tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post8877285883150531326..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: Is IPA the Most Popular Style?Jeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-81916242972836242082014-09-25T13:10:05.394-07:002014-09-25T13:10:05.394-07:00What American Beer would you recommend to someone ...What American Beer would you recommend to someone I don't know but is retiring USCoast Guard officer....and might be a reminder of autumn and middle of the road...Anchor Porter or?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-87199874346165548252014-05-21T17:31:38.758-07:002014-05-21T17:31:38.758-07:00I used to work as a beer distributor and generally...I used to work as a beer distributor and generally the best sellers for any given brewery were IPA (or double IPA, depending on the brewery). That was true for off premise and on premise accounts. For better or worse IPA seems to be the style that consumers base their opinion of the brewery. <br /><br />I've seen people walk up to the bar at Chuckanut Brewery (many many awards for German Ian Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405661042806457001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-76410833263423814732014-05-15T16:48:26.851-07:002014-05-15T16:48:26.851-07:00Zach, that's an interesting point. I hadn'...Zach, that's an interesting point. I hadn't thought of it before.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-90954986528925837832014-05-15T11:14:10.992-07:002014-05-15T11:14:10.992-07:00As long as somebody is still making those light wh...As long as somebody is still making those light wheat ales and the fruit stuff (I was a surprising fan of the Pyramid Strawberry Blonde Saison), I will be happy. Though I now love a good Porter or Stout, I have not yet developed a like for Hoppy IPAs.Dann Cutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788286445033083370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-46055325274739939402014-05-15T08:24:52.653-07:002014-05-15T08:24:52.653-07:00What's really happening is that IPA has become...What's really happening is that IPA has become synonymous with "craft beer". Whereas there once was a time where someone would walk up to the bar and say "give me a beer" the assumption was it would be some sort of light lager. What we see today is people come into our bar and say "I'll have an IPA" without noting that at times we may have 3 of them on tap.Zach Beckwithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798980935016591740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-74564380220368279062014-05-15T07:48:52.352-07:002014-05-15T07:48:52.352-07:00Ed, you point to the difficulty (impossibility, re...Ed, you point to the difficulty (impossibility, really) in the numbers. Even to the extent we know how much single brands sell--and usually the figures come from incomplete data like IRI--it doesn't get to style. There are 1500 brewpubs selling little oddball IPAs that go undetected by our data industrial complex. In some ways, looking at the best-selling beers like SN Pale and Boston Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-2841802662375791452014-05-15T05:27:58.859-07:002014-05-15T05:27:58.859-07:00The most popular style is still pale lager. Everyo...The most popular style is still pale lager. Everyone is so caught up in craft even though its less than 10% of the market.Timhttp://www.thebeerdiary.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-55676636249099852232014-05-15T04:48:00.002-07:002014-05-15T04:48:00.002-07:00(i) "high alcohol" means high alcohol. (...(i) "high alcohol" means high alcohol. (ii) "The heavy use of hops allows them to show off their skills in blending different flavours" leaving me scratching my head about the meaning of blending as it seems to avoid a common understanding of balance. "Coping" might be the word the author struggles for. (iii) Most interesting is the avoidance of the understanding Alanhttp://agoodbeerblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-85713364922986464442014-05-15T04:12:50.917-07:002014-05-15T04:12:50.917-07:00Ed - In the last numbers I saw, Sierra Nevada Pale...Ed - In the last numbers I saw, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale was the best selling "craft" (as defined by the Brewers Association) beer, outselling Boston Lager. Its sales do not match Blue Moon White.Stan Hieronymushttp://www.appellationbeer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-37984267996659317602014-05-14T22:57:56.802-07:002014-05-14T22:57:56.802-07:00Isn't Sam Adam's Boston lager the biggest ...Isn't Sam Adam's Boston lager the biggest selling craft beer? Or am I just assuming that because they had to raise the ceiling to keep it 'craft'?Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-34879658007046532352014-05-14T13:50:51.312-07:002014-05-14T13:50:51.312-07:00You may read assumptions into others' writing,...You may read assumptions into others' writing, but I have too often made mistakes when I do. I have found reading their words is safer instead.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-34561548576487082822014-05-14T13:49:01.432-07:002014-05-14T13:49:01.432-07:00Surely you can see the writer's assumption tha...Surely you can see the writer's assumption that IPA is a stronger beer than non-export beer? This assumption is based in late-twentieth-century American homebrewers' analysis of contemporary British brewing and nothing to do with what was actually happening in nineteenth century British breweries, where IPA was often the weakest beer in their portfolio.<br /><br />You'd have to The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-34090536385489116762014-05-14T13:32:12.451-07:002014-05-14T13:32:12.451-07:00Nut, that's what I mean about careful writing....Nut, that's what I mean about careful writing. I don't think this is really wrong: <i>What is clear is that hops, which act as a preservative as well as a flavouring, combined with a hefty dose of alcohol for added robustness, ensured that the beer survived the long sea journey to India.</i> Hops and alcohol <i>do </i> act as a preservative. He didn't say they were necessary or Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-8982508690538008112014-05-14T13:00:44.759-07:002014-05-14T13:00:44.759-07:00I suppose I'd make an argument for pale ales, ...I suppose I'd make an argument for pale ales, but that's a very general category. I agree that IPAs dominate the market; my local bottle shop's stock is 75% IPAs/Imperials/DIPAs. I don't homebrew, so my opinion is solely that of a blogger/consumer. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04715807616709267521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-54824165111334729692014-05-14T12:41:17.011-07:002014-05-14T12:41:17.011-07:00No mention of Hodgson, but "a hefty dose of a...No mention of Hodgson, but "a hefty dose of alcohol for added robustness" is enough for it to flunk history.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-84946129416392661962014-05-14T12:05:04.165-07:002014-05-14T12:05:04.165-07:00As you know, draft beer stats are woefully underre...As you know, draft beer stats are woefully underrepresented in the data we do see...because draft is very tough to track. But I think IPAs and other hoppy ales are the most popular style in America. I don't know where the demarcation line is between hoppy pales, IPAs, CDAs, White IPAs, hoppy reds, Belgian IPAs, wheat IPAs, etc. But all those styles together represent a huge chunk of what is Pete Dunlophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456380762400522665noreply@blogger.com