Denverdave
Resident Ragamuffin
I prefer it cold myself, but.... 
Hot or Not? Stone IPA Edition
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Modern Saint
Starve your Fear, Feed your Dream!
India Pale Ale made in North County San Diego....
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Denverdave
Resident Ragamuffin
I know - right?
Actually - it was never made in India. It originated in England when India was a colony. In order to keep the beer shipped from England fresh on it's trip via boat to India they came up with a brew with more hops. Thus India Pale Ale was born.
Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
Myth 1: “IPA was invented by a brewer called George Hodgson from Bow, in East London.”
Fact: Hodgson was the best-known of the early exporters of pale ale to India. But there is no evidence at all that he “invented” a new beer style. Pale ale was already being brewed in England before Hodgson. And the beer Hodgson brewed wasn’t called “India Pale Ale” until more than 40 years after he is first recorded as exporting beer to the Far East. Indeed, there is no evidence that IPA was “invented” at all. It looks more likely the style developed slowly from existing brews as “Pale Ale prepared for the India market”, and was eventually, around 1835, given a new and separate name, East India Pale Ale.
Myth 2: “IPAs started life as a British export to their troops stationed out in India back in the 1800s.”
Fact: Pale ale was around from at least the 17th century and pale ales were being exported to India from at least the 1780s, if not before. And they weren’t drunk by the troops, either those of the East India Company’s forces or the later British Army forces in India, who much preferred porter, and continued drinking porter in India right through to the end of the 19th century. The pale ales exported by Hodgson, Bass, Allsopp and others were drunk by the middle and upper classes among the Europeans in India, the military officers and the “civil servants”, the civilians who worked for the East India Company, trading, administrating and collecting taxes.
http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/four-ipa-myths-that-need-to-be-stamped-out-for-ipaday/
Great blog
Fact: Hodgson was the best-known of the early exporters of pale ale to India. But there is no evidence at all that he “invented” a new beer style. Pale ale was already being brewed in England before Hodgson. And the beer Hodgson brewed wasn’t called “India Pale Ale” until more than 40 years after he is first recorded as exporting beer to the Far East. Indeed, there is no evidence that IPA was “invented” at all. It looks more likely the style developed slowly from existing brews as “Pale Ale prepared for the India market”, and was eventually, around 1835, given a new and separate name, East India Pale Ale.
Myth 2: “IPAs started life as a British export to their troops stationed out in India back in the 1800s.”
Fact: Pale ale was around from at least the 17th century and pale ales were being exported to India from at least the 1780s, if not before. And they weren’t drunk by the troops, either those of the East India Company’s forces or the later British Army forces in India, who much preferred porter, and continued drinking porter in India right through to the end of the 19th century. The pale ales exported by Hodgson, Bass, Allsopp and others were drunk by the middle and upper classes among the Europeans in India, the military officers and the “civil servants”, the civilians who worked for the East India Company, trading, administrating and collecting taxes.
http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/four-ipa-myths-that-need-to-be-stamped-out-for-ipaday/
Great blog
Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
Plus it's not the only style name that is derived from its original location or destination
Kolsch, pilsner, Southern & northern English Brown ales, Irish stouts, etc.
Gary Blanchard
beloved, local musician
At this point, an IPA is the only thing I will drink, and I have tried the Stone IPA and loved it.
Modern Saint
Starve your Fear, Feed your Dream!
I am aware of that. It was just funny to see 'North County San Diego' in there.
Gary Blanchard
beloved, local musician
I made the mistake of buying this last week:
"Hoponius Union harmoniously combines lager yeast fermentation and West Coast IPA hops. Our India style Pale Lager is like a traditional IPA but with a twist - it’s fermented cold and aged for extended periods. A blend of classic American hops creates a huge tropical fruit and citrusy hop aroma. A dry finish accentuates the pleasant bitterness and hop profile. Hoponius Union uses locally sourced ingredients."
I didn't notice that it was a lager, and didn't realize it had the citrus flavor. Now I have to figure out what to do with the other five bottles.
"Hoponius Union harmoniously combines lager yeast fermentation and West Coast IPA hops. Our India style Pale Lager is like a traditional IPA but with a twist - it’s fermented cold and aged for extended periods. A blend of classic American hops creates a huge tropical fruit and citrusy hop aroma. A dry finish accentuates the pleasant bitterness and hop profile. Hoponius Union uses locally sourced ingredients."
I didn't notice that it was a lager, and didn't realize it had the citrus flavor. Now I have to figure out what to do with the other five bottles.
sunvalleylaw
Yep.
I prefer it cold myself, but....
Yes, hot. I like west coast and PNW style IPA's, which are a bit different from traditional English style IPA's (however the style developed, and whomever invented it and why). But to me, even more hot is Stone Ruination IPA, or Stone "Enjoy By". Each of those is a bit more aggressive than the standard IPA.
Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
Ever have moylans hop sickle or green flash palate wrecker?
Denverdave
Resident Ragamuffin
thanks....great info and nice to get the right info about IPAs. I have been drinking in ignorance all theses years.
Denverdave
Resident Ragamuffin
I also really like IPAs from Avery Brewing and Odell Brewing .
Not surprisingly both are Colorado brews, and both support running races locally. I am kinda biased that way though.
Not surprisingly both are Colorado brews, and both support running races locally. I am kinda biased that way though.
Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
It's so often mentioned online, it's right up there with the Ben Franklin quote. Martyn's blog is filled with great info. Another great historical brewing blog is "shut up about barkley perkins" by Ron Pattinson
Denverdave
Resident Ragamuffin
But you will.....you will.....
Kerouac
weird musical dildo
Nope. I drink Stouts and Porters.
Denverdave
Resident Ragamuffin
It's almost funny. A good friend of mine here, who is a big beer lover, has this IPA theory. He claims that most single guys don't like IPAs because they have not gotten married yet and discovered the bitterness of life full force.
And here you are - single - not liking IPAs.
You are not the first to back up this theory....
Kerouac
weird musical dildo
It's almost funny. A good friend of mine here, who is a big beer lover, has this IPA theory. He claims that most single guys don't like IPAs because they have not gotten married yet and discovered the bitterness of life full force.
And here you are - single - not liking IPAs.
You are not the first to back up this theory....
Most of the dudes I know, single or otherwise, prefer IPAs but it just doesn't do it for me. My go to beer has been our local seasonal, which is a Scottish.
If you can find it out there, GET IT!