If you're a fan of IPA, science says you're more likely to be a psycho

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  1. beergoot

    beergoot Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,659) Oct 11, 2010 Colorado
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  2. AccipiterofBeer

    AccipiterofBeer Maven (1,357) Nov 28, 2016 New York

    I appreciate that @Todd sent out the bat signal for this thread lol
     
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  3. BigIronH

    BigIronH Grand Pooh-Bah (3,526) Oct 31, 2019 Michigan
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  4. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,169) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    A situation of too many IPAs?

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  5. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (3,988) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    :thinking_face: -- wasn't it an "old-line Bavarian and an Austrian" who traveled to England to try the new ales using lighter-kilned malts and developed amber lagers for their customers?
     
  6. rgordon

    rgordon Pooh-Bah (2,605) Apr 26, 2012 North Carolina
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    Damn, that looks like George Santos last Halloween.
     
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  7. rgordon

    rgordon Pooh-Bah (2,605) Apr 26, 2012 North Carolina
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    Yeah, I had lots of tongues in cheeks in that post...
     
  8. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,989) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    Did you know George Santos actually created the Batman comics while serving honorably in WWII.
     
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  9. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (3,988) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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  10. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,169) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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  11. mickyge

    mickyge Grand Pooh-Bah (3,871) Nov 1, 2014 Massachusetts
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    Sounds about right for me
     
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  12. zac16125

    zac16125 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,296) Jan 26, 2010 South Carolina
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  13. Beginner2

    Beginner2 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,524) Feb 14, 2016 Illinois
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    I used to crave bitter beverages. But then I became mature and that coincided with me becoming a malt-head. So, does that mean that I've been cured... or that I've just gotten older?
     
  14. woemad

    woemad Grand Pooh-Bah (5,003) Jun 8, 2003 Washington
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    I like IPAs and black coffee, two things I have in common with psychopaths. That, and being a psychopath.
     
  15. VABA

    VABA Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,409) Aug 8, 2015 Virginia
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    I’ll take the Fifth on that…







    …fifth IPA! :grinning:
     
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  16. Braunmeister_1943

    Braunmeister_1943 Pooh-Bah (1,999) Nov 22, 2020 Pennsylvania
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  17. MadMadMike

    MadMadMike Maven (1,324) Dec 11, 2020 Florida
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    I like my IPAs bitter as an ex-wife.,
     
  18. JohnniEMc

    JohnniEMc Pooh-Bah (1,764) Sep 5, 2015 Pennsylvania
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  19. Rug

    Rug Pooh-Bah (2,778) Aug 20, 2018 Massachusetts
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    When I visited Chicago for the first time last year, my friend tried to order me a "surprise shot". He was the one who was surprised when I guessed that it was Malört and actually didn't hate it when I shot it back. Guess I must be a psycho :skull:
     
  20. davidpet

    davidpet Initiate (62) Mar 13, 2022

    I'm not a fan of IPAs or pilsners and I don't drink gin either but I'm still a psycho because:

    - I drink my tea almost always black and with no sugar or milk but sometimes lemon and my espresso or cappuccino/latte with no sugar
    - when looking for lemonade in the store I read the label of all of them to pick the one with the least sugar content
    - I like ginger beer but I never order it at local bars because the most common around here is too sweet
    - if I'm hosting a summer gathering I make my own lemonade and almost every time my guests ask for extra sugar
    - probably the white sugar package in my pantry right now is past its date -- the brown isn't because I use it for caramelized/pickled onions
     
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  21. Lobina

    Lobina Maven (1,291) Sep 9, 2009 Arizona

    Wait most women don’t like IPAs but seems some are quite psycho..I think more research is needed..heading to fridge for a Sip of Sunshine
     
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  22. pulse

    pulse Zealot (609) Mar 22, 2016 Ohio

    Stout fans rejoice. We're too busy slowly sipping a 12% bomb by the fire while nodding off to do psycho things.
     
  23. Ant777uk

    Ant777uk Pundit (923) Nov 9, 2013 England

    Everyone who doesn't like mega bitter IPA's the most is a psycho in my opinion. Seriously, how does anything else compare? It doesn't
     
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  24. Ant777uk

    Ant777uk Pundit (923) Nov 9, 2013 England

    Haha great point
     
  25. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,169) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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  26. BillAfromSoCal

    BillAfromSoCal Pooh-Bah (1,559) Aug 24, 2020 California
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    After a long day of violent mayhem nothing goes down smoother than a nice hazy, although some of my other personalities prefer a pilsner. No, we don't. Yes, we do. Ignore them...we do not.....
     
  27. jvgoor3786

    jvgoor3786 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,164) May 28, 2015 Arkansas
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  28. crazyspicychef

    crazyspicychef Savant (1,205) Sep 27, 2012 Pennsylvania

    Must be true because everyone thinks I'm nuckin' futs for being so sick of IPAs already.
    I do enjoy a very well made one, but dang, not every beer, every time!
    So many other great brews out there to expand your horizons.
     
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  29. Sammy

    Sammy Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,988) Dec 1, 2003 Canada (ON)
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    So much of science has become just dogma
     
  30. CBlack85

    CBlack85 Pooh-Bah (2,016) Jul 12, 2009 South Carolina
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  31. Eddieeight

    Eddieeight Zealot (730) Jul 30, 2017 Ohio
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    thank god i'm a fan of the stouts, barleywines, and wee heavys instead of all this IPA bullsh*t. at least i know im not a psycho
     
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  32. Bass-n-beerman

    Bass-n-beerman Initiate (195) Aug 29, 2022 Nebraska

    I always knew this was true
     
  33. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,169) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    I love it.

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  34. cavedave

    cavedave Grand Pooh-Bah (4,083) Mar 12, 2009 New York
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    Pretty sure the studies didn't rule out the possibility of severe personality disorders linked to enjoyment of those beverages, just didn't link them in (yet?). :grin:
     
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  35. meanmutt

    meanmutt Grand Pooh-Bah (3,327) Feb 6, 2012 Ohio
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    Pretty sure Madtree knew this when naming their flagship IPA...

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  36. GratefulBeerGuy

    GratefulBeerGuy Pooh-Bah (2,672) May 20, 2006 New Hampshire
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    Guess I'm going to spin some Post Malone and Billy Strings.. Psycho!
     
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  37. cavedave

    cavedave Grand Pooh-Bah (4,083) Mar 12, 2009 New York
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    Back in the day, when Hop Stoopid was a popular beer, my partner Paul and I named our wayyyyy overhopped home brew IIPA Hop Psychotic. Glad the times have caught up to us.
     
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  38. mikeinportc

    mikeinportc Grand Pooh-Bah (3,139) Nov 4, 2015 New York
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    Austrian scientists, shorter version :
    Get off my lawn! (& get me another Vienna lager!)
     
  39. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,169) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    Cheers to cutting edge psychos!?! :beers:
     
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  40. Khocolate

    Khocolate Crusader (413) Jul 5, 2013 Tennessee

    Man what, I simply love IPAs…….