Does anyone feel like stepping back from IPAs sometimes?

He was marketing it as a highly researched brew and it was substantially more bitter than most similar offering in the market. I remember sharing a case with a few buddies when it first came out and thought it to be a harsh flavor profile. I never bought it again.

Anyhoo....it’s generally disappointing to hear people being burned out of a particular style of beer. I hate that we ever got to the point where one style was so grossly and absurdly over represented

 

I kind of feel like I need to take a break from them, only because I’ve gotten to the point where I’ve found a few local places that are producing IPAs that are exactly to my current tastes, but are also difficult to find and expensive. Because of this when I chose to revisit a beer that I found very good a year or two ago it just doesn’t hold any light to what I’m used to drinking. I think I need to go back to drinking macros and give my taste buds a break for a bit so I can appreciate them all again like I did before.

 

It's been a loooong time since I've sought out an IPA.

I don't feel like I have a palette that's quite refined enough to really appreciate a lot of the subtleties that separate hop varieties. I know some basics, but that's about it, and as a result I get bored of hop bombs very quickly. I don't dislike the style, but it's tired for me at the moment.

I'd rather have the session, the gose, the pils, the hefe, whatever. Something light and crisp goes down much better in the summer months imo.

 

I used to drink IPA in the 90's when everyone else seemed to be drinking mostly Hefeweizens. When IPA blew up in the past few years, they lost me. I can count on the fingers of one hand how many IPAs I might drink, and they would be straight, no chaser IPAs like Dogfish Head 90 Minutes or Georgetown Brewing's Lucille. I've stopped chasing "the latest and the greatest" (not always that great, and that includes other styles like stout) and going back to the basics.

 

Variety is the spice of life. I’m amazed that anyone would stick completely to one style. Like picking corn flakes only or vanilla ice cream only til the end of time.

 

I've been detoxing from IPA's for about 10 years now! The only IPA I buy as of late is Berkshire Lost Sailor IPA which is hoppy AND malty and is very balanced.

 

This summer with the heat I have been reaching for low ABV options like Oshlag's Nano IPA (2%), Espace Publique's Kettle Sour (3%) and Bière du Balcon (3%). One beer that is completely surprisingly good is Bockale's Découverte #0.3172 (non-acloholic IPA). You have to try it to believe it.

 

IPA is one of my go-to styles; I’ll never get tired of it or all its varieties. But there are just too many other great styles to dwell on any one. I’m like a kid in a candy store.

 

I cycle through the styles. At times I feel the IPA have a Blitzkrieg on my palate and I need to hold off from enjoying another IPA or any variations of an IPA

 

No, I avoid them at all costs anyway, so there's nothing to step back from.

 

I've been getting into saison, triples, dubbels, a lot lately, too. Also go back to IPAs though

 

I like to try different styles and tastes.

 

I remember looking up Brooklyn's beers through the wayback machine a good while ago and thought it made for some interesting reading about their beers. Interesting how they apparently lowered the OG but kept the abv the same inbetween october 2015 and march 2016, which I'm guessing was intended to make it more dry and crisp.

April 2001
Malts: two-row English Pale Ale Malt, two-row English Pilsner Malt, Wheat Malt
Hops: East Kent Goldings, Cascade, Willamette
Alcohol: 6.9% by volume
Original Gravity: 17 degrees Plato, 1068
Bitterness: 40 IBUs

October 2015
Malts: British Pale Ale Malts from East Anglia
Additions: Contains wheat
Hops: East Kent Golding, Willamette, Northdown, Centennial
Alcohol by Volume: 6.9%
IBUs: 47
Original Gravity: 17° Plato

March 2016
Malts: British Pale, British Crystal
Hops: East Kent Golding, Willamette, Northdown, Centennial
Alcohol by Volume: 6.9%
Original Gravity: 15.4° Plato


Current:
Malts: British 2-row, Crisp
Hops: Summit, Celeia, East Kent Golding, Centennial, Cascade, Amarillo
Alcohol by Volume: 6.9%
Original Gravity: 15.6° Plato

 

I took a break, then over the last few months started drinking them regularly again, now ready to step way back from at least certain ones. And as my palate has developed I am finding that it may not be about the hops and the bitter but more about the malts and how they play with the hops...the old school IPAs with the clash of hops and caramel-y malt leaves me with an odd taste that I find I can be worn out with about halfway through a beer (which is odd because I love Hop Devil, guess it is all about what malts and the mix).

 

Never been fixated on a style of beer. Mostly depends on the food I'm gonna have, the weather, etc. So haven't felt a need to step back from IPAs.

But I do notice that I'm more inclined to buy more PA/IPA/NEIPA styles when I'm at a "craft beer bar".
It just didnt make sense to me to buy the more commonly found styles like pale lager, pilsner, hefe, wit, or stout when I'm at those places, though these are still decent beers brewed by the craft breweries.

Not sure if others have this same way of buying beers at craft beer bars, but seems IPA is the style to go to and hence might be so common that there's a need to step back from it.

 

I have a case of KBS and a shelf full of stouts and barlywines in my basement for when I am not feelin an IPA. I also enjoy a lager once in a while. I enjoy sipping great IPAs in my tulip glass when I am relaxing. I find that an IPA doesn't do it for me when I want a beer because I am thirsty (if that makes any sense).

 

I'm definitely feeling the fatigue from IPAs recently. I've been exploring some light Belgian style beers, trying a few sours, and farmhouse ales. It's been so hot so a 4-5% slightly tart beer really does the trick opposed to the 7+% D/IPAs in June.