> hoppy IPAs
I feel like that is pretty much all craft beer in the US is.
I just wish we could get some good European style lagers that are ubiquitous in Europe but don't exist in the US for some reason.
I feel like that is pretty much all craft beer in the US is.
I just wish we could get some good European style lagers that are ubiquitous in Europe but don't exist in the US for some reason.
In Denver off the top of my head, Hogshead specializes in cask, Prost brews most of their beers according to Reinheitsgebot, Crooked Stave specializes in wild yeast sours. There's a bunch of others too.
I went to a national chain today and I ended up with this - https://halffullbrewery.com/beer/bee-enlightened/
Is it great? Absolutely not! Is it serviceable? yes.
New England is much more heavily influenced by Ireland and the UK, and I think that's why we don't get many good examples of continental styles around here. I also suspect that a lot of people who move from a brewing hobby to a brewing business have a lot more experience with ales, and less experience with lagers.
I've never had an excellent hefeweizen made outside of Germany.
NEIPAs are by definition excessively hopped, it's just mostly (if not all) dry hops that impart the aromas you described instead of bitterness that's associated with classic IPAs.