What IPA is your "par"?

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  1. stoutmasterjames

    stoutmasterjames Initiate (0) Mar 8, 2010 Maryland

    Which IPA is the IPA that you compare all IPAs with? For me it's Torpedo. Some IPAs are better: like Firestone and Southern Tier 2X, but others do not reach the standard set by Torpedo (like Snake Dog, Sprecher, and Ballantine-- though the latter may invite debate.)

    So....

    What IPA serves as YOUR par? This is the IPA that serves as a standard by which all other IPAs are judged.

    This is not your favorite IPA, but an IPA that you think hits the par 100%.
     
    #1 stoutmasterjames, Mar 17, 2015
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  2. 2beerdogs

    2beerdogs Grand Pooh-Bah (5,682) Jan 31, 2005 California
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    Damn. That's a good question...
     
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  3. 2beerdogs

    2beerdogs Grand Pooh-Bah (5,682) Jan 31, 2005 California
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    I really, really like Westbrook IPA. And Founder's Centennial is quite solid.
     
    #3 2beerdogs, Mar 17, 2015
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  4. evilcatfish

    evilcatfish Pooh-Bah (2,116) May 11, 2012 Missouri
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    Deschutes Fresh Squeezed. Awesome IPA, not high on ABV, and so easy to acquire.

    Also Schlafly AIPA and TIPA
     
    #4 evilcatfish, Mar 17, 2015
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  5. muddyh2oblues

    muddyh2oblues Initiate (0) Mar 13, 2010 Illinois

    Victory HopDevil for me. I had a few other IPA's before it, but it was the one that caught my attention.
     
    #5 muddyh2oblues, Mar 17, 2015
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  6. stoutmasterjames

    stoutmasterjames Initiate (0) Mar 8, 2010 Maryland

    Just getting into Shlafly. Gotta love the Taz!
     
    #6 stoutmasterjames, Mar 17, 2015
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  7. Chris33

    Chris33 Initiate (0) Jan 10, 2015 Ohio
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    Growing up in New England it had to be Harpoon IPA. Still one of my staples
     
    #7 Chris33, Mar 17, 2015
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  8. Chris33

    Chris33 Initiate (0) Jan 10, 2015 Ohio
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    Schlafly Taz is a whole different ballgame! I would kill to find that stuff again on draft! WOW
     
    #8 Chris33, Mar 17, 2015
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  9. HorseheadsHophead

    HorseheadsHophead Grand Pooh-Bah (3,732) Sep 15, 2014 Colorado
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    I don't have one for IPAs in general because there are too many varieties of IPA for anything to constitute as a "neutral" or "base" IPA formula.
     
    #9 HorseheadsHophead, Mar 17, 2015
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  10. hopnado

    hopnado Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2014 Michigan

    Centennial is my par
    Two Hearted is my hole in one
     
    #10 hopnado, Mar 17, 2015
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  11. stoutmasterjames

    stoutmasterjames Initiate (0) Mar 8, 2010 Maryland

    I see your point. There is a lot of variety out there. But there is also some homogeneity too. Anyone who labels their product something like "Lagunitas IPA" is trying to make a standard IPA. Yes there are a multitude of varieties, but there is also a standard.
     
    #11 stoutmasterjames, Mar 17, 2015
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  12. MisSigsFan

    MisSigsFan Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2013 California

    There are too many kinds of IPA to use as a "par". I'd say Alpine Nelson for those IPAs centered around Nelson Sauvin, Zombie Dust for Citra (it's pretty much an IPA), Sculpin for your classic West Coast IPA, Blazing World or Nugget Nectar for hoppy ambers, Enjoy By for DIPAs...
     
    #12 MisSigsFan, Mar 17, 2015
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  13. stoutmasterjames

    stoutmasterjames Initiate (0) Mar 8, 2010 Maryland

    Right. I hear you. But I don't mean DIPAs, ambers or any other extrapolation of the style. I mean simply the style itself: IPA.
     
    #13 stoutmasterjames, Mar 17, 2015
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  14. Modernrickk

    Modernrickk Pooh-Bah (1,853) Oct 3, 2013 California
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    Stone IPA

    Good question, next question -Tigerwoods voice
     
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  15. BowWowWowYippyYoIPA

    BowWowWowYippyYoIPA Initiate (0) Dec 30, 2014 California

    Union Jack, I suppose.
     
    #15 BowWowWowYippyYoIPA, Mar 17, 2015
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  16. Keffa

    Keffa Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2009 Ohio

    Columbus IPA.
     
    #16 Keffa, Mar 17, 2015
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  17. MisSigsFan

    MisSigsFan Initiate (0) Mar 2, 2013 California

    Then again, you still have differences within IPA. There are some focused on bitterness, some are more balanced, some focused on pineyness, citrus, fruity/juicy...

    I could say Nelson, Sculpin, 60 Minute, and Stone IPA are all some of my "pars".
     
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  18. doktorhops

    doktorhops Pooh-Bah (2,065) Jan 12, 2011 Australia
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    Lately, even though I didn't give it a glowing review my par for course IPA-wise is Ballast Point Big Eye IPA (of which I now have a fridge door filled with).

    However Deschutes Fresh Squeezed is the IPA that "brings home the bacon and fries it in the pan" (to coin a Seinfeld phrase) aka my all time favourite :slight_smile:
     
    #18 doktorhops, Mar 17, 2015
  19. chrisjws

    chrisjws Grand Pooh-Bah (3,302) Dec 3, 2014 California
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    Lagunitas IPA. Its high quality, cheap and well distributed where I live.
     
    #19 chrisjws, Mar 17, 2015
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  20. beermeplz

    beermeplz Initiate (0) Feb 13, 2015 California

    Although it's new to the game, right now it's Hop Hunter. Already on many occasions, I've been drinking on something new and different and, usually, more expensive and still thinking that I'd rather be having a Hop Hunter...
     
    #20 beermeplz, Mar 17, 2015
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