Why I hate BA.

mweso2000 · Jun 11, 2012

I have to say that I had a fresh Sweeetwater IPA that had just been tapped. Wow! I normally find this beer to be pretty average but there is something to say for freshness.

jimmy666 · Jun 11, 2012

jpsy422 said: ↑

I still have 2 bottles of Hopslam. I may not drink them 'til next month. ::grabs crotch, sticks out tongue::
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fucken heathen

diesel59 · Jun 11, 2012

I myself never thought much about freshness dates... until I bought a six of prima pils that turned out to be 2 years old... blah!!!!!!!!!

RBassSFHOPit2ME · Jun 12, 2012

lotsaswigs said: ↑

I think this is a somewhat (and possibly the only) valid reason for breweries to not put dates on their bottles, because when beer geeks simply cannot imagine buying an IPA a month out from bottiling (gasp, the horror!), they aren't selling as much beer.

Don't get me wrong, I think bottle dating should be standard and I will no longer buy IPA's that aren't dated or at least have a best by date (I will buy a 2 month old IPA, but if it might be 8 months old, forget it), but the idea that IPA's must should be bottled yesterday or they aren't good is quite frankly wrong. In fact, I have had numerous IPA's, especially DIPA's, that are (to my tastes at least) much better around the 3 week date than if consumed during the first week. Sometimes all the flavors need a little bit of time before everything comes together for peak enjoyment IMO.

Nothing wrong about picking the freshest of what's on the shelves, but when BA's start shunning beers that are a month old, it's getting out of hand...
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Not to mention about all DIPAs and IPAs vary mildly from batch to batch...Some batches hold up much better than others.

HipsterBrewfus · Jun 12, 2012

I've gotten so bad about it, that I find myself traveling to the future far too often to taste the beers before they even come out.

I need to calm down

Why I hate BA.

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