On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:44:36 -0700, graham > wrote:

>On 2020-01-13 3:39 p.m., Je?us wrote:
>> On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:16:25 -0500, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2020-01-13 1:08 a.m., Daniel wrote:
>>>> On 1/12/20 4:13 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I don't drink beer anymore but when I did even the silly "near beer"
>>>>> that was sold in some places was ridiculous.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>> I'm with you. My area chock full of breweries and they mostly produce
>>>> IPAs. If my idea was to consume something that bitter I'd eat unripened
>>>> persimmon.
>>>
>>> Unlike most commercial beers, IPA tends to have flavour. Personally, I
>>> like it and it is usually my first choice when I go to a craft brewery.
>>> My son managed a brew pub for a few years and met a lot of brewers. He
>>> remarked that IPA is the beer that brewers drink. However, he also
>>> noted that a lot of substandard beers get turned into IPA. The hops will
>>> cover a lot of mistakes.
>>
>> I like IPAs.
>
>As do I!
>
>But I think there's far too many 'artisan' and 'craft
>> breweries these days. Seem as though almost anyone can start a craft
>> brewery and think they have some sort of unique take on beer. I guess
>> give it another decade and with luck only the real deals will still be
>> in business.
>>
>only to be bought out by Molson-Coors:-)

Yes... then it goes to the opposite extreme and they get taken over by
the horrible big breweries.