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Aug 22, 2021 5:09 PM
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FP edit: woah. If you have a veteran in your life, shoot them a text or give them a call. You never know.
IceWeaselX
As someone in the Ft. Hood community, I had to do a double-take before I finished the sentence:
Denholmz
Ey bro.... I'm really first on this...can't be...it must be a dream...
ctrlshiftkill009
/a/wGJ9i3T
billdozer86
I used to be such a beer snob.then I got fat and hangovers got so bad that now I'm just like, two light beers, I have to be home by 9p
NonOffensiveAlias
I may love IPAs but Jesus give me other options.
Phathongas
"Nah man im just gonna stay home and play video games fuck that"
litelbrown
In my recent experiences everything is a sour.
thispleasesimhotep
Any lovers of ESB's here?
OttoVonBiz
I really can’t stand the beer snobs. But man, I do love a good IPA.
kakivara
I know what you mean. I love a good beer too, so I don't drink IPAs either.
lovecraftbeer
Also will soon be the best part of town.
Cholf
Sounds like Ashville!
HumanoidTyph00n
Reminds me of craft beer pub in Newcastle, Aus. 28 beers on tap and 8 of us. We all bought 3 beers each and tried 3 different ones each
HumanoidTyph00n
Ended up two overlapped so we tried 22/28 beers and they were all fucking terrible.
explosivepotatosalad
KodiakDDS
IPA's are the 'pumpkin spice' equivalent for 25-45 year old dudes
MistaNasty
Pumpkin spice is one bad flavor. "Ipa" contains a myriad of hops which have notes of many different flavors. So not really.
Darwinning1859
Bars: "We specialize in craft beer." At the bar: 6 IPAs and Sam seasonal. No thanks.
HelpfulCorn
I'll take the Sam
FightingRevengeOfYourMom
Glad to hear I'm not the only one who's totally over the IPA thing. Trying some lighter pilsners these days, just to mix it up.
ThatEvlCanadian
Dude I love IPAs
supervillainsevilmoustache
I have a palate like a brick wall, so IPAs are right up my alley. Especially the piney ones, ummm yum.
PantLord
“It’s only £12.99 for a pint of something that tastes like dishwater!”
Seanspeed
Enjoy your Stella.
drivergrrl
I don't like the taste of IPA but it's about all I buy because the alcohol lvl is minimum 9% and I'm not allowed to have wine or spirits
Seanspeed
:/ Only extra premium IPA's are anywhere above 7/8%.
drivergrrl
My current faves are Deschutes "royal fresh" (9%) and Sierra Nevada "big little thing" (9%)
Apothecarius
"Seasonal? We got Spooky pumpkin parade, Haunted pumpkin ale, some actual pumpkins you can drink out of, pumpkin shark coochie board..."
imjustabill495
I'm pretty sure you meant charcuterie, but shark coochie board made me crack up
zeacorzeppelin10
Man, there is so much disdain for micro breweries in the comments, Breweries will make what is trending, IPAs are in, sours are on the up.
litelbrown
I went to a brewery the other day. They had their one standard IPA and 7 sours.
zeacorzeppelin10
Sounds awesome.
potshot
Yeah, I guarantee any brewery you ask is going to say they make IPAs because no other beer will sell with similar numbers.
zeacorzeppelin10
My local brewery has three, however they make several other beers. Any new brewery I go to my family gets a flight.
JimmyWalkerTexasRanger
That title alone crushed my soul.
blessedarethecheesemakers
I can’t stand IPAs. Give me a nice Pilsner or red ale.
JimmyWalkerTexasRanger
Stouts, Ales, and Bourbon here. If I wanted to make a sour face I'd pop a 9 volt battery on my tongue.
blessedarethecheesemakers
Fuck yea brother. Never tried bourbon straight. Whatcha recommend? Love me some smokey scotch.
birencall
IPA; beer that tastes like we collected the urine of a homeless man who eats only asparagus and bottled it with cigarette butts.
