Who likes the hoppy hop of the IPA??

Which ones have you tried and can recommend?

Just got home and am drinking a Thunderhead, which is decent, but i'm looking for one that knocks your socks off.

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Jesus, i added "BEER" to the thread title hoping it would get a response. What do i have to do, add "SASHA" to the title as well??

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its in between 5 and 6pm EST jenks. people are on their way home via the liquor stores. drink a few more and check back with us.

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I like IPA but my favorite is Amstel Light.

And yes adding Beer and Sasha helped

oh yeah and to answer your question I have tried Sierra Nevada IPA and I do like that one!

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[quote=Jenks]Who likes the hoppy hop of the IPA??

Which ones have you tried and can recommend?

Just got home and am drinking a Thunderhead, which is decent, but i'm looking for one that knocks your socks off.[/quote]

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

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Lrn, there is a brewery in CA called ALPINE, which doesn't ship or serve anywhere else except CA to my knowledge, but their APA ranks high on beeradvocate.com, and i've heard others rave about their beers. Ever had anything from them?

And yes, Thunderhead is my favorite IPA at the moment. But i change "favorite beer" like i change my underware, every few weeks.

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

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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.

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[quote=Lrn]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[/quote]

Pyramids Hefeweizen is awesome!

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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

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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.

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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)

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[QUOTE=Jibgolly]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.[/QUOTE]

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

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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.

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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.

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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)

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[quote=peloquin]IPA is NOT to be mistaken for pale ale... its much much hoppier jibs, BEWARE![/quote]

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.

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

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

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[QUOTE=nyy77]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)[/QUOTE]

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

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[quote=nyy77]never heard of ipa, where can you get it?[/quote]

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.

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Red Hook ESB is the shizzy.

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

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[quote=Jibgolly]ive had this before. its fairly common here in FL.[/quote]

was my favorate in high school, fresh steam beer unique to the west coast so cronic

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god high school was whatever i could steal from the grocery store i worked at. back then i didnt discriminate. i took budweiser, bud light, busch, whatever. i didnt develope a love for imports til around 22 when my heineken phase abruptly ended.

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[quote=peloquin]no offense, but if thats your top 5, you are most definately not a connoisseur ;)[/quote] :lol: And i took you for a nancy boy beer drinker Peloquin. That top 5 above isn't very top in MY book either, but hey, to each his own, not going to knock anyone for what they like.

Hook's ESB IS yummy, yes.

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in santa cruz CA there is a home brew shop that has all orgainic ingredients, they had the best ipa, [URL="http://www.breworganic.com/"]http://www.breworganic.com/[/URL]

super frendly too. i just moved into a new place so i can start brewing again.

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[QUOTE=Jenks]:lol: And i took you for a nancy boy beer drinker Peloquin. That top 5 above isn't very top in MY book either, but hey, to each his own, not going to knock anyone for what they like.

Hook's ESB IS yummy, yes.[/QUOTE]

im not knocking him. and no, i am a hardcore beer fan dude.

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

What about [B]Hacker[/B]-Pschorr Hefe Weisse... Not sure if it is unfiltered but I love it. There is a beer garden called the Rathskeller in downtown Indy. It is great the few months of the year when the sun is shining and the band is playing and some dude pukes on your shoes. God I can't wait till Spring!!!!! :(

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[B]current top beers, no particular order[/B]

salmon creek brewpub (vancouver, wa) belgian ale amnesia brewing (portland, or) esb rogue dead guy ale (rogueales.com, portland, or) mac and jacks african amber (somewhere in washington) alaskan amber im also a massive fan of any stouts and porters, and i love a stella too

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[QUOTE=DJJEFFJONES]What about [B]Hacker[/B]-Pschorr Hefe Weisse... Not sure if it is unfiltered but I love it. There is a beer garden called the Rathskeller in downtown Indy. It is great the few months of the year when the sun is shining and the band is playing and some dude pukes on your shoes. God I can't wait till Spring!!!!! :([/QUOTE]

dunno, havent had it. but i am usually not a fan of hef, so probably not :p

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that rogue beer is for hard core stomachs only.

anyone ever had Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout? MmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMmmmmmmmmm

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rogue is awesome dude. they give you a yard of ale and a t-shirt for free on your birthday. i have 3 :D

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There is a local brewery here, besides Budweiser, that makes an oat stout that isn't bad. I'm not a very good judge of oat beers, because i'm not a big fan.

What i do like from local breweries tho, is Whiskey Stouts and Scotch ales. Beer and scotch...whoever thought of that needs a medal. Schlafly makes one that's pretty good. Also had one at the Eagle brewery in Ft. Collins CO that was good.

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[IMG]http://www.goharpos.com/images/menuitems/beer_bottled_erdinger_hefe_weiss_3.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=peloquin] they give you a yard of ale and a t-shirt for free on your birthday. i have 3 :D[/quote]

:ROFLMAO:

that's awesome...that you go every year on your bday just for the yard and tshirt.

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its good beer :lol:

whiskey stout is dangerous business, but oh, so good. im a big whiskey guy too, mostly bourbon tho.

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[IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/cwsiggy/dogfishhead.jpg[/IMG]

One of the best IPA's in a bottle. (Dogfishhead 60 minute IPA)

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[quote=peloquin]dunno, havent had it. but i am usually not a fan of hef, so probably not :p[/quote]

Well if you like Pyramid you should definitly give it a shot for a change. Hefe are not my favorite either.

One of my favorite beers is Kalik from the bahamas. It is probably crap but I had so much fun when I was 17 in Nassau that everytime I can get my hands on it, I do!

I guess if I was to put up a top 5 it would include:

1.) Amstel Light ( when looking for something easy to drink and better then domestics) 2.) McCaffrey's Ale 3.) Sam Adams Winter Lager 4.) Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout 5.) Sam Adams October fest

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heres an IPA i like:

[IMG]http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9952/ipa3mh.jpg[/IMG]

the immortal ipa [url]http://www.elysianbrewing.com/BeerPages/IPA.html[/url]

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erdinger [U]IS[/U] awesome stuff.

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[quote=cwsiggy][IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/cwsiggy/dogfishhead.jpg[/IMG]

One of the best IPA's in a bottle. (Dogfishhead 60 minute IPA)[/quote]

^^^THAT'S THE ONE!! received some awesome reviews on beeradvocate. My mouth watered just reading them. Gotta figure a way to get some of that here.

btw...for the beer lovers, an awesome site:

[url]www.beeradvocate.com[/url]