Comments on: REVIEW: Trinity IPA – Great way to begin an evening http://www.hallofbeers.com/2008/01/13/review-trinity-ipa-great-way-to-begin-an-evening/ beer reviews, news, and adventures in booze Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:02:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Captain Beer http://www.hallofbeers.com/2008/01/13/review-trinity-ipa-great-way-to-begin-an-evening/comment-page-1/#comment-2141 Captain Beer Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:18:31 +0000 http://www.hallofbeers.com/2008/01/13/review-trinity-ipa-great-way-to-begin-an-evening/#comment-2141 The hoppy world of pale ales is indeed a road more traveled these days, and therefore often missteps occur--i concur. too often in the pursuit of floral, pine or whathaveyou hop flavors, brewers go too far and make wackbrau, or come up short and make blander, bitters style (not to say bitters are bland, just sometimes lighter and less flavorful if mis-brewed) beers that barely raise an eye. and as i've bitched about before, too often the word India is thrown before the word Pale when it has no bizness being there. sounds like this may have been the case here. but i tellya, i still have a huge mancrush on Sierra Nevada's Pale and i always will. The hoppy world of pale ales is indeed a road more traveled these days, and therefore often missteps occur–i concur. too often in the pursuit of floral, pine or whathaveyou hop flavors, brewers go too far and make wackbrau, or come up short and make blander, bitters style (not to say bitters are bland, just sometimes lighter and less flavorful if mis-brewed) beers that barely raise an eye. and as i’ve bitched about before, too often the word India is thrown before the word Pale when it has no bizness being there. sounds like this may have been the case here.

but i tellya, i still have a huge mancrush on Sierra Nevada’s Pale and i always will.

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