But, of course, the "IPA" designation for beer brewed in the pacific northwet (Washington, Oregon, etc.) bears very little resemblance to a British IPA other than apparently using more hops in the process. Personally I find most American IPAs over-hop to excess (although Pyramid IPA is the exception), and thoroughly dislike the excessive cloudiness (and overpowering yeast taste) of most Washington/Oregon IPAs. Beer should be clear.
On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 11:47:44PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > No reason why you can't have American IPA if we can have British > lager, and so on. It's just a style of brewing, that's all. > > -- > Bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of graywolf > > Sent: 09 June 2007 23:32 > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC? > > > > Is there such a thing as an american IPA? India Pale Ale was > > a British invention, the hops were supposed to make it travel > > well, e.g. to India by sailing ship for the troops to drink. > > > > Anchor makes a pretty decent Porter, but that is about the > > only American made version that is actually good, Black Hook > > is mediocre at best and the rest, well... Most microbrewers > > try, but lose something in translation. > > > > Strangely most of the microbrews are more expensive than the > > imports. Well, most folks think expensive is good. BTW > > "premium beer" is an american invention, the term means the > > same cheap beer at a higher price. <sorry no grin>. > > > > -- > > graywolf > > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > > ----------------------------------- > > > > > > Rick Womer wrote: > > > I've never heard American IPAs described as bland > > > before! What puts most people off them is their > > > hoppiness. > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > --- Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> I'm quite adventurous in my beer explorations. IPA > > >> is one of the few > > >> beers I don't particularly like - it's too bland. > > >> Stout is another. > > >> This makes for a difficult choice after a game of > > >> squash because the > > >> bar at my club only serves IPA and stout. A few > > >> weeks ago I found a > > >> shop which sold quite a wide range of US > > >> micro-beers, so I bought a > > >> bottle of each to try them and I was rather > > >> disappointed, to be > > >> honest. Most of them were too malty for me. I guess > > >> they don't travel > > >> particularly well. Either that or they're meant to > > >> be served much > > >> colder than I like. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Bob > > >> > > >> > > >>> -----Original Message----- > > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > >>> Behalf Of David J Brooks > > >>> Sent: 09 June 2007 13:01 > > >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > >>> Subject: Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* > > >> microbreweries in NC? > > >>> I usually dont get advebtursome in my beer buying, > > >> but i bougt 6 of > > >>> the ipa from West Jeferson. Yet to try one, maybe > > >> tonight after > > >> Erins > > >>> show > > >>> > > >>> Dave > > >>> > > >>> On 6/8/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> wrote: > > >>>> I almost always bring back some Cottonwood > > >> Brewery "Endo" pale ale > > >>>> (official slogan: "Over the bars!") from North > > >> Carolina. This time > > >> I > > >>>> also brought back a selection of brews by the > > >> Highland > > >>> Brewing Company: > > >>>> Kashmir Pale Ale, Black Mocha Stout and Oatmeal > > >> Porter. Excellent > > >>>> brews, every one. > > >>>> > > >>>> Just another fringe benefit of driving down to > > >> Blue Ridge > > >>> country ;-) > > >>>> > > >>>> -- > > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > >>>> [email protected] > > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Equine Photography > > >>> www.caughtinmotion.com > > >>> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > > >>> Ontario Canada > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > >>> [email protected] > > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > >> > > > > > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > ______________________ > > > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now > > (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. > > > http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
