On 27/02/2013 10:51 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2013-02-27, graham > wrote:
>
>> My question is: How would anyone be able to tell?
>
> heh heh....
>
> OTOH, the trend is rampant among much better beers, also. I've seen
> at least a half dozen premium IPAs drop their abv content. Usta be
> most were commonly about 7.2 abv. Now, no surprise to see many
> dropping to 7.0 or even below to 6.9-6.8 abv. Either the abv drops or
> 6-paks become 4-paks at little or no price change.
>


Speaking of IPA.... my son, who ran a microbrewery restaurant for
several years, told me that IPA is a favourite among brewers. Those guys
tend to like that nice hoppy flavour. However, a number of brewers
are known to add a bunch of hops to bad beers to make it more like an
IPA, masking the stuff that put it off in the first place, so what you
sometimes get on tap as an IPA may not really be an IPA but something
else to which hops were added in the hope of salvaging it.