VashHT
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- Feb 1, 2007
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I like a good IPA on a warm summer day after yardwork. The hoppy flavor is very refreshing. That being said, there are WAY TOO MANY IPAs on the market today thanks to the whiny hipsters who want a drink as bitter as they pretend their worthless, nihilistic lives to be. Give me a good Belgian style strong ale. Oh yeah, thos pumpkin ales need to diaf too.
Yeah I agree with you, I like IPA's but I'm not obsessed with them like some people are. I tend to like the ones that aren't super bitter and have some other flavors in there so you can actually taste something. My brother and I split a bottle of Mikkeller 1000 once, it has 1000 IBU's and it is absolutely disgusting, both of us couldn't even finish a 12oz bottle. It's basically a novelty, but some IPA's I've had and had people recommend me are along those lines, super bitter with no other flavors in there.
Besides, there are so many other beer styles out there I don't see why people obsess over one. I like a lot of the Belgian style beers and I'm a big fan of darker beers. If I'm doing day drinking outside there's lighter stuff like pale ales or ESB's that are easy to drink and lighter ABV so you don't feel like shit if you're drinking out in the sun for a while.
I don't mind if people drink cheaper domestic beer really, but I do get kind of annoyed when they try to say it tastes better when everyone drinks it ice cold so you can't even taste anything.
