Are you STILL HOOKED on IPAS?

When I try a new deli-I get a reuben
When I try a new chinese restaurant-I get kung pao chicken
And If I'm trying a new brewery-I get their IPA
Yes I am and forever will be ...HOOKED ON IPA'S!

 

Im still hooked but have come to appreciate well hopped and more sessionable beers. I find myself, especially this time of year, craving multiple beers and don't want to be killed with alcohol. It's this reason beers like Carton Boat have moved way up as far as favorite beers. I can drink 2 or 3 Boats and then have a bigger IPA or other style later and be ok. Gone are the days where I'm satisfied drinking one 8-10% beer. Session ales have matured and are really becoming a thing I enjoy.

 

I had to use methadone to stop drinking them.

 

My palate used to like big hoppy beers, like those in Hamburg, Germany. Nowadays my taste buds prefer a nice balance between the malt and hops. The hops growing out back are of the noble variety, for flavor and not so much bitterness.

 

I have been buying, and/or consuming far less of the ipa variety than I have in other years. I sort of expect this trend with to continue.

 

I'm not hooked but still enjoy them pretty regularly. The fun thing about IPAs is that each one can be so different from the next so when a new one hits my radar, I will usually give it a go. Through many years of exploration I have found that I prefer the less bitter/more balanced ones.

I have not been drinking DIPAs as much as I used to, though, mostly due to the high ABV and I like being able to have a few beers in a sitting.

 

I've noticed that many "Advocates" are lately trying to make IPA drinkers feel bad about themselves. I find that brewers, especially, are quick to shame IPA lovers and scold them for not drinking a bigger variety of styles. I like IPAs, but not to the exclusion of other styles, but I find that I need to defend myself by saying so when I encounter one of these folks that are "so over" IPAs. Drink what you like. And if you like IPAs, drink them.

 

YES I am STILL HOOKED on IPAS

 

In the immortal words of Kip Dynamite....always and forever......

 

I really enjoy my IPAs but also enjoy the hunt for new beers and or old favorites. With that said an IPA will almost always be in my rotation because I really enjoy them.

 

I drink and still love IPA/APA, but if out I find myself leaning more towards Saison's, Belgian Pales, Berliner Weisse & Gose right now

 

I recently had a windfall of free beer of different styles that I've been trying to work through, and I'd hoped that it would save me from buying any beer for a while. Nope, still need to keep some IPAs/Pales in rotation.

 

When I first began to explore craft beer I was not a fan of IPA's. I now find myself beginning to like them. Last night we had gone out for dinner and one of the beers they had on tap was West Sixth IPA which I ordered and enjoyed.

 

I am hooked on all beers as long as they are IPAs

 

I suppose so. I like IPAs quite a bit. Of course, I like almost every other style also, except rauchbiers, so I guess I'm hooked on them too.

 

I'm hooked on great IPAs, I just pass on the mediocre stuff. To be honest I'd prefer AALs to dull average IPAs.

 

I chose "Not hooked on them, but still like them." Lately I've been gravitating towards Stouts, porters, lagers, wits and sours.

I find that I can drink a stout anytime of the year now. But of course my go-to would be an IPA if nothing on the menu is appealing.

 

I was never really into IPAs in the first place, so no. I have had a couple really good ones though.