Shelf IPA brewers are stepping up their game

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  1. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    I'm as guilty as anyone in the current craft beer community. For the last year or 2, most of my "hoppy" beer consumption has been from either locals on site at the brewery (or crowler take home), or drinking only from the top dogs in the IPA game today (i.e. most of the well know NEIPA makers out there). I've bought some random singles IPA over last couple of months from stores, and have been very pleasantly surprised by the improved quality of some of the new releases of IPAs, DIPA, Pales etc. that can be found in stores. And no, its not all NEIPA sub-style attempts either.

    Anyone else seeing same improving trends as I am?
     
    #1 bubseymour, Mar 11, 2018
  2. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    On the contrary, I've been really digging Torpedo this year.
     
    #2 zid, Mar 11, 2018
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  3. deadwolfbones

    deadwolfbones Pundit (795) Jun 21, 2014 Oregon

    I've been pleasantly surprised by New Belgium's Hazy Juicy IPA. Better than SN Hazy Little Thing, to my palate, and close to many taproom-only hazy IPAs I've had recently in the LA area. NB hasn't been on my radar for a long time for anything but their one-off releases, so this was a big surprise.

    Only complaint is that the alcohol is a bit too present. Would prefer it at around 6-6.5%, I think.
     
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  4. DrivinNCryin

    DrivinNCryin Initiate (0) Aug 21, 2017 South Carolina

    Was having this same discussion over the weekend. Captain Lawrence (in NY i believe but i get distro here in SC) Powder Dreams cans are fantastic and are sitting on lots of shelves here.
     
    #4 DrivinNCryin, Mar 12, 2018
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  5. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    Those beers are listed as Limited Release on the Captain Lawrence website:

    https://www.captainlawrencebrewing.com/limited-release/

    Do you know the specific details of what limited release means? Only available in parts of the Captain Lawrence distribution region? Only available for a short period of time?

    Cheers!
     
    #5 JackHorzempa, Mar 12, 2018
  6. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    In this case, "limited release" signals:

    - changing hops
    - 16oz cans
    - harder to come by than the flagships
    - more expensive

    I have no idea about the distribution area.
     
    #6 zid, Mar 12, 2018
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  7. mnrider

    mnrider Savant (1,147) May 26, 2009 Connecticut

    i buy all my beer from stores
     
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  8. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    I checked out the Beer Menus website. The closest place that had this beer available was over 60 miles away from me: on draft in Lancaster, PA. There were a lot of places in New York (NYC) that had this beer listed.

    No canned beers of Powder Dreams in the SEPA area. In other words: not a shelf IPA for me.

    Cheers!
     
    #8 JackHorzempa, Mar 12, 2018
  9. DrivinNCryin

    DrivinNCryin Initiate (0) Aug 21, 2017 South Carolina

    Yeah--I do know that it is a changing hop NEIPA recipe type. This latest can was Mosaic / citra / powder of some kind.
     
    #9 DrivinNCryin, Mar 12, 2018
  10. GetMeAnIPA

    GetMeAnIPA Pooh-Bah (2,559) Mar 28, 2009 California
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    You’re doing this craft beer thing all wrong.
     
    #10 GetMeAnIPA, Mar 12, 2018
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  11. IPAExpert69

    IPAExpert69 Savant (1,065) Aug 2, 2017 Pennsylvania

    This will ring true 10 years from now (I hope).
     
    #11 IPAExpert69, Mar 12, 2018
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  12. IPAExpert69

    IPAExpert69 Savant (1,065) Aug 2, 2017 Pennsylvania

    Agree 95%. I dig the boozy taste with this one, really has the kick Hazy Little Thing is missing! But hey, to each their own.
     
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  13. nodder

    nodder Savant (1,144) Aug 9, 2013 New York

    There is a wrong way??
     
    #13 nodder, Mar 12, 2018
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  14. jcos

    jcos Pundit (802) Nov 23, 2009 Maryland

    "Shelf IPA" as a term. Sigh.
     
    #14 jcos, Mar 12, 2018
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  15. Leebo

    Leebo Initiate (0) Feb 7, 2013 Massachusetts

    99.9 percent of the beers I buy are on the "shelf" Who waits in line? That was so last year.
     
    #15 Leebo, Mar 12, 2018
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  16. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    and 00.1% of the beers you buy are cases stacked on the floor. :wink:
     
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  17. GetMeAnIPA

    GetMeAnIPA Pooh-Bah (2,559) Mar 28, 2009 California
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    If you don’t know I can’t tell you.
     
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  18. Domingo

    Domingo Grand Pooh-Bah (4,252) Apr 23, 2005 Colorado
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    I still do the vast majority of my drinking at breweries, tap rooms, and restaurants. While not "shelf beers" necessarily, I'm able to get IPA's from Comrade, Station 26, Weldwerks, Outer Range, Melvin, and La Cumbre at a wide variety of locations right in the Denver 'burbs. For me, that's mainly burger joints and Old Chicago, That's night and day better than things were 4-5 years ago and I'm not even including stuff from Sierra Nevada, New Belgium, Ballast Point, etc. I'll take it.
     
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  19. eppCOS

    eppCOS Grand Pooh-Bah (4,570) Jun 27, 2015 Colorado
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    I know what you're thinking, "Is shelf IPA hazy or not hazy?" Discuss. Just kidding. Please don't.
     
    #19 eppCOS, Mar 12, 2018
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  20. meefmoff

    meefmoff Pooh-Bah (1,922) Jul 6, 2014 Massachusetts
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    Other than Treehouse, which Massachusetts breweries regularly have lines?
     
    #20 meefmoff, Mar 12, 2018
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