Comments on: Settling A Homebrew Beer Blogger Dispute

By: brewpoll.com

brewpoll.com — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:50:57 +0000

The Unrepentant Individual » Settling A Homebrew Beer Blogger Dispute…

Post about two beer bloggers duking it out online and offline through a head-to-head mini-brewing competition of IPAs….

By: Brad Warbiany

Brad Warbiany — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:01:22 +0000

My brother and I were talking about it, and we might brew an IPA in the very near future, so I’ll try to send some out your way. I think we’re finally going to have some better temp control on our fermentations, so expect something big, crisp, clean and hoppy

Jonathan,

Yeah, I could tell you guys were going for a more malty IPA… Which– although not my preference– is still suitable for an IPA. Some extra hop aroma would have only improved the beer…

Travis,

I think it might be a west coast thing… I’m spoiled by IPA’s that are heavily dry-hopped with nice pungent “C” hops. My sensory threshold for hop aroma is probably slightly desensitized compared to most people!

By: Travis

Travis — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:34:15 +0000

Thanks for the insight. We’ve been playing around with IPA’s and I don’t think we’ve used the same recipe twice. This one was a huge hit when we had it, but after tasting it again, I agree with all observations (accept the hop aroma, I got a lot of hop aroma on mine, must be a west coast thing).

To Jonathan – Not to get all WWF on you, but some of our best brews lately have been lagers. Those were off the table because you can’t keep beer cold enough in Georgia to lager. Sounds like you’re geothermal disadvantage kept some of our fine beers out of the competition.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:38:52 +0000

Awesome. Another victory in the bag. Travis seriously had no business playing with the big boys. We agree on the lack of dry-hopping. I also think we like the idea of a slightly maltier (sp?) IPA, especially here in Georgia where a little malt might make the beer more accessible to those not used to the bitterness of a traditional West Coast IPA.

I will say, Travis’ beer was a worthy contender. All in all I think they were very different, and represented different interpretations of the IPA category. Neither is a “traditional” IPA, but then again, I don’t think either of us is interested in brewing exactly to style.

Here’s to many more such contentions!