http://www.homebrewblog.net/2008/01/12/heresy/ I love beer. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:30:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.homebrewblog.net/2008/01/12/heresy/#comment-21 beardedbrewer Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:42:14 +0000 http://www.homebrewblog.net/2008/01/12/heresy/#comment-21 Brian, Thanks for the mention. It was nice to see people respond and feel comfortable having a discussion of such a controversial:) topic. The posting came out of a discussion a friend and I had regarding the excessiveness in beers, and in particuluar my reaction to a large amount of Imperial Stouts and Imperial IPAs in Beer Advocate's top 25 beers of the year. But as Bob's Woodshed pointed out, I think some of it has to do with regionalism. In the West, you love your hops and your beers reflect that. In the midwest, we have a lot of German traditions in brewing, and so there's a lot of malty beers and lagers. But good beer is good beer and my main thing is that I don't think that necessarily "bigger is better" and thats what I felt like Beer Advocate was saying by their overabundance of "big" beers on their top 25. Cheers! The Bearded Brewer Brian,
Thanks for the mention. It was nice to see people respond and feel comfortable having a discussion of such a controversial:) topic.
The posting came out of a discussion a friend and I had regarding the excessiveness in beers, and in particuluar my reaction to a large amount of Imperial Stouts and Imperial IPAs in Beer Advocate’s top 25 beers of the year.
But as Bob’s Woodshed pointed out, I think some of it has to do with regionalism. In the West, you love your hops and your beers reflect that. In the midwest, we have a lot of German traditions in brewing, and so there’s a lot of malty beers and lagers. But good beer is good beer and my main thing is that I don’t think that necessarily “bigger is better” and thats what I felt like Beer Advocate was saying by their overabundance of “big” beers on their top 25.
Cheers!
The Bearded Brewer

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