This aged pretty well...

No, North East = Northeast. Just two ways to spell the same region.

But for completeness, the Northeast is larger than New England.

Cheers!

 

Ah yes, I see what you're saying. I already think of these beers as North East IPA and I completely transposed that onto your post saying New England (in spite of the bold I blame my newborn).

I suppose we could avoid the debate about the appropriate regional designation by just naming the style Knee-puh. That would have the added benefit of appeasing the IPA purists that object to these wild deviations from the clear bitter baseline.

Of course, without that magical acronym I wonder if the breweries would still be able to sell any beer?

(Added bonus to my above name proposal, milkshake IPA could be renamed Ghee-puh . I'm here all week folks, tip your servers)

 

And people now complain that Brut IPA was added as a site category at a time when beers were being marketed as such. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

 

Embrace tradition! Reject modernity! Hoppy Steam Beer!

 

What a wonderful two weeks that was….

 

I knew it existed, as my brother's neighbor (~15 min from Monson, at the time) frequented Treehouse. Heard about from my brother, & then here when I joined BA. I had no understanding of what it was, experience-wise, as none were here, just 4hrs drive west of the sources. Might have been late '16, or early '17 before I tried any.

 

Why do I suspect that EvenMoreJesus was a big part of that thread?

 

Or possibly just a guy who likes irony. I appreciate a bit of it from time to time myself. Cheers.