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IPAs for People Who Don't Like IPAs
WSJ On-Line ^ | Jan. 24, 2014 | WILLIAM BOSTWICK

Posted on 02/28/2014 12:06:06 PM PST by Pontiac

THINK YOU DON'T like IPAs? Too bitter, too intense? Many are. Tongue-numbingly resinous and paint-thinner strong, today's double and triple India Pale Ales have a few devoted, if masochistic, fans. But to those of us more interested in grace than grandeur, IPAs can be hard beers to love. Or even swallow.

No longer. Showcasing new and experimental breeds of hops, the latest pale ales offer a welcome change of pace: nuanced flavor.

So get them while you can: a fleeting, flickering burst of tropical sun in a northern winter.

1. Great Lakes Chillwave Double IPA (9.4% ABV): Hop-of-the-moment Mosaic bursts through this beer like a splash of mango nectar. It comes on like fruit soda but finishes with an IPA's bracing bitter kick.

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To: Pontiac
IPAs are my favorite summer beer.

/johnny

21 posted on 02/28/2014 1:07:54 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: needmorePaine
Troeg’s Hopback is a great amber from PA.

And Troeg's Nugget Nectar is a heck of an IPA. As well as the IPA from Brooklyn Brewery.

22 posted on 02/28/2014 1:16:40 PM PST by gdani
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Sam Adams...great marketing, bland microbrews overall. Summit from St. Paul is much better, and as a company just a couple years younger.

But I did try the mix-pack of Adams’ pale ales and was happy enough that I’d buy it again if I found it. Probably wouldn’t buy a 12 of any of them individually, though.

My newest favorite is the He’brew mixed pack of IPAs...Hop Manna is an absolutely fitting name and the Rye IPA is wonderful as well.


23 posted on 02/28/2014 1:41:19 PM PST by gnickgnack2 (QUESTION obama's AUTHORITY)
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To: Pontiac
Try this Fulton IPA, Sweet Child of Vine. From Minnesota. I'm not normally a fan if IPA's but this has more flavor depth than others.

Their other brews are excellent too.

24 posted on 02/28/2014 2:12:22 PM PST by Damifino (The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
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To: Pontiac

25 posted on 02/28/2014 2:16:26 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot (Science is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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To: Zeneta

Have you tried their Tornado?


26 posted on 02/28/2014 2:49:30 PM PST by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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To: Pontiac

When I was growing up, Labatt’s IPA was the beer that all fathers of teenagers drank at home because they knew we wouldn’t touch it.


27 posted on 02/28/2014 3:10:13 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
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To: Damifino

One of my all time favorite IPAs! Can’t find it in Maryland. But I was blessed with a delivery of Fulton SCoV (and Surly Furious, and several other styles from vaious Minnesota breweries) from friends who drove here in January - just ahead of a winter storm that followed them.


28 posted on 02/28/2014 4:00:10 PM PST by GambrillsGuy (uic)
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>> Great Lakes Chillwave Double IPA (9.4% ABV)

Way too high ABV for first-timers. I suggest staying under 7% which is still strong. The alcohol intake is about twice that of a light beer. So if you’re accustomed to consuming pints of light beer, be advised.


29 posted on 02/28/2014 4:05:51 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Pontiac; ADemocratNoMore; Akron Al; arbee4bush; agrace; ATOMIC_PUNK; Badeye; Bikers4Bush; ...

Pinging the Ohio list..


30 posted on 03/01/2014 4:01:07 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave (The democRATic party preys on the ignorant..!)
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To: Pontiac

Bought & Brewed most of them all last 12 years or so...best of the lot so far...KBBA...Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale...a bit strong and a bit pricey...I have taken to using it as a mix together with SNPA...maybe a touch of Torpedo, but not much...IPA can be and mean anything one wants it to.....my own McG’s is fine for me...but I do use mostly store-bought!

Used to brew...just extract brewing...and...the Mr Beer...2gal containers are just right for experimenting...one I get a recipe down where I’m satisfied w/it...5 gal buckets are fine...

Jus’ Plain Dick
*****


31 posted on 03/01/2014 6:57:11 AM PST by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: Pontiac

Titan IPA (Great Divide Brewing Compnay,Denver CO) and Stone IPA (Stone Brewing Company, Escondido, CA) are two of the best.


32 posted on 03/01/2014 7:12:11 AM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: Zeneta

A pale ale is NOT an IPA.


33 posted on 03/01/2014 7:12:44 AM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: Excellence

Torpedo?


34 posted on 03/01/2014 3:16:01 PM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: hattend

http://www.sierranevada.com/beer/year-round/torpedo-extra-ipa


35 posted on 03/01/2014 3:23:37 PM PST by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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To: Excellence

I have a few Torpedos in the fridge. I was just wondering if you wrote Tornado in #26 and meant torpedo.

Does SN have something called a Tornado?


37 posted on 03/01/2014 4:03:35 PM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: hattend

It’s been a long time since I had one, I didn’t like it, so I probably got confused. Anyway, I had to stop drinking altogether because of the migraines. I really miss the regular Sierra Nevada and also Long Board.


38 posted on 03/01/2014 4:22:11 PM PST by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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To: First Authority
I will be drinking Smutty Nose IPA at StrangeBrew of ManchVegas tonight…Sam Adams and my fall-back beer, Harpoon IPA are weak compared to Smutty.

I will have to put Smutty Nose IPA on my wish list. Thanks

39 posted on 03/01/2014 4:33:26 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: gnickgnack2
Sam Adams...great marketing, bland microbrews overall. Summit from St. Paul is much better, and as a company just a couple years younger.

Well that is the point of the article pointed out in the first line of the article.

Many people are turned off by the trademark intense hoppyness of the IPA. The Great Lakes IPA was mellowed for the typically bland beer taste that Americans have developed post Prohibition.

40 posted on 03/01/2014 4:38:16 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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