Firestone Walker - Easy Jack

is this the new thing? a guess hteres amarket for sessionable ipas. cant get into these beers, but ill still try it. Waiting for the day i have that actually taste like an ipa

 

They are pouring Easy Jack at tomorrow's Feral One event. Not sure about Paso.

 

Hopefully we will see this in NJ

 

Bets on the next brewery to make one of these?

 

Someone needs to start a thread about breweries NOT making session IPA's these days…


That being said… Easy Jack: Get in my glass!

 

Looking forward to seeing this pale ale in my area

 

We used to call them pale ales. Of course there's a market for these. They're for people who can't handle an actual IPA but want to sound cool by saying they drink them.

 

Pale ales are boosting hop/alcohol content and ipas are retreating.



Uh....I don't know anything anymore.

 

I understand what your saying, Kevin. I'm trying to get behind this market, but to me, the only time buying this stuff, is when I'm going to the beach or having a cookout.

 

so if you make a pale ale stronger with more hops its an IPA, if you tone that back down isn't it just a pale ale? this whole "session""IPA" thing is like a big joke as the breweries just rebrand hoppy pale ales for the current market, which has a thing for both "Session" and "IPA"

 

I think of it as an over-hopped pale ale.

 

When you hear the words "Session" and "IPA," what comes to mind initially? I would imagine it'd be "low alcohol" and "hoppy," both of which describe these beers perfectly, therefore making for a great description on a label. No need to overthink how these and pale ales are similar and dissimilar.

 

Looking forward to trying this one tomorrow.

 

Same here. I thought Stones Go to was pretty good, so I'll try it with that in mind.

 

Looking forward to a four-way comparison between this, Stone Go To, Sierra Nevada Nooner and Lagunitas DayTime. Could be interesting to taste, match notes side by side (by side by side).

 

Watery and something for brewer's to strive for, like a holy grail or just a dream. The best I've had was Afternoon Delight from Burley Oak that is 3% and 80 IBUs. That was followed by Easy IPA. Then way down in the water well is Oz from DuClaw. However, I just got Boulevard's Pop Up (and single wide), Stone's Go To, and the new SN 4 way IPA pack with nooner. So, we will see how those go. I mean I haven't had one that comes close to a well crafted IPA like Union Jack and they are light years away from something like OTWOA. However, I realize they aren't trying to be those, but I just can't get over their lack of a decent mouth feel. At their worst they taste like hop water and at their best they taste like hop tea.

p.s. I just remembered DayTime and that is probably the best one I've had that is commercially available. Tastes like a true IPA.

 

Bell's would do a good one.

 

As always some very interesting and valid points on here. However, we tend to see the same comments and complaints with every session IPA that's released or discussed. One poster above says it's for people who are lightweights but want to sound cool saying they're drinking an IPA. Personally, I've enjoyed the session IPAs I've tried, especially Founders, although I much more often drink IPAs/DIPAs. To me, they're basically hoppy light beers for the craft crowd. Like someone said, good for hot beach days or barbecues. My wife loves the All Day IPA, but she certainly doesn't drink it to "be cool." It's not like these breweries are replacing existing regular IPAs with these, so I don't see the problem. To each his own.