Juiced IPAs

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Which IPAs do I gravitate towards? All of them.

I enjoy some piney, resiny bitter-biting IPAs as much as I enjoy the roided out 16oz juice cans. I try to maintain a balance in my fridge between each coast and Midwest IPAs, that way there is always something tasty to drink. Otherwise, I find myself getting too fatigued on a particular style or flavor profile.

 

I like a variety of IPAs, I don't gravitate towards one particular style of IPA as there are so many choices today. As far as IPAs with adjuncts, most of the time I find the adjuncts taking over the beer so I rarely purchase those.

 

This was as interesting discussion from earlier this year where Sierra Nevada dropped some good information about fruit IPAs. See posts from SierraNevadaBill / BillManley (he changed his user name recently).

 

I gravitate towards things I haven't tried. Just picked up the Sierra Nevada Fresh Hop Pack for Christmas Eve and could not be more excited. But if I picked up a super bitter double IPA or a juicy Tree House beer I'd be equally excited. Guess I just really like IPA's, go figure!

 

Definitely not tired of juice bomb IPAs, but I allow that that could happen sometime in the future.

I am frustrated that I do have to drive some distance in order to locate the beers I truly desire, which tend to be closer to the Atlantic coast and or up in Vermont. These trips constitute the number one "mental health day" off from work.

In my fridge at the moment, pretty easy to get nearby, are Melvin IIPAs--2x4 and Citradamas. Also the Stone Enjoy by 12/25/17.

Squirreling away my few remaining TH offerings to share at Christmas....

 

I love em all from palate scrapers to all late addition non bitter hazy hop attacks. A new one I have come to enjoy is the sour NEIPA with fruit and other additions. I have had a few versions from different brewers but the ones made by Hudson Valley Brewery are amazing.

 

I enjoy the bite/bitterness of a west coast then the smoother east cost juicy IPA. For now no burn out actually enjoying the contrasting styles. As long as they are well made it works for me.

 

Tried the Almanac Sour IPA and it was definitely a unique beer. Give that a try if you like that style.

 

No palate fatigue in this corner. There are so many things that complement natural hop flavors, not only fruits but herbs as well. I enjoy them all.

I thought Exit 16 was phenomenal.

 

I'm in a similar boat - getting a bit tired of the juice bombs. I've found the Melvin IPAs (Asterisk, 2X4) have been a nice return to some nice bitter hop forward beers.

 

I don’t have access to a lot of juice bombs, so there’s no worry about palate fatigue...I like most American IPAs, but I lean more toward citrus, and tropical fruit styles than pine/resin/hemp-bombs

 

I basically like all IPAs, but for now, at least, liking the NE Style the most.

Cheers!

 

I find the fruit-forward IPAs taste good and they are in my beer rotation, but the style is overdone and differences between them are minor that they mostly interchangeable, which makes them at little boring to me. I like variety.

It's not just me who finds the current IPA flavor trends interchangeable though, because the same people who previously favored the safe sameness of macro beer flavors are drifting to the safe sameness of IPAs. I know several people who 5 years ago were mainly macro beer drinkers who now will go into a bar and literally order "whatever IPA is on tap." I am not exaggerating, they often don't even look at the brewery or beer name before ordering. For some people ordering an IPA is becoming the beer version of ordering the "house white wine" where the maker doesn't matter.

 

Will do, will look for it next time in town. Thanks for the tip.

 

Pro-tip: if you drink a lot of different kinds of beers, you won't get tired of one type.

 

Hah! I guess adding IPA to something guarantees bigger sales. I've always enjoyed hoppy sours, even before they adopted the new moniker .

 

"Dry hopped sour" is SO much more accurate, but . . . . marketing.

 

And even though I know this I'll still pay more for some gimmicky cross style What's wrong with my brain?