Notmybeardedladynotmycarnival
So your a Busch fan huh
KodiakDDS
Because not liking IPA means you have no taste in beer right? Come up for air bud
birencall
Nah, I’m liking stouts and sours right now, some wheat beers and some pale ales, just not super hoppy stuff.
JohnSatclaire
My general rule is only drink beer I can't see through...but some of the hazy/juicy IPAs are downright tasty.
MofongoBalls
Don't forget their pumpkin stout served in 99° heat
MrMetroid
sigmanimus
people who drink stouts in the dead of summer are closeted serial killers, change my mind
SpikeReynolds
Them is fightin words!
WinoCrimesand69s
Ill knock back an ice cold coffee stout in all weather, and i live in texas so we only have 2 seasons
silverymage
I feel attacked, and totally accept this.
InfocalypseRising
seriously why is everything an IPA. Are they really easy to make or something?
quietwalker
As someone with a poor sense of smell, do me a favor: pinch your nose when you drink an IPA. They often taste like some nasty floor cleaner.
quietwalker
Demand your IPAs taste better, not just water, grain alcohol, and some potpourri . Seriously, you're worth more than that.
Baeloro
People want to 'enjoy the flavor' but don't want to get called out for drinking bud light.
Allisrevealed
Hops covers the fuckups. Good hops can make dirty sock water taste crisp. When the hops are bad too it's double nasty.
BukkakeRider3000
They have a lot of hops so it hides some flaws in taste.
killbrutus
People lovvvvvve their IPAs. There's a local double IPA here that has been a best seller at every place I've ever bartended.
Glomulus
Gets you effed up quicker for like a buck or two more
YouCanCallMeCal
Yes. It's called room temp brewing and hopping post brewing means faster production
keaoli
Local tesco only sells "fancier" IPAs and I hate it
Seanspeed
IPA's are like whiskey - you dont usually want a 'budget' IPA.
keaoli
I discussed it with a friend who is VERY into beer and discovered the flavour i hate is the hops hahaha
Seanspeed
Lagers get old. What I'd like to see is more wheat beers.
fionaComputerLifter
Yes that cherry wheat beer with the monk on the front
kakivara
IPAs are what happens when they ruin a batch and dump in a bunch of hops to hide their shame.
Hornedequine
They are easier and faster to make
doombabies
There are some breweries that do great craft Non-IPA! Ballast Point, Bell's. Craft Pils and lagers are becoming more popular.
doombabies
Also I will admit I am spoiled by living in MI, if there's one thing we got it's a shit ton of breweries that make great beers of all types.
MistaNasty
Those are not craft, used to be but now owned by the big guys.
Draconiclyyours
How about stouts and ales?
doombabies
I really only like oatmeal stouts personally, but Roak makes a great one called Devil Dog - yer on your own for choc/coffee stouts.
Draconiclyyours
Cool, and I don’t like either of those, so no loss
DALLASLAVOWNER
its hard to find a nice Pilsner
doombabies
I have the great fortune to live close to Hamtramck (Polish Detroit) - if you can find it, try Żywiec, Polish pale lager.
CyclopticColleague
If you're near Sacramento, look for Device Brewing, try their Pincushion Pilsner. Deliciously crisp and refreshing.
Snausagebort
Robust & complex flavor that many craft drinkers crave, mirroring the appeal of an aged Pinot or Cabernet (or even dark, bitter chocolate).
Seanspeed
Correct. All the ridiculously ignorant comments here. I'm not craft beer snob either, IPA's are just genuinely really good. Was an
Seanspeed
acquired taste, admittedly. But same for beer in general, or whiskey or rum or whatever. IPA's are great.
Shpielers
As someone who loves IPAs, I'm not complaining... Some places don't know how to make decent ones though.
Seanspeed
If you like IPA's, you'll know a lackluster one. Greene King IPA is terrible, for instance.
