IPA craze: When will it be over?!

American IPAs are distinctly American. I like to think the aggressively hopped pale ale, starting with SNPA, ranks up there with jazz and comic books as an American art form. American brewers will continue to experiment with what's theirs; the Pacific Northwest and beyond is working with some wonderful hop varieties. I think you'll just have to accept whatever takes on particular styles you can get from American brewers and, while not always completely authentic, appreciate the freshness.

 

I thought the community had progressed into the gose/berliner/sour summer phase...session IPAs are so weeks ago, and stouts, pffft...i can't even.

 

I would rather brewers quit hopping the hell out of every style they brew.
They can brew all the IPA/DIPA's they want. Just leave the excessive hops out of the rest.

 

I think I should have been more clear. When I was referring to traditional styles I was referring to styles like pilsners, quads, witbiers, etc, not ipas (english style I suppose). So I agree with you 100% that the IPA has been branded into our beer culture. And I'm personally fine with companies like Victory and Sierra Nevada increasing their IPA selection. At the same time though we could use a few more breweries like Allagash or Jacks Abby for the sake of balance considering as popular as IPA's are, they are still very divisive.

 

I only listen to Shinedown, or Avenged Sevenfold all day every day.

 

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It will never ever never ever never never ever never be over. Ok.

 

It is not a craze. IPAS are phenomenal, drink what makes your tastes buds happy.

 

I WISH my local breweries had lists that looked like that.

IPAs are awesome.

 

What? I don't even...

 

Never.

 

I don't get it. Is there some kind of beer that you think is underrepresented on the shelves these days? Not where I live.

Do you just want to hate on a popular thing or is there a reason you don't like the popularity of IPAs?

honestly if you aren't an IPA guy, keep your mouth shut and enjoy the availability of the beers you like and hope they don't become the next hot thing. we are smack dab in the middle of the greatest beer renaissance this country has ever seen and the variety on the shelves is absolutely incredible.

 

i wish every style was as popular IPAs. the more beer being made means more ingredients needed. more ingredients means more farming, more farming more american jobs created. drink more beer

 

The topics on this site ..

 

Nearly 10% of those taps were IPAs. And then, how many were IPA cousins? Double IPAs, hoppy pale ales, IPLs....?

I also find it very hard to believe some place had 12 taps and NO IPAs. I'm a huge lager fan, but even I think it's a poor decision to carry zero IPAs (the most popular craft style) unless it's a TGI Friday's.

 

Where are you picking up your month old Helles? Is there a bar around the corner with a litany of British mild and bitter on cask? How's your locals fresh stock of Czech pilsner beyond Pilsner Urquell (which isn't even THAT fresh when it gets here)? Kolsch?

Marzens will be hitting soon........of course many of the great imports get here already 3 months old. And some of them have been bumped in the last year by pumpkin ales, "seasonal" IPAs, and mediocre attempts by US brewers.

Nevermind, I must have missed all of these beers because the shelves were packed full of Kellerbiers and quads not named St. Bernardus/Rochefort/Chimay. If you remove your hop-colored glasses you'll notice there aren't as many great (fresh) examples of other styles as you think there are. Homebrewing is a nice option these days, unless I want an IPA of course.

 

Right after it gets too hot to grow hops anywhere I guess.
There is one thing I learned folks have different tastes. I do not get the super hoppy either, but I do love me some nobile pils. Seriously. I used to think it "would" end but that was just because I thought who could love this beer, it seems many do. Frankly the Local Total wine has so many IPA's I think that is all anyone drinks here......

I always say on this site, wait a week and the same topic will repeat. I go away for 6 months and its the same old, same old.LOL

 

Crazy has an end? NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! DAMN YOUS!!!!!!!!!

 

can't you pick a different brewery to go to. here in CT there's 2 or 3 breweries that focus on non-hop bombs on purpose.