Indian Pale Ales or IPA are the STANDARD for the summer beer, especially in the warm climates of the south. Thanks to the cool site I learned that IPAs were invented by Englishmen George Hodgson at the Bow Brewery in East London. Hodgson’s goal was to make a beer that could reach all corners of the British Empire in the 1700’s and still be fresh enough to actually enjoy when it arrived in port. On a hot summer day these hoppy beers force you to slow down and take your time then you can really enjoy the beer.
'Ole Winnie liked an IPA
Recently I attended a beer tasting that featured IPAs and came away with mixed emotions. The tasting featured eleven different IPAs, of which I had nine previously, and the event was severely over packed. The propensity of people made me think about both the organization of the tasting and the attractiveness of Indian Pale Ales. As for the beer tasting I have come to one simple conclusion, take reservations; as for the IPA, I know that people just like them so much!
Also what was of interest was the different regions covered by the eleven beers at the tasting. In general IPAs are the domain of micro breweries and as a corollary many of these beer hail from the Pacific Northwest, California, Colorado, New England and Delaware. Noticeably absent from the prominent IPA breweries are ones located in the south and Midwest. Some of you may be able to add some insight to this discrepancy. As for me, it has been a long day at the grind and I’m ready for a cold IPA!
-THG
Tags: Beer, IPA, simple geography, Summer eats, Winston Churchill
inspired by the windog….
played hooky from my night job sat night and hit my dad’s friends “camp” -read summer home-read friggin mansion– down in fourchon. semteen specks, tree reds and a sheepy later and i’m hhokin up this here fine loozyana sundy night dinner. what we got here is a blackened fillet of fresh speckled trout- fresh as in he was swimmin 12 hours before- topped w sauteed lump crab and a red pepper garlic beurre blanc with sauteed squash zucchini red peppers and red onion a broiled tomato- louisiana grown creole tomato w parm cheese and italian breadcrumbs, some crusy french bread and an Abita Jokamo IPA- WORD!
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Now that is some good looking grub! I tell ya, there is nothing better than a “off the fillet table into the pan” fish of just about any kind. I can’t abide by the IPA though. Gimme a Turbodog or Amber. Maybe with the right food, but not straight up.