Beer or Cocktail.

Hermes · Aug 31, 2021

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For most of my life, I would have said beer. I still love beer, but in the last couple of years, I've started to get filled up more quickly so I feel bloated if I have more than one. And I've gotten fatigued by the increasing IPA dominance of the beer scene. Every bar with a big beer selection or every beer store I go into is full of shelves and shelves of indistinguishable hazy IPAs. There's no longer room for good Belgian dubbels and tripels and good, solid English style pale ales (or traditional well-balanced English IPAs for that matter, like Samuel Smith's India Ale, which are brewed in the original spirit of the style). I'll still take a beer with my meal over anything else. But if I'm just going out for drinks, if I'm honest with myself, I now prefer a good cocktail. And if I'm having a drink at home to wind down, I'm more likely to have a bourbon or scotch. I don't fill up as much and I feel better the next day.
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At least in my neck of the woods, the IPA craze has receded.

Cosmo · Aug 31, 2021

IPA are still a thing, but they're not THE thing, which is nice. There's an appetite out there for craft lagers and pilsners, and breweries are starting to fill that void. Just because I go to Triple Crossing, it doesn't mean I want an Imperial IPA. They make a hell of a German pils that pairs well with a good soccer match, for instance.

X-Hack · Aug 31, 2021

I’ve been all about kolsch this summer

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