I'm a pure Microbrew guy, whatever is the most local wherever I visit will be my first choice. If there aren't any good IPA's, then I'll go with a more regional IPA, and if all else fails, back to the best in the world (Pliny, Moonraker KneeDeep, or almost any of the Northern California/Southern Oregon breweries). A friend was texting me this morning about a couple he found in FL that I will have to try- Sailfish Sunrise and Sweetwater tropical hazy.
Sweetwater is from here in Atlanta. Fun place and good stuff.
I thought about checking it out and then kept scrolling. There was a Buckeye last night all over Twitter trashing us. You’d think he would have had more important things to do at that time.
Used to be a heavy IPA drinker, but then i graduated kindergarten. Lol I kid. I'm more of an imperial stout man myself
Ha! Stouts are alright and they're like a change up for me if you know what I mean. Most are a little too malty for me, I want a good West Coast IPA usually, We should get Pliny the Younger soon for a lot of the local pubs, always a great one so long as you don't drink it too fast.
Seems like some of the small breweries go to extremes on alcohol content (I'm not looking for 8% alcohol beer) and extreme fruit flavor / over hopped beers. Balance is a nice quality. In the early days a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale was the pioneer in hoppy beers. Still a great beer. My go to beers in the local bars are a Lagunitas IPA or a Goose Island. 5-6% alcohol, nice hop level. I'm an old fart, and back when I was in grad school at BC we used to hit the Bull & Finch near the Boston Common and draft Bass Ale and Guinness were the "aficionados" choices of the day (1970).
The way these craft beers are priced, i am glad they have like 8-9% ABV. Gotta have the bang for your buck.