American Beers = Overly Hopped

love it or leave it

 

You're pointing the finger to the wrong entity. Like every other consumer products company in the world, brewers make what sells. It is the American beer drinker that is responsible for the dominance of hoppy beers, not the brewers.

 

I primarily buy imports because Im not a hop lover. When I crave hops I go American. No problem here.

That being said American RISs are the tits. Weve done well in that department.

 

I agree with this, plus the breweries that put a different twist on the IPA/DIPA style are just trying to get an angle to have a better share of the market since we consumers are so determined to try something new with every beer that we drink.

 

And apple pie has too much sugar and hot dogs too many snouts and lips. Your point? That's the way it goes.

 

There are plenty of non-hoppy American beers, and quite a few of them are delicious. Just look a bit harder.

 

You answered your own question. For the most part, American "craft" beer historically has been about bigger and bolder flavors and aromas, in an effort to distinguish it from watery macro swill. There are exceptions though, and as beer consumers' tastes become more sophisticated and nuanced I expect to see more balanced and subtle styles to emerge and take hold.

 

Regardless of why, I share your sentiment. I am sick to death of over-hopped beers.

 

Well they find brew what sells and what people want. Kinda clear where that leads. If you want Pils, sours, funk its out there, but the hoppy brews are pushing the market, and they're getting better too.

 

Guilty as charged.

 

In many regards I do too.

 

Than stop buying them.

 

I rarely buy IPAs and certainly don't mind that other people love them. Though it does irk me when my favorite bars start replacing all their other styles with more and more IPAs. Like, let the IPA lovers have all the IPAs they want but don't take away my belgians and my stouts!

 

By that logic brewers should have never started making Boston Lager, Liberty Ale, and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. They should have continued to brew adjunct lagers because that's what the American beer drinker wanted (and still wants).

 

Pretty simple, this is what people want and love.

 

drink what you want on the day you want in the glass you want wherever you want. personal choice is nice...

 

No, they obviously wanted more Boston Lager and SNPA because after they tried it they continued to buy tons of it and the guys who made those beers are now billionaires.

 

I don't follow you here.

How exactly did they manage to want these beers before they were first brewed?

 

Look at the top IPA's, DIPA's, pales, ambers... The trend is that bolder hop profiles make for a "better" beer and thus the brewers match the demand.

There are many good balanced examples of these styles, but in most cases they aren't whalez.