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[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 79 points 1 year ago
[-] sugarcake@lemm.ee 43 points 1 year ago

I like IPAs and I'm secure enough to not be bothered by the mockery my basic brothers and I face online.

[-] ThePac@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

This thing got really popular for some reason. It must be awful!

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 60 points 1 year ago

Those dudes are so basic the pic looks ai-generated.

[-] dingus@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 year ago
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[-] ImminentOrbit@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago

I don't get it? IPAs are good year round.

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[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 36 points 1 year ago

I'm German. I look down upon these pesants. The best beer is dark and unfiltered. Anything else cannot compare.

[-] beijingb33f@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

I’ve had your beer while in your country. Much respect and all given the history and contributions to beer over all, but after a week…it got boring.

I’m happy to be a peasant with never ending variety of styles and variations within styles without being hamstrung by some unimaginative and restrictive laws.

[-] Anamana@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's variety too, you just didn't get to see it during your stay. The laws are now much more liberal than they used to be.

But yeah, when you go to a basic place, many German beers have a similar character I would say. Normally there's just the difference between light, dark, red, weizen and then the mixed ones.

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[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I never liked beer until I tried it in Germany. I’m here now on vacation, a Radler is probably my preference just for sweet tooth but even the basics go down nicely.

[-] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dark beer is for winter and autumn. IPA is for spring, summer, and not going off on a sea voyage to the colonies.

Edit: also when I was in Germany I mostly drank white wine. Germany is the only country that produces palatable white wine, whereas good beer can be had in many countries.

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[-] reverendsteveii@sopuli.xyz 28 points 1 year ago

Vegans, PSL girls, IPA guys, furries, and anime nerds seem to be the most popular targets for boring, basic memes.

[-] gonzo0815@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago

Good beer is good beer.

[-] theragu40@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I don't get it.

I don't even like IPAs all that much.

But like... Pumpkin Spice is a seasonal artificial flavor that is I think annoying to people because it's made its way into everything from marshmallows to crackers to milk.

IPA is a style of beer. That's it.

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[-] StarkillerX42@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago

It's the middle of Oktoberfest season, and you went with IPAs for this meme?

[-] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 12 points 1 year ago

Not to mention, there's literally pumpkin spice beer.

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[-] TalesFromTheKitchen@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago

I'm German too, while I usually prefer southern german beer with a strong wheat, malt and yeast flavour I also occasionally like to explore other flavours like IPA or more exotic ones from different countries. I mean, drink what you like or don't drink at all (which might be better, health-wise). Gates open, come on in.

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago
[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

3 chouffes later everyone's having a good time ;)

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[-] Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Everyone who doesn't get it needs to read this.

[-] AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

It can be quickly summarized to the line in the article, "marketers have an insatiable appetite for turning human enjoyment into target-based profit". Couple that with the fact that females tend to receive more ridicule for their consumption habits, and you've got this article.

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[-] Eggyhead@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

OP just doesn't know good beer. (shrug)

[-] Ulv@feddit.nu 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

if it isnt brewed in a monestary in belgium whats even the point #notlikeotherguys

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[-] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

The best part is, I can have an IPA all year round!

[-] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 year ago

I’ve never really considered hops to be an interesting flavor. It’s just… flat and bitter to me.

I truly don’t understand why so many people love IPAs, or try to sneak extreme hoppiness into other beer styles. (An IPA with fruit juice is not a saison! And a 70 IBU “kolsch” is a war crime!)

As a person who prefers the complex, bright and earthy flavors from grains and yeast, getting face-fucked at the end of every sip by a one-note weed pine cone is so disappointing.

[-] leraje 9 points 1 year ago

one-note weed pine cone

Single greatest description of the taste of IPA I've ever read.

[-] Jabroni@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I am not an IPA fan for the same reasons. The problem are the Brewers thinking they can just add any old hop into the mix and expect it to taste good. Then you have the consumers freaking out over a 120 IBU DIPA even though, on average, the human pallet is unable to taste anything beyond 70 IBU with an average threshold of a out 4 IBU.

Don't get me wrong, I have had some great IPAs, but the places I've enjoyed them were places that knew what they were doing. Barely any bitterness and all the hop flavor and aromas.

I used to work as a brewer where the owner wouldn't let us make any recipes of our own. All the recipes that he made us use, regardless of the style of beer, had an unforgivable amount of hops to it. The stout? 80 IBU. Fuck you, Dave.

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[-] GenesisJones@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah that's not how ipas work.

[-] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

cant get much else craft beer wise where i live.

i like a porter ale but theres only like one shop that does one.

Stouts are nice but guinness is overplayed. Brewdog have released a stout that seems to be doing well though, but i like variety

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

That’s pretty true. People are so passionate about having an ipa

[-] variants@possumpat.io 18 points 1 year ago
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[-] jdf038@mander.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

Something I should mention: I do like IPAs (not only IPA but they are tasty) and can find all 3 of the style of shirt in this weird AI looking stock image in my closet.

Soooooo...

[-] socsa@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

IPAs aren't really seasonal? I always associate fall with Marzen style lagers for Oktoberfest, and big winter warmers like barleywine and sweet stouts.

[-] AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, but I don't drink 16 pumpkin spice lattes in one sitting.

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[-] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

...International Phonetic Alphabets?

[-] DrQuint@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I have no idea what any of those words mean

[-] TopShelfVanilla@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Breweries just don't want to invest the time and effort it takes to brew good porters, baltics, stouts and barkeywines anymore. Where are the dubbels and triples and red ales? Scotch ale, ever heard of it? What happened to the variety? Laziness and cost cutting. Nothing but bitter piss as far as the eye can see. I quit drinking over a year ago, but sometimes I think I'd like a beer, till I look at the wall of IPAs that passes for a beer isle. Then the urge is gone.

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[-] deathbird@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

If they weren't so overplayed it wouldn't be so bad, but every microbrew has like 3 IPAs, 2 dry-hopped pilsners, and a seasonal novelty that if you're lucky is something noticably different like a wheat beer or a porter.

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[-] joneskind@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

To be honest, as a French from Lille (which means I have access to a whole lot of beers) the very first time I drank an American Pale Ale it tasted like a lighter, more subtle IPA.

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