IPA help for a newbie please

I highly recommend the daily What Beer Are You Drinking Now? (WBAYDN#[xxxx]) thread, & the weekly New Beer Sunday (NBS#[xxxx]) thread. The latter is specifically for telling each other about new-to-me beers.

 

A bunch of people have already provided some good suggestions on some less bitter IPAs - one that comes to mind for me is Dogfishhead 60 minute IPA. That said, if you're not into the bitterness, have you considered trying some Pale Ales? There's quite a few good ones out there: Stone Ripper, Sierra Nevada Pale ale (probably one of my favorite pale ales), etc.

 

It varies, but generally, cool(45-55F?) ,not cold. Many will not taste right if too cold. I've encountered plenty where the bitterness was more apparent when colder. Also, your taste buds don't work as well. If it tastes bad when you can actually taste it, it probably is bad.

 

They truly are an endless variety of enjoyment.

Love your enthusiasm, man, there are plenty of folks on this site who love nothing better than to dampen the enthusiasm of others, especially IPA lovers. Don't let them, keep happy and enjoy the wide world of hoppy beers now open ahead of you. Cheers!

 

You’re a world-class beer nerd, Premo. Well done.

 

If it hasn't already been suggested I had a can of the new Sierra Nevada Fresh Hop IPA the other night and it is g-oooo-od!

It's low bitterness as well. Quite hazy, but I don't think it's intended as a New England IPA style (though it's getting hard to tell these days - everyone is making them).

Yes, I would also recommend getting your hands on some NEIPA style beers if you haven't already - they're designed to have low bitterness. How can you tell if it is a NEIPA? Well many of them say it on the label, but feel free to ask here for suggestions - there's a great and helpful community of craft beer lovers on BA.

 

Hey, @TongoRad's recent knighting ceremony during which he earned the name "Sir Tongo" has inspired me.

 

Very nice...but I don't seem to recall signing off on any of that stuff myself.

 

Someone probably already said something similar, but, even though it does have some bitterness to it, try Bell's Two Hearted Ale. If you learn to like Two Hearted Ale, you've successfully made it into the IPA world.

 

Anything hazy

 

They ruined that beer (no pun intended)

 

Glad you were able to try that Epic praise the haze NEIPA. That’s a consistent and very delicious beer. Also see if you can come across Dogfish Head Liquid Truth Serum. Also, not sure if you have or haven’t, but I know Dallas has one or maybe even multiple locations of Flying Saucer. They have tons of beers and categorize their menu by types. And if it isn’t listed download untapped to track what you’ve tried or to simply just look up the beers and see things about them such as their IBUs (bitterness). Much continued good luck!

 

Lagunitas is a great national IPA to try. Not that bitter but a great starter beer for sure.

 

Um, Yellow Rose is not, by any stretch of the imagination, an NEIPA.

 

No, it is not. It's a pale wheat ale.

 

Drink what you like. Who cares if it's not an IPA??

 

Welcome to BeerAdvocate. Don’t take this the wrong way, but I’m not sure why you’d resurrect a thread to directly respond to a year old question from a user who hasn’t logged in in a year. Please stick around though.