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[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Well, why call the lead runner R1 instead of R# where #=the base the runner occupies?

Because R1 is the first runner? 1 = first

[quote] I didn't invent beer nomenclature any more than I invented softball nomenclature.[/quo te]

Never said you did. I have been talking about people marketing a product

IPA = special sorta like Michelob Ultra which neither are.

However, "ale" describes how it is brewed; "pale" means not dark; "American" means American hops. There are all kinds of ales, and tagging an ale as "India Pale" references the high hoppiness and pale color (pale compared with, say, Guinness) of the original... it is a style, not an exact formula.

For example, an American Pale Ale is less hoppy than an American India Pale Ale, which is in turn less hoppy than an American Double IPA (also called an Imperial IPA).

I disagree with your "india" note. The I in IPA specifically indicated the destination, nothing else.

Anyway, of the beers I listed, I've only tried the Two Hearted... the examples of the style came from BeerAdvocate.com (where they have more examples listed, including the Surly Furious). I may try the Stone IPA sometime, since it is distributed here.

Actually, I keep very few notes on microbreweries I visit, though I haven't found many which I dislike and that is because real microbreweries are one-horse businesses that live and die with the product. Also, I have found very few microbreweries that do not have some really good food.

Hmmmmm.....think I'm going to dinner.