Chicagoland NE IPAs (2018)

Ok challenge is off! Lol

 

I will say I'm super surprised this many people not in to NE IPAs are in this thread?

 

To be clear, I'm super into them. My personal FOMO for a Chicago released NE IPA is a bit over the top. I'd almost call it a fetish. And while I've not had hardly any Trillium, I've had quite a bit of TH and Alchemist and pretty much think they walk on water.

I just also understand that a lot of people don't prefer that style of IPA.

 

So 200,000+ HIGHER ratings of a beer vs 2,500 doesn't mean it's clear cut favored by a majority? Are you kidding me?

Let Galaxy Bowl float around the country the way Julius has and watch the rating plummet.

 

I totally understand if people don't enjoy that style of IPA, but we're in that style of IPA thread.

I don't enjoy red ales and would rather drink a Coors Light than the best red ale on the planet but you don't see me heading over to the red ale thread and telling them that.

 

The point is not that it's not preferred by a majority, the point is that a lot of people liking it doesn't make it objectively better. It also doesn't it make it better for an individual. Think about pop music, it is considered a very popular form of music, does that make it objectively better than other types of music? No. Does that mean it can be someone's favorite of music and someone else can also prefer a different type? Yes.

 

The NE IPA in Chicago is in its infancy. We are in what, month 4-6 of brewing this style here? After attending Fobab for the past 7 some years, I can say it usually takes brewers about 3 years to get the a BA stout down before I can recommend it whether established or new brewers. It takes time playing around and experimenting. The East Coast has largely been a beer desert so anyone apprenticing at those NE IPA factories can easily go start a new brewery out there and perpetuate the style with the knowledge they have acquired. None of those people are leaving and coming to a mature, established market like Chicago which is why we aren't getting the folks with NE IPA brewing skills. Our people are having to learn on their own so given my earlier BA stout info, isn't it reasonable to expect it to take about 3 years before we are perfecting the style and swinging with the East Coast heavy hitters on the style?

 

Dude, he specifically said that doesn't mean it's preferred by the majority.

And those ratings show that it is objectively a more preferred beer than Local Hero.

 

But if it's a Local Hero, wouldn't it be preferred locally?

 

Anyone making it up to Noon Whistle today (or Narrow Gauge according to some people haha) for the Gummy Vortex variants? Excited to try the pineapple.

 

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To summarize, remember people, IT'S JUST BEER!!!!

 

So I never brought up Tree House someone else did.... just an FYI... and no one needs defending why they are in thread I was just pointed out that I was surprised about the fact ppl didn't love it and in thread