i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

[peloquin]

Re: i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

Red Hook ESB is the shizzy.

i think i'm just incredibly spoiled because i live in the northwest (the land of microbreweries...)

[Jenks]

Re: i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

never heard of ipa, where can you get it?

Most decent liquor stores. Most people have Sierra Nevada or Red Hook IPA, both of which are okay, but the smaller breweries are really kicking some ass with IPA. Every city i go to i try and check out the local breweries and get local with the beer. You'll get some fantastic beers you'll never see anywhere else.

[peloquin]

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never heard of ipa, where can you get it? as a beer conaseur (not sure of the correct spelling) theres never just 1, so heres a top 5 in no specific order:

1) Sam Adams (fav is the boston lager and cherry wheat)
2) Red Stripe
3) bass ale
4) killians irish red
5) anchor steam (dont know how known this is, a college favorite of mine)

no offense, but if thats your top 5, you are not a connoisseur

[Jibgolly]

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anchor steam (dont know how known this is, a college favorite of mine)

ive had this before. its fairly common here in FL.

[Jenks]

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IPA is NOT to be mistaken for pale ale... its much much hoppier jibs, BEWARE!

yes, it's certainly not for a part time beer drinker. Lrn is right tho, they smell, look, and taste delicious!!

I've not had that Dogfish 60minute or 90minute IPA either, and both rank very highly as well.

[nyy77]

Re: i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

never heard of ipa, where can you get it? as a beer conaseur (not sure of the correct spelling) theres never just 1, so heres a top 5 in no specific order:

1) Sam Adams (fav is the boston lager and cherry wheat)
2) Red Stripe
3) bass ale
4) killians irish red
5) anchor steam (dont know how known this is, a college favorite of mine)

[peloquin]

Re: i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

India Pale Ale (IPA, also known as Imperial Pale Ale), is a distinct style of beer and is characterized as a sparkling pale ale with a high level of alcohol (5.5% to 6.3% by volume) and hops, thus having an increased bitterness (typically 35-48 on the IBU scale). The creation of India Pale Ale (IPA) during the early 1700's was the result of tremendous efforts by British brewers to overcome a difficult problem: during the 1700's beer did not keep well on long ocean voyages, especially into hot climates. These hot environments resulted in the arrival of flat, sour beer.

[Jenks]

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Correct me if i'm wrong, but wasn't IPA invented by accident? In the early days trying to get beer to india and keeping it fresh required tons of hops, and thus, the IPA was born?

Or did that guy lie to me at the brewery in CO? I bought it hook line and sinker.

[peloquin]

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surprised ive never had one cos i love any pale ale beer. i suppose once i saw the label i mistakenly thought it was on par with Pabst or Old Milwaukee. will have to grab some next time i'm at the liquor depot.

IPA is NOT to be mistaken for pale ale... its much much hoppier jibs, BEWARE!

[peloquin]

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pyramind hef is the best kind of hef because its unfiltered. any other hef tastes like shite. (2nd least favorite beer type)

[Jibgolly]

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surprised ive never had one cos i love any pale ale beer. i suppose once i saw the label i mistakenly thought it was on par with Pabst or Old Milwaukee. will have to grab some next time i'm at the liquor depot.

[Lrn]

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^^ im burnt out on it, that same buddy could get pyramid kegs for 40 bucks, really burnt out on the heif, hopefully ill be back on it this summer

jib, ipa stands for inda pale ale, its really bitter strong and smells hella good, my favorate kind of beer to brew

[DJJEFFJONES]

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my friend worked for the pyramid brewery and i like there ipa a lot, if your ever in berekely they have a draught ipa that is so fucking good

Pyramids Hefeweizen is awesome!

[Jibgolly]

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not familiar with IPA beer.
Becks is my budweiser, and i drink an assortment of wheat beers, stouts, and ales. i love those heavy belgian ales.

is IPA a brand? or a flavor? never had one.

[peloquin]

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IPA is my least favorite type of beer... just about any other kind i could recommend a bunch of