On 2/27/2013 10:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> 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.
>

Well, if adding hops doesn't really work, you probably won't drink that
draft again. Certainly, I've disliked draft beers that waiters have
recommended and try to remember them because other drafts served are
sometimes quite good.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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