Blightsteel101
Iirc the fermentation time for IPAs is significantly less than lagers. More than anything, IPAs are just "in" right now. As far as the /1
Blightsteel101
Whole tasting like piss deal, the main problem is that a lot of breweries just chuck a ahitload of hops in and hope for the best instead /2
Blightsteel101
Of really taking the time to find the best balance of additives. There are good IPAs out there. You just gotta sort through the chaff /3
jscuster
IPA is the Merlot of beers
beetcher
Merlot was over produced so there was a lot of shit, but its one of the best wines. Pilot Noir will be the next one
whatpassesforclever
The French Paradox to the Sideways Effect. I wonder which varietal pop-culture will destroy next.
BigWillisStyle
I will not drink any fucking Merlot!
Nodak70
Well, this thread went sideways rapidly!
nangke
Callbox
I'd imagine it's really easy to make a passable beer when "tastes like shit" is the standard.
itgrunt
At least it tastes like something. Miller lite just started like water to me anymore. And that's a really a decent pilsner
SteamPriest
"It's Piss Actually"
ZorkFox
“We know, we piss in it! Don’t people know not to come here?”
NarratesTheDarkerStory
all I got is piss-warm chango
dogmoind
I don't know, but of all the IPAs I've been tricked into trying, they've all been disgusting. I'm off them, permanently.
khora
Try them again when you grow up.
yallmfsneedjesus
Lol this was my first thought.
Baalzak
It's apparently really, really easy to sell bad IPAs, like country music.
oskar4498
And they're all like 20% alcohol and fruit-flavored.
ThereAreManyOthersLikeItButThisOneIsMine
I recognize them as an acquired taste. One that I have not acquired and do not desire to.
InfocalypseRising
I've had one or two that were decent. But yes, overwhelmingly they just taste like bitterness and regret.
otherJeffsarefalseJeffs
I tend to get strong overtones of shitty weed from a lot of them.
ThePastmaster
Can't be as bad as the bacon smoked beer I tried in the UK.
thewalkinged
Wasn't yeastie boys T rex was it?
ThePastmaster
No I can't remember the brand. I THINK it was German. Dragonshield or Dragonwall or something.
djzapz
I don't drink a lot so usually, when I do, it's to try something new (weird beers, whiskies, gins,etc.). IPAs are consistently disappointing
dwilson0725
Try some Hazy IPAs.
Fight4theUser
Look at the IBU, usually anything under 50 is generally smooth and not bitter. West Coast IPAs are 60+ IBU, East Coast IPA are under 40 IBU
Dalltof
I too like the hazy. Prefer double hazy or quad hazy
dingoflickums
Fun seeing ipa haters just crying about it all the time
Seanspeed
I'll agree that they can dominate selections too much at times. But yes, they're really good.
CriticalCritic
They have no clue! Ten years ago like 95% of IPAs were tongue-shriveling bitter-bombs. Straight-up swill made from dumpster juice.
dingoflickums
I miss it TBH
Problemwoodchuck
IPAs tend to sell well year round. As craft beers go it's a safe choice that people know exactly what they're getting when they order an IPA
Corrodias
What? No they don't. IPAs vary in character as much as any other type of beer does.
VladThePoker
And they're easier to make. The impurities of the beer aren't noticeable with so much hop crammed into them.
FeverandAgue
So many! Especially east coast US. I like IPAs but there are a lot of good beers. And when it’s fall, I’m looking for something malty/nutty.
NuclearMonk
and what ever that is, it's not good flavor.
potshot
It's typically not particularly mind-blowing, but it is pretty easy to make a passable IPA for people who like it. And a lot of people do.
ScottBugVillain
I have no idea what I’m getting. WTF is an IPA?
Heronmark
India Pale Ale
otherJeffsarefalseJeffs
IPAs tend to be hoppy as all hell. I can’t stand them and have no idea why they are so popular.
ScottBugVillain
Thank you!
DemSumBigAssRidges
Yes. Same reason sour beers are everywhere too. Easy to make, and easy to hide fuck ups too.
