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Tapsucker wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 11:50 pm Having a Granite Brand New Day. I've grown a little tired of NEIPAs, mostly due to their astringency, but this one worked well last year and in back in fine form. The aroma is the ticket to ride. I'm glad it looks like it it wasn't just a one off, but might be a seasonal rotation.

matt7215 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 8:03 am NEIPAs should not be astringent, are you experiencing this from a certain producer or with the style in general?

seangm wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 10:33 am I know what you mean, you often hear about hop burn in the style and it can be described as an astringent, sort of vegetative flavour. I've definitely experienced it, especially in some of the more hyped local breweries whose hazy IPAs are often overkill to my palate. In a seemingly counterintuitive manner, introducing a hint of bittering hops can actually help mask the astringency.

There's a good article on it here: https://www.pastemagazine.com/drink/cra ... uidelines/

On the topic of what are you drinking, and pertaining to IPAs, I was actually quite impressed with Big Rig's Shakedown Awakening. It's nice to see more west coast IPAs popping up again and they nailed that classic profile. Perhaps we're finally hitting a haze fatigue.

seangm wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 10:33 am Perhaps we're finally hitting a haze fatigue.

matt7215 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 12:18 pm

seangm wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 10:33 am I know what you mean, you often hear about hop burn in the style and it can be described as an astringent, sort of vegetative flavour. I've definitely experienced it, especially in some of the more hyped local breweries whose hazy IPAs are often overkill to my palate. In a seemingly counterintuitive manner, introducing a hint of bittering hops can actually help mask the astringency.

There's a good article on it here: https://www.pastemagazine.com/drink/cra ... uidelines/

On the topic of what are you drinking, and pertaining to IPAs, I was actually quite impressed with Big Rig's Shakedown Awakening. It's nice to see more west coast IPAs popping up again and they nailed that classic profile. Perhaps we're finally hitting a haze fatigue.

any beer with hop burn is either poorly packaged or bad qc, if you are experiencing hop burn you are drinking solids (yeast or hops or both) in the final product

Philip1 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 16, 2022 5:04 pm Alla Caccia (On The Hunt) from Lake of Bays. Billed as a "Crisp Dry Pilsner" - which it certainly is - and an "Italian Style Pilsner" which I don't think is a thing but I could be wrong. Anyway, this is like nothing I've tried before and so I'm probably more impressed than I should be. It's been a long time since I had an interesting pilsner - I'm thinking PC Pils from Founders which the LCBO sold briefly around 2017.

sofakingdrunk wrote: ↑Sun Oct 16, 2022 6:37 pm

Philip1 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 16, 2022 5:04 pm Alla Caccia (On The Hunt) from Lake of Bays. Billed as a "Crisp Dry Pilsner" - which it certainly is - and an "Italian Style Pilsner" which I don't think is a thing but I could be wrong. Anyway, this is like nothing I've tried before and so I'm probably more impressed than I should be. It's been a long time since I had an interesting pilsner - I'm thinking PC Pils from Founders which the LCBO sold briefly around 2017.

Personally I wasn’t impressed much…but maybe I was unfairly comparing it to superior Italian pilsners. Left Field and Indie Alehouse versions blows this out of the water. Wellingtons was pretty decent as well.