Depends where you live. Areas with a smaller craft brew scene do end up with the "nothing but IPA" problem. But where I live in the PNW there's simply so damn many that even with 50% of them being IPA's, you still get a huge selection of other pilsners, stouts, amber ales, hefenweizens... its pretty nice.

[–] brambledog@infosec.pub 19 points 1 year ago

About 10 years ago it was probably closer to 80% IPAs. It was a big joke here that IPA stands for I Pretend (I'm not an) Alcoholic.

The only reason there is more on the market now is because we all stopped pretending the taste of motor oil with grapefruit gave us a better buzz.

Even now, most breweries will only seem to offer 4 varieties of IPAs, a pilsner/lager and a stout. Maybe an Amber but I feel the Mac & Jack's copycat scene has mostly died out now.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Live in Seattle and that's not true. 95% of them are IPAs and I just want a good Blonde.....

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

Same, except I want something like a bock or doppelbock.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Blondes are not completely uncommon here. They generally have one or something similar on tap at most bars/restaurants.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

1 blonde and 47 IPAs that taste like compost. Ambers are good too amd Mack & Jack's African Amber is a good beer to that I can usually find here.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

An exaggeration but I do get your point. Bars should probably have maybe two IPAs (one hazy and one standard) and then a host of other beers styles. I'd love to come across more dark lagers personally but those are pretty rare even in places like Chuck's Hop Shop

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

guh, blonde ale, really?

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or Ambers

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Amber Ale is waaaaaay more complex and generally better than blonde ales imo.. Do you like malt forward beers?

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

True. It does seem like it is more than 50% sometimes. Unforthcoming my taste buds are pretty burnt out from too many IPAs at this point. I used to love a wide range of beers but now basically stick to a hoppy-nonhoppy scale. I used to love Belgians and ambers and porters and all sorts of beers that were on the maltier side. Not really my jam anymore.

[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My comment isn’t disagreeing with you. Only adding my two cents.

I live in an city that is on the top 10 list for breweries per capita in the world. And it’s all IPAs. Maybe 20% is not. And yeah it’s nice that I have 20 beers to chose from that aren’t ipas when I go to a place with 100 taps. I just hate having to sort though it all.

There should be an IPA menu, and a non ipa menu.

Also: IPAs have a lot of sugar content, and combined with alcohol sugar gives me a shitty buzz and a headache. I don’t know how people can drink more than one.

[–] bees_knees@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My IPAs and my pilsners finish at the same final gravity. IPAs do not universally have a lot of sugar. It's the same as any other beer of similar alcohol content/starting gravity. If I got rid of the hops, I'd just have a strong English ale.

[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

I believe you. You obviously know more. But it just seems so clear when I drink something crisp and light that I’m not getting that sugar high and headache I associate with strawberry daiquiris. But I get it from IPAs.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I work for a brewery in Portland, and we'd like to make over varieties, but hazys and IPAs are what sell.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Nailed it.

"Welcome! We have 30 beers on tap."

And dark beers?

"We have this single India pale ale."