I like Dogfish Head India Pale Ale. However, I'm not enough of a beer export to say that it's a true IPA. One of my favorite beers comes from a little restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan called Grizzly Peak. They brew some beer, and their Bear Paw Porter is one of the best brews I've ever had. And that includes extensive sampling of local brews in Germany and Belgium. It's rich and sweet, but that's the way I like it. Uh huh, uh huh :-). Paul On Jun 11, 2007, at 9:16 PM, Cory Papenfuss wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Jun 2007, graywolf wrote: > >> 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>. >> > > An APA is an IPA style that uses American-style hops (like Cascade > or it's more assertive sibling Centenial) throughout the bitterness, > flavor, and aroma/dry profile. Like many Americanisms, it tends to be > over-the-top in lots of ways so it generally too hoppy for most. > > I have yet to try a commerical porter or stout that really has the > flavor of a good, fresh, homebrew sweet (or dry) stout. > > -Cory > > -- > > ********************************************************************** > *** > * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL- > IA * > * Electrical > Engineering * > * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State > University * > ********************************************************************** > *** > > > -- > 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
