Westbrook hates: Beer Snobs and Hipsters with their stupid goddamn IPAs

[pjfootballer]

Well I hate Bear Snobs, Dipsticks and PDQs.

[10]

....I hate Bear Snobs....

me too.

[Corcaigh]

me too.

Nice.

(Male) Bare snobs are worse.

[KAOSkins]

http://www.joesixpack.net/currentColumn.htm

While noting that some experts reject the phenomenon, Hieronymus writes that hop addicts may undergo what is known in human olfactory psychophysics (the study of odor) as "adaption." The more the brain becomes accustomed to hoppy aromas, the more it "expects a more-bitter drinking sensation."

- more at link

Ahhh, I get it now. Smell junkies.

[China]

That's why they call it an acquired taste.

[grego]

Love a good IPA, it's basically all I drink.

Stone, Sierra Nevada, Loose Cannon, and Dogfish Head among my favs. And no, I have never had an IPA that's "too bitter."

So I guess what I'm saying is "eat it, ya pansy with the bud light piss you probably drink."


Edit- I fully acknowledge that there are a lot of sub-par IPAs out there, but then again there is a lot of sub-par beer in general

yep.

hops are an awesome thing. kind of a curse, really. once a hop-loving beer drinker gets a taste of a good, hoppy beer, everything else tastes like a light beer.

yum.

[MissU28]

Well the day that Dogfish makes a good stout, heavy beer or doesn't make something that tastes like a tin can, I'll be happy to drink it.

Just tried the Miles Davis Bitches Brew the other day. Yum. Reminded me of Stone Russian Imperial Stout. $15 a bottle, but you would like it.

[zoony]

yep.

hops are an awesome thing. kind of a curse, really. once a hop-loving beer drinker gets a taste of a good, hoppy beer, everything else tastes like a light beer.

yum.

You guys are insane. Beer should have balance. It is an art.

However, if you are an American upstart and have no idea what you're doing, just dump a ****load of hops in it to mask your inability, label it an IPA, and design a hipster label. The unrefined and uneducated American pallet will think its really something

[TD_washingtonredskins]

You guys are insane. Beer should have balance. It is an art.

However, if you are an American upstart and have no idea what you're doing, just dump a ****load of hops in it to mask your inability, label it an IPA, and design a hipster label. The unrefined and uneducated American pallet will think its really something

You probably also need some odd or ironic catch phrase or name like "Tree Stump" or "Burning Cold"

[zoony]

You probably also need some odd or ironic catch phrase or name like "Tree Stump" or "Burning Cold"

Nice.

And an innocuous picture on the label that summons a folksy feel, as if there is a guy brewing this stuff in a small room who doesn't know how to properly market his beer... He only knows how to make great beer by God!!!

I will call it... Steel Rail... And it will have an old locomotive on the label...

(Hey, almost as dumb as calling it fat tire. Almost)

[TD_washingtonredskins]

Nice.

And an innocuous picture on the label that summons a folksy feel, as if there is a guy brewing this stuff in a small room who doesn't know how to properly market his beer... He only knows how to make great beer by God!!!

I will call it... Steel Rail... And it will have an old locomotive on the label...

(Hey, almost as dumb as calling it fat tire. Almost)

I like it...excited to see the beer caps with a rail road crossing sign on them.

[zoony]

I like it...excited to see the beer caps with a rail road crossing sign on them.

By God I think we could get a loan... You're in charge of marketing

[sacase]

By God I think we could get a loan... You're in charge of marketing

The sad part is with good marketing you would make a killing.

[#98QBKiller]

Drinking a Victory Hop Devil straight out of the keg as I read this thread. Mmmmmmmmmmm.....hoppy beer!

Damn right, good thing I'm not a mod or I would consider starting this thread a bannable offense.

[Bacon]

IPAs taste horrible, like licking a pine tree or something. Hops are a good thing, but the line is easily crossed for me. Sam Adams Latitude 48 made my eyes cross it was so bitter.

I love stouts, especially with hints of chocolate or oatmeal. Samuel Smiths is just fantastic for that, Rogue is good too.