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Another Franconian PA - and "Craft" beer rant |
| Posted by Mark Andersen on 2013-10-03 07:43:02 |
| Count me as one of the American beer drinkers that really appreciates the traditional beer styles of Franconia and the delicacy of British Ales. In fact I'm going to a cask ale festival in Portland, Maine tomorrow to hopefully enjoy plenty of both. Not that I don't occasionally enjoy a hoppy American style pale ale from time to time it's just I get sick of them really quickly. The IPA craze in the so-called "craft" beer industry over here has really gotten ridiculous. Some of these beers are just so overly hopped that they're heart burn inducing. I don't consider that enjoyable. And the marketing bullshit has just gotten completely out of hand. Long Trail in Vermont just came out with their "Farmhouse" series (brewed in a commerical industrial park type building of course) that consists of "White IPA", "Black IPA", "Session IPA", and "American IPA". Seriously? "Farmhouse White IPA"?!?! I want to choke somebody! Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of really nice breweries that have sprung up over here in the past decade that are brewing some really nice beers so I can't complain too much. Just lay off the word "Farmhouse" and the "IPA" acronymn please and brew a damn Bitter with some balance and EKG hops for crying out loud! At my local pub I drink more Fullers London Pride than anything. You'd think one of the local breweries could lay off the hops just enough to produce something similar so I don't have to pay exhorbitant prices for a balanced ale from across the Atlantic. Anyhow enough of that rant. I don't bregrudge a Franconian brewery from doing a pale ale as long as they don't replace their traditional style with it or lose focus on it. I love the vollbier from Drei Kronen in Schesslitz. I would try the PA from there out of curiousity but I'd hate to see what they really do well fall by the wayside as a result. My first visit to Franconia was an inspiration to me as a homebrewer and beer drinker. I didn't realize lager could be that good. |
| Followups: |
 Another Franconian PA - and by Nick B. on 2013-10-03 08:33:43 |
| "Craft" beer rant by Nick B. on 2013-10-03 09:51:24 |
| Another Franconian PA - and by barry on 2013-10-03 12:02:55 |
| Another Franconian PA - and by barry on 2013-10-03 12:14:09 |
| Ott, Hetzelsdorfer by Nick B. on 2013-10-04 01:48:32 |
| Ott, Hetzelsdorfer by barry on 2013-10-04 01:54:12 |