What's with all the IPA beers around here? (drive, outdoor)

[Phrogg]

I enjoy IPAs, but I understand the "mud" comment. Compared to the big-name American beers, most IPAs seem thick and bitter. I like that, and other styles of craft beer as well, though sometimes it all gets too fussy and frou-frou and I need a Budweiser.

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by ABQConvict

IPA is huge everywhere (with a robust craft brewing scene), not just Portland.

I agree they are an overrepresented style, but I confess to drinking them pretty often.

I must also say, that while they are not to everyone's taste and no one needs to like them, I don't understand you buddy's characterization of IPAs as "tasting like mud". IPAs definitively have a strong and distinct flavor profile from the copious use of hops, but 'mud' does not describe it even remotely unless your tastebuds are damaged.

He said it was like drinking mud; I took that as a reference to its, uh, 'texture' or mouth feel.

[ABQConvict]

Originally Posted by freemkt

He said it was like drinking mud; I took that as a reference to its, uh, 'texture' or mouth feel.

Oh. Well then just about anything but a high attenuating light lager tastes like mud. On the bright side for him, more than 75% of all beer sold in the US is a pilsner style.

[patches403]

My hubby and I are also in the dislike IPAs camp although I don't think they taste anything like mud - we just don't like the hoppy flavor. IPAs are one of the negatives about the summer beer season, but usually even during the summer we can find something darker with a lower IBU number to drink among all the IPAs.

[VelouriaPDX]

When I first started trying IPAs I likened them to tasting like libraries. Something about the aged smell I guess reminded me of old books. Not in a bad way, per se. I do like a good, balanced IPA. My favorite though is a Belgian farmhouse ale.

[AndyAMG]

They need to stop with the hops. There is such a thing as too much.

[sorupaa]

If it makes you kinda sleepy and that's the whole point to beer to relax. I like it, I don't like the price

[ABQConvict]

Originally Posted by AndyAMG

They need to stop with the hops. There is such a thing as too much.

I might agree with this if there were no such thing as choice.

I perused the craft beer selection at my local grocery store last night and would say that 20% was IPA. That left me with about 30 non-IPA choices. Not even counting the other 75% of shelf space dedicated to mass market light lagers like Bud, Coors, Heineken, and Dos Equis.

30 ain't bad.

[Hockeygirl063]

I am not a big fan of hoppy beers but there are a couple IPA's I like.

Oregon has some of the very best craft beer, and if all you ever drank was crap beer (Bud, Miller, Pabst, Coors) it takes a little time to get use to the beers

[oregonwoodsmoke]

If IPA didn't sell, the brewers wouldn't be making them. Since they do sell, I take that to indicate that a lot of people like them.

If you don't like them, OP, buy something else.