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My perspective is that the "basic" people can't wait to bring up how much they despise IPAs and without a single exception the reason is always "they're just SO hoppy!!!"
Well given that they're the most hoppy of the common types of beer, that reason for not liking them is hardly surprising or in any way illegitimate π€·
Not liking them, and not liking other people liking them are very different things.
Such is true.
Which is exactly why I think it's an unnecessary and boring thing to talk about. If someone asks them, they should just say no I don't like it. Instead they volunteer the information and emphatically state the reason as though it's a surprise or unique in some way
They're probably just trying to be helpful, you know.. You sound very aggravated about them simply stating a preference and the reason for said preference.
If someone were for example to offer you an overly sweet type of confection or cake, wouldn't you similarly answer "no thanks, too sweet for my taste?"
No one is offering them an IPA or asking their opinion. You seem like maybe you're one of these people? Since you're ignoring what I wrote. They volunteer the information and then harp on it. I have heard this since I started drinking IPAs in like 2012. Ok we get it, you all hate my beer. I'm not talking shit about their awful sour beers or whatever, I keep it to myself unless asked.
Nope, I'm not "one of those". While I too don't like beers to be too hoppy, it's not something I go out of my way to tell people like some crazed stereotypical vegan π€·
I can see how that would get annoying in the long run though and I'm π― with you on sour beers lol. Second worst beer I ever tasted was a gose and the worst wasn't an IPA either lol
Yeah it definitely gets annoying. It's at the point where if I'm drinking with 3 new people, I expect at least one person to ask what I got and if it's an IPA tell me how much they don't like it. It's been going on so long and it's uncanny how often it happens...
I've tried sour beers and usually they are god-awful. I think I had a drinkable one once. I mention them here though because it also feels like a trend that the same haters of my beer will often be drinking a sour beer lol. In my head I'm like "welp your opinion is confirmed completely unreliable on all beer"
But of the near-infinite number of things a person dislikes, they only meme about a couple. The Internet loves an easy target...
Are you NEW? π€¦
Nope, just bored to death by the seagulls constantly squawking "THING BAD! THING BAD!"
I heard a real-world explanation about why IPAs are the most common and commonly-sought craft beer. Half the reasons are unflattering, but a few are valid.
So I'm "basic" nowadays re: beer, and I despise IPAs because I literally cannot stand the bitter&pithy ones (esp Grapefruit Pith), and there's no easy way to know what an IPA will taste like till you've paid for it and cracked it open. I also get reflux and nothing blows that shit out of the water like an IPA. There's a hops shop down the street from me, but if I'm going to brew a beer (super rare, I usually make whiskey or mead) it's gonna be something will a chill flavor profile.
That's why I like brewers that publish their hops. I'm the opposite of you, I live for the citrusy, fruity type of hops and despise the more traditional floral/piney strains. If I see simcoe on the bill I'll go to bed sober, but if you've got Willamette or Cascade I'll make tea from them.
Meanwhile I don't even have an idea what the hell am IPA is. Is it like a kind of beer?
Stands for India Pale Ale. i was originally told they used to brew stronger beer to make it last the long trip to India before refrigeration was a thing.
So it tends to be higher ABV and more bitter or hoppy to go with the higher alcohol content.
The hop part is a bit more interesting. The strong beers of the time werenβt enough to keep the beer from getting infected. However, hops are a natural preservative. The oils have antibiotic properties. They were initially used as a preservative for weak British ales and the taste was a side effect but not necessarily the desired effect. When they had trouble shipping their beers across the world, they would pack the beer full of hops so it would make the trip. Eventually, Brits in India developed a taste for the bitter beer that was shipped to them and a beer style was born.
Thanks, I knew I was missing something. Itβs been probably 10 years since I did a brewery tour that actually taught anything.