I tried an IPA.

"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
03/24/2019 at 19:53 • Filed to: None

Honestly, not my thing.

I chose a brand I liked a lot, but it just feels like an absolute miss. The aftertaste is not nice, there’s too much hoppy flavour and very little else to acompany it. But it’s not bitter in the typical sense as much as unpalatable.

Everything else is really good though, the smell is fruity, and not too strong. I t’s medium bodied (tends to light though), and it's carbonated just as I like it. But it's too much hoppy flavour... I can't taste anything to counteract it or balance it.

I’m gonna stick with the good !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

DISCUSSION (33)

lone_liberal > Spanfeller is a twat
03/24/2019 at 20:01

There is a lot of variations when it comes to IPAs depending on things such as the type of hops and when they’re added so not liking one doesn’t mean you don’t like all of them, but there is no crime in sticking with what you like.

Nothing > Spanfeller is a twat
03/24/2019 at 20:04

The problem I have with IPAs is that so many craft/local brewers just try and kill you with hops.

PatBateman > Spanfeller is a twat
03/24/2019 at 20:06

You should try this beer called “scotch”. It’s pretty good.

Spanfeller is a twat > Nothing
03/24/2019 at 20:10

It´s like those restaurants that stick avocado on every. single. fucking. item.

Spanfeller is a twat > PatBateman
03/24/2019 at 20:11

I´ve tried scotch.... I´m on the fence about the Japanese alternative though.

Spanfeller is a twat > lone_liberal
03/24/2019 at 20:12

I guess I need to try other brands, but since I like everything else Minerva makes, I thought it would be of my liking too.

AestheticsInMotion > Spanfeller is a twat
03/24/2019 at 20:13

There must be something wrong with my taste buds. I can't distinguish any difference between IPAs and I've tried many. It's like the bitterness completely overwhelms my senses...

Brian, The Life of > Spanfeller is a twat
03/24/2019 at 20:15

Do you live in Mexico? I know the IPA pickings are slim there.

fhrblig > Nothing
03/24/2019 at 20:15

I can’t stand that. It’s like people who put too much rosemary on potatoes. Or cilantro on anything.

fhrblig > PatBateman
03/24/2019 at 20:16

Seconded.

Spanfeller is a twat > Brian, The Life of
03/24/2019 at 20:28

Yeah, the beer culture here is around lighter-bodied beers.

Goggles Pizzano > Spanfeller is a twat
03/24/2019 at 20:28

Kinja'd!!!

lone_liberal > Spanfeller is a twat
03/24/2019 at 20:35

Some brands, especially here in the PNW, will have multiple IPAs with different levels and types of hops to account for different preferences so it’s not that strange to not care for one beer from a brewery whose beers you otherwise really like. That said, IPAs will always be hoppy, whether the hops are citrusy or pine-ish, or earthy or whatever, so if you like malty beers you just might not find IPAs agreeable.

Honeybunchesofgoats > AestheticsInMotion
03/24/2019 at 20:43

IPAs tend to range between “this tastes like bitter garbage” and “this tastes like bitter urine, and I paid $12 for a pint of it.”

I will say that they almost always taste better on draft, though. Especially Dogfish Head.

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > Spanfeller is a twat
03/24/2019 at 20:48

“I tried an IPA”.

I didn’t like IPA the first time I tried it; 14 years later and here I am with one in my lap.

There’s lots of kinds of IPAs some more citrusy and some less so; some more bitter and some less so; I wouldn’t call it quits on them yet.

I will drink just about any kind of beer and appreciate non-IPAs and got kind of annoyed when 66% of beers breweries in Oregon were brewing were IPAs but i do like them a lot.

bhtooefr > Spanfeller is a twat
03/24/2019 at 20:57

There’s two kinds of people who insist on looking up the IBUs for every beer they come across:

Masochists that insist on demonstrating that they “like” THE HOPPIEST BEERS.

People who run screaming from beers made for the first kind of people.

I fall into the latter category.