Wikipedo
Sour beers are foul, since I don't know if the pipes are skanky or if it's meant to taste like that
pidders
Sours are incredibly difficult to make.
CGWN
I think they mean beer with sour flavorings, not actual sour beer.
pidders
Sour beers can taste like bitter lemon. Fully sour rather than hint of flavour.
CGWN
First of all, 6 month old comment. Secondly, "sour beer" is difficult to make, but grapefruit flavoring + IPA/lager isn't, and is everywhere
Drenathar
Good* sours are hard. The fruity, vinegary concoctions that bad breweries pump out by the score are easy.
Dontstopbelever2000ismyfavoritesoap
Say what you will, but local breweries needing a decent amount of work space and parking has led to the revival of previously blighted >
Dontstopbelever2000ismyfavoritesoap
urban areas. Rundown warehouse districts have become tourist attractions. Too many IPAs tho, and I LOVE IPAs but guys need to chill on 'em
CyclopticColleague
IPAs & sours/hazes are...lazy? If you want to show your skills as a brewer, give me a lager, a pils, or a porter.
nikkidemas
Longtime sour fan here & I'm thrilled they're having a moment!
NotABadLookingNarcissist
I love craft beer but hate ipa’s. Give me lagers and blondes all day.
WardSharlow
IPAs are just comparatively easy to make. Barely any aging, temperature control is less important, and tons of hops hides most imperfections
NotABadLookingNarcissist
Thanks for the info. That makes a certain amount of sense, all these breweries putting all their eggs in the ipa basket. It’s popular rn too
wipethatfaceoffyourheadbitch
When they get bored of those they shift to sours which are not much better. Just make me a nice boring Pilsner thanks.
LebronJamesDean
Or just pale ales. Toning down the cranked alcohol content in ipas makes a big difference.
thewalkinged
Good pilsners and lagers are works of art.
Dontstopbelever2000ismyfavoritesoap
Went to Seattle and Portland in '19 and the wife, who does not like IPAs, had an insanely hard time finding beer. We stopped to grab a 6er >
Dontstopbelever2000ismyfavoritesoap
at a grocery store and I shit you not, in an entire wall of 6packs there were less than 10 non-IPA choices. I LIKE IPAs but thats ridiculous
wedontlookalike
As a homebrewer, damn I agree. I make what I like, and it ain’t sours, but the community is obsessed with em.
NothingIsShocking
Or just a plain stout would be nice. They don’t all need to be coffee, bourbon, or coffee bourbon.
thewalkinged
Imperial stouts aged in bourbon barrels are pretty nice though.
wipethatfaceoffyourheadbitch
Or chocolate or milkshake…
Drzhivago138
Just had my first sour from the local brewery last night. It was...not great.
thewalkinged
Sours are an acquired taste and some are just bad. Personally not a fan of kettle sours and prefer wild fermentation beers, especially if >
thewalkinged
They've got brettanomyces in them. Brett gives a lovely sour flavour that doesn't turn your face inside out.
squeegepooge
Would you say you have the thrill…for the Pils?
YouFailMeYetAgainStarscream
Would you say you're a pilsner-d?
thewalkinged
Teddy?
NakedGalaxy
Gentrification has ruined a lot of lives too though
whirlydoodle
I'm fine with it if it's an old rundown warehouse district and not an ethnic neighborhood
SephReed
There’s an arc. Generally, the beginning of gentrification cleans up a brings a bit of life. Then it can kind of go down hill.
Dontstopbelever2000ismyfavoritesoap
Of all the evils white americans have inflicted on ppl of color, "driving up property values" isnt one Im going to sweat
comacomacomacomachameleon
damn
drinkdaddyswater
Many ppl in poorer areas may rent bc they don’t have money to own. Higher prop values -> increased rent -> priced out of neighborhood/city
Dontstopbelever2000ismyfavoritesoap
I know what it means. Tell me what the other options are; we complain about millennials (ie: me) not being able to afford home and complain>