On 2020-01-14 4:43 a.m., Daniel wrote:
> On 1/13/20 7:16 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

>> 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.
>
> You'd really love it over here man. It's an IPA haven. My preference is
> with stouts, porters, imperial stouts. My favorite mainstream brand is
> Arrogant ******* Ale and Stone's Smoked Porter. Things like that. I've
> had a milk stout, not too bad.
>
> Right now it's really trendy to have fruit IPA's, sours, etc. I tasted a
> raspberry ganache stout after work. Barf.
>

Screw the fruit. I want real beers. My buddy and I go out for
motorcycle rides and stop for a beer at craft breweries for one beer. A
couple months ago we went to one that produces one of my favourite IPAs.
They had a second one on tap and I gave it a try. My friend ordered the
same, but I tasted mine before they poured his and I took the liberty of
cancelling his order. It was awful. I should have sent mine back because
I think that what I was served was their sour beer. I think she may
have poured mine from the wrong tap. It had happened to me before at a
brew pub. I don't remember what I had ordered, but what I got was ginger
beer. The server assured me that it was not. The friend who was with me
tasted it and agreed it was ginger. She came back with another beer for
me and acknowledged that the lines had been crossed.