At least it being an IPA is enough of a warning label to know to not even bother. (Although there’s been some beers that are ... “oh, hey, that sounds intere- oh. they ruined it.”)

jimz > Spanfeller is a twat
03/24/2019 at 21:32

I like IPAs. but in general I stick with the moderately-hopped ones. I can enjoy a hop bomb every now and then, but only one. because there is such a thing as “too much.”

Brian, The Life of > Spanfeller is a twat
03/24/2019 at 22:45

I’ve spent a lot of time Guadalajara and Jalisco in general. Going there again in couple months for another wedding.

wafflesnfalafel > Spanfeller is a twat
03/24/2019 at 22:55

that’s good, trying new stuff. I am not a big fan of bocks or bar le y wines - but I do occasionally try one if it sounds interesting or if it’s recommended, (they are just weird to me...)

Spanfeller is a twat > Brian, The Life of
03/24/2019 at 22:56

It’s been quite a long time since I spend time in Guadalajara.... I was recently at their international airport.

Typically states to the north of Mexico City are really uptight, and states to the south are really messy. From the airport alone (Fully suited up MEN with thick ass moustaches in 32c weather) I feel like Jalisco is in the former group.

It’s an interesting state to say the least... they’re having quite an uncomfortable political moment, their governor is incompetent, and their star politician (Pedro Kumamoto) didn’t get to go to congress (in a battle similar to the O’Rouke vs Cruz one in Texas).

If you get the chance to escape the mess of, um, destination weddings, you could make your way to Tequila, it’s a small, but nice town... or if you really want to, Puerto Vallarta, a small, but very nice city.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Spanfeller is a twat
03/24/2019 at 23:41

I generally detest hoppy beer so I don’t even try IPA’s.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Honeybunchesofgoats
03/24/2019 at 23:42

10/10 would rather have bitter urine.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Spanfeller is a twat
03/25/2019 at 00:11

IPAs were created to survive a journey to India, from England, also n ot my thing either.

Spanfeller is a twat > wafflesnfalafel
03/25/2019 at 00:47

I do love Bocks tho

Kinja'd!!!

Tapas > Spanfeller is a twat
03/25/2019 at 08:17

That’s how I feel about IPAs as a whole.

Too much hop. Not a fan.

Pickup_man > Spanfeller is a twat
03/25/2019 at 09:03

IPA’s taste like soap to me. I’ve tried several and while some are almost tolerable I just cant get past it, and when most places usually have a good porter/stout/lager on hand why bother with liquid soap? I’m tired of the IPA obsession though, a lot of breweries that I like to go to that used to have a wide range of selection are now %75 IPAs and just a couple of things that I would like.

Brian, The Life of > Spanfeller is a twat
03/25/2019 at 11:03

Haha, they aren’t destination weddings ... we have very close family friends down there and their (our generation) kids are getting married now so there always seems to be another one. We went to Tequilla on the last trip because we had a few spare days. It was great! The Cuervo tour was very cool. We also went to Sayuda (on the road to Tapalpa). I’d never been there and was stoked to pick up a really nice set of steak knives from Ojeda. Also, I like PV but we usually go to Mazanillo or a family compound outside San Juan de Alima when we go to the beach there.

Spanfeller is a twat > Brian, The Life of
03/25/2019 at 11:05

Jalisco is really cool.... Just don't tell them a Chilango called them uptight.

Brian, The Life of > Spanfeller is a twat
03/25/2019 at 11:14

LOL! Yo u never seem to hear a Tapatio say the word “Chilango” without first saying “pinche .”

Spanfeller is a twat > Brian, The Life of
03/25/2019 at 11:27

One day they’ll finally understand us. Just look at Zapopan, it’s basically an Enclave of my city.

We're branching out.

Brian, The Life of > Spanfeller is a twat
03/25/2019 at 11:51

I remem ber when there was green space between Guadalajara and Zapopan. Unbe lievable amount of growth over the last 20 years.

Spanfeller is a twat > Brian, The Life of
03/25/2019 at 11:58

Oh, and that’s relatively modest. Look at a google earth view of Queretaro and Leon twenty years ago if you really want to shit your pants.

Spanfeller is a twat > Brian, The Life of
03/25/2019 at 12:01

2019vs 1997

Kinja'd!!!