Question for the audience: what city do you most associate this style with? For me it's Seattle, because that's where I live, and ugh, it's everywhere.

[–] Beelzebob@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Winston-Salem, NC. This looks like 3/4 of our downtown hipster spots. Except everything here is also a microbrewery. Soooo many different IPAs. I didn't realize that there were so many ways to make beer that tastes like shit.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago

Oh God, I thought that was just a PNW thing because it's a hop growing region.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Are IPAs somehow cheaper to make or something? Like the whole microbrewery scene has devolved into "We make nine IPAs, whatever the fuck a cucumber lager is, and a stout."

[–] flames5123@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Hops cover up shitty beer very easily. That’s a big part in it.

Even with a dozen microbreweries within a walk of my house, it’s over half IPAs. I love them, but my wife is sad about the lack of stouts. There’s a couple of good breweries with solid stouts, so it’s not too bad.

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