrong. I can still enjoy the beer, but we’re in agreement that it’s a negative characteristic/“off-flavor” in a beer, right?

 

The best way to experience hop burn is to buy a bag of hops (pellets or leaves) and put them in your mouth.

 

Hop burn is something I definitely do not enjoy. I feel like some people don't experience this or maybe it's at a different intensity. I've had beers where my throat was completely irritated and someone else said they didn't get anything.

 

Yeah I had one two nights ago I believe, and also experienced some 'hop burn'.....kind of like some pepper/spice in the back of the throat.

 

Luckily it mellows out if you give it a little bit of time. My first can of HFoD was pretty hot. I waited a little over a week before trying again last night and it was vastly improved.

 

Anyone seen Claim 52 Private Eyes around Portland today?

 

i bought it yesterday at Beermongers (Canned 3/15), i believe it was $3.65 for the 16oz can. They also have a shit load of Alvarado street brewing (5 different IPAs) & Revision cans.

 

Looking for opinions on this PNW brew: hazy or not?

 

Kind of in between, I’ve seen several like that. Obviously, the hazeboys will throw their arms up in the air and sigh really loud. I, and probably many others, say “who cares?”

 

That just looks like a regular old school IPA. Maybe a bit of chill haze but doesn’t look like a smoothie, orange juice or chicken stock.

The important question is whether it tastes good.

 

I'd agree that its somewhere in between, I was just curious where others see the distinction from one style to the next. The beer is Sticky Hands, which I think does a great job blending the two styles.

 

This guy gets it.

Sticky Hands is just a regular old double IPA that's done really well. Almost the complete opposite of a NE style in my mind.

 

Sticky Hands has basically the same appearance and IBUs as Heady Topper, which people still call the original NEIPA. I don't consider it a hazy or NEIPA at all by the way, I just think its interesting that the definition has shifted away from that.

 

I don't know...I just looked up pictures of heady topper and it definitely has haze though a lot less than the Juice and Milkshake varieties we see now. As someone mentioned above, sticky hands might have a bit of a chill haze when first poured but it's pretty clear otherwise

 

I think old batches of Blue Dot were hazy like Heady, but the new generation of hazy IPAs are something else entirely.

 

The first time i had a can of Heady Topper I thought it tasted a lot like good Blue Dot.

 

There was never really a problem getting kegs of BD, or any HoTD beer for that matter. The issue is that Alan stubbornly sticks with ancient Golden Gate kegs, and couplers are almost impossible to find since everyone else phased them out 20+ years ago. Pieces of hardware that popped up on eBay back in the day were almost immediately snatched up by McMenamin's because they used the same thing. When we opened the bar at the Station it took me almost a year of searching to finally find a functional coupler set.

It looks like Kegworks stumbled on a stash of used ones, but they're $99 per set.