On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 9:55:12 AM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 27/02/2013 10:51 AM, notbob wrote:
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> > On 2013-02-27, graham > wrote:
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> >> My question is: How would anyone be able to tell?
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> > heh heh....
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> > OTOH, the trend is rampant among much better beers, also. I've seen
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> > at least a half dozen premium IPAs drop their abv content. Usta be
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> > most were commonly about 7.2 abv. Now, no surprise to see many
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> > dropping to 7.0 or even below to 6.9-6.8 abv. Either the abv drops or
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> > 6-paks become 4-paks at little or no price change.
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> Speaking of IPA.... my son, who ran a microbrewery restaurant for
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> several years, told me that IPA is a favourite among brewers. Those guys
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> tend to like that nice hoppy flavour. However, a number of brewers
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> are known to add a bunch of hops to bad beers to make it more like an
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> IPA, masking the stuff that put it off in the first place, so what you
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> sometimes get on tap as an IPA may not really be an IPA but something
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> else to which hops were added in the hope of salvaging it.

Pretty much the only time I'd find myself in a brew pub would be out of
town, where I have to go out to eat anyway. I always ask if they make
an American Pale Ale, along the lines of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. IMO,
APAs benefit from being served fresh more than most other styles.

I'm tempted to order this hops extract to see if a drop or two would
greatly improve the flavor of canoe beer.
http://www.hoptech.com/products/pure...e-hop-oil-2-oz
Imagine if for 2-5 cents a can, you could noticeably add some flavor
to the otherwise nearly flavorless. I wasn't just calling it canoe
beer, but beer that we bring in the canoe. You can't bring bottled
beer on the river, which is a good thing, so making canned beer taste
good would rock.

--Bryan