IPA Overload

You’ve posted in the right place.
You’ll get a lot of love and affirmation from these dudes on this topic.

 

It's what the people want, having talked firsthand with many brewers they'd love to be brewing malt-forward styles across the board but tragically they just don't sell. You really have to dig deep for european-style branded breweries to find a taproom that sticks to more intensive variety.

On the flip-side as someone who loves hazies and fruity bullshit it's really enjoyable to go to a brewery and be able to try a half dozen different beers of the same style and compare the nuances. The diversity across the style is greater than ever and I find it very enjoyable to try beers across the entire spectrum of a sub-style, reminds me of a wine tasting for better or worse.

 

Big Ron?

 

I, being of the old and cranky sector of humanity, continue to believe that the Murkbombs shouldn't even be considered to be IPAs. They are other.

And yes, since the Brewers who have insisted upon foisting these these upon as equal of the established styles, seem to be both greedy and lazy, yes, there are too many IPAs on tap/on shelves these days.

 

Welcome to the modern beer scene

 

IPAs are trash but so is the majority of the population. So it makes sense

 

One of the most ridiculous statements Ive heard lately. Fkn shit. Everybody drinks what they like. I wasnt going to comment on this thread because I knew there would be assanine comments....and there it is.

 

Lazy and Greedy?? Wow. Ive been a Chef at a brewery and I know many on the beer scene in this area. I dont know one fkn brewer that is lazy and most are struggling to make it do to competition. Ive been in the restaurant business for almost 40 years. Most of what you see ( if not almost) is ideas that have been succesful all over with a different take. Originality is hard to come by. And basically every recipe has evolved from another recipe....just like beer. Doesnt make them lazy. But it may help them to be successful if they take the idea and put a twist on it. May be what alot of brewers are doing with IPAs...and its just plain blah alot- I get it. But sometimes it works. You never know unless you try.

 

Now you have twice

 

Have you heard of the Happy Hour at The Winchester group out of Arizona?

 

And now three times. Thank You.

 

Glad i could be of service

 

Still don’t get it tbh

 

Perhaps a bit of a mis-speak on my part. Not thst the physical brewers are lazy at their jobs, but more that whoever decides that whatever new thing the brewers come up with is an "IPA". IPA, at this point in modern American beer culture, is a term that sells.

If either of us ordered a Filet Mignon at a restaurant, and we got served a pork tenderloin, we'd be, at a minimum, confused. We ask for an explanation, and they say "it's still a tenderloin, what does the animal matter?". Would we accept that?

Why are we accepting hoppy lagers as "Cold IPA"? Why are we accepting these frooty, murky beers as IPAs, when the definition is well established? Because the brewers (again, not necessarily the folks on the brewdeck) have decided to co-opt the term for sales and marketing reasons.

Consumers have proven themselves endlessly gullible.

 

The dood you replied to here has posted repeatedly that he posts shit just for the reactions, and wonders why folks take seriously. So, I don't.

 

I hear you. Even if I don't drink from tap for example because l'm into NA, I would hate to see my less hop forward selection to diminish. Maybe it's time for the magical abbreviation IPA not to mean this is the only beer.

I'm reading the Beer Bible right now, and counting on to find representatives of all the styles in there

 

Heard. Thanks appreciate that.