From our good friends at Marston's come this Old Empire IPA. I'm still game for any IPA over here, but I'm finding that it really doesn't mean the same thing as it does back home. Perhaps we've distorted the IPA in America to suit our own tastes, because they're just not as hoppy over here. Even though the label says that high levels of hops were added to this beer so that it could survive the 3-month sea journey to India (back in the 19th Century), you can't taste the hops the way you can in a Samuel Adams (lager, ever!) or my beloved Racer5.Thursday, December 10, 2009
Another IPA
From our good friends at Marston's come this Old Empire IPA. I'm still game for any IPA over here, but I'm finding that it really doesn't mean the same thing as it does back home. Perhaps we've distorted the IPA in America to suit our own tastes, because they're just not as hoppy over here. Even though the label says that high levels of hops were added to this beer so that it could survive the 3-month sea journey to India (back in the 19th Century), you can't taste the hops the way you can in a Samuel Adams (lager, ever!) or my beloved Racer5.
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