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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
You know why every microbrew makes IPAs right now? Because you can't screw them up.
All you have to do is make crappy beer, dump a buttload of hops in it, and then everyone has to say they like it, because manliness is currently directly correlated with how bitter of a beer you can order and pretend to like when out for pints with your friends.
There are a couple that actually have some flavor to them besides chewing on a bucket of hops, but they are few and far between during this current fad.
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I drank Alexander Keiths IPA as my main beer for a few years. One night I'm out with some new co-workers and I ask if they have it. They say no. A colleague asks what kind of IPAs they have, and the waitress rattles off about five different versions. He picks one, and I say I'll have one as well. A few minutes later our beers arrive and I take a swig. I thought someone was playing a joke on me by bringing me diarrhea. It was disgusting. I asked my colleague if his was okay, and he said it was delicious. I said it tasted nothing like the Keiths IPA, and that is when I was given a lesson on what an actual IPA is. I do not like them at all. I still enjoy Keiths every once in a while, but I usually buy Kronenbourg, Peroni, Stella or Steamwhistle now.