Ask Bleerog: IPA vs ESB?

I think I don’t like IPA (except in a masochistic “I can so drink this extremely bitter beer!”), but I think I like ESB. Doesn’t that stand for Extra Strong/Special Bitter?

Recently, I enjoyed drinking a Bridgeport ESB . Are there different types of bitter?

2 comments ↓

#1 Kerry on 08.13.07 at 11:45 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_%28beer%29

Does this answer anything at all?

#2 Come Ale Away With Me on 08.16.07 at 8:37 pm

I guess. It requires reading! Sounds like Bitter in the USA means less hoppy than IPA, though.

I’m naming my next band “Bitter in the USA”.

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