Rye IPA = ?

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Message CH-303 P beers 4548 º places 137 º 02:59 Sat 9/17/2016 About to add a Rye IPA beer, but not sure whether it should be added as IPA or Specialty Grain. Doing an RB "rye IPA" beer search shows them being added to either style... Should it depend on whether the rye is prominent or not?
Message Theydon_Bois P admin beers 40409 º places 1239 º 03:15 Sat 9/17/2016 Originally posted by CH-303 About to add a Rye IPA beer, but not sure whether it should be added as IPA or Specialty Grain. Doing an RB "rye IPA" beer search shows them being added to either style... Should it depend on whether the rye is prominent or not? Normal default is Spec Grain but I would also taste first and make a call. I’ve had plenty of Spec Grain IPA’s that in my mind are simply an IPA. Depends on the level of prominence as you allude to. Just the loss of a premier style rate to suck up the Merican bier judges. Fruit beer is another bug bear of mine on this front. A lot of folks just slam in a beer as a fruit beer because it mentions it in the name, despite the beer being 90% like an IPA, Amber etc.
Message Travlr beers 33863 º places 4576 º 05:22 Sat 9/17/2016 Originally posted by Theydon_Bois Originally posted by CH-303 About to add a Rye IPA beer, but not sure whether it should be added as IPA or Specialty Grain. Doing an RB "rye IPA" beer search shows them being added to either style... Should it depend on whether the rye is prominent or not? Normal default is Spec Grain but I would also taste first and make a call. I’ve had plenty of Spec Grain IPA’s that in my mind are simply an IPA. Depends on the level of prominence as you allude to. Just the loss of a premier style rate to suck up the Merican bier judges. Fruit beer is another bug bear of mine on this front. A lot of folks just slam in a beer as a fruit beer because it mentions it in the name, despite the beer being 90% like an IPA, Amber etc. definitely agree re: fruit beer.
Message CH-303 P beers 4548 º places 137 º 08:03 Sat 9/17/2016 Originally posted by Theydon_Bois Normal default is Spec Grain but I would also taste first and make a call. I’ve had plenty of Spec Grain IPA’s that in my mind are simply an IPA. Depends on the level of prominence as you allude to. Cheers, I’ll see what level it reaches on the rye-o-meter... Thanks

Message ClarkVV P beers 13372 º places 111 º 09:17 Sat 9/17/2016 Should always be put in the base category. "X IPA" should be an ipa. Specialty Grain is a catch-all category and should only be used if nothing else makes sense.
Message StefanSD beers 2449 º places 57 º 09:25 Sat 9/17/2016 Originally posted by ClarkVV Should always be put in the base category. "X IPA" should be an ipa. Specialty Grain is a catch-all category and should only be used if nothing else makes sense. I would like it very much if we found a way to get rid of all the catch-all categories as none of them are really beer styles.
Message blipp beers 14840 º places 219 º 09:25 Sat 9/17/2016 Add it as an IPA and tag it as a Rye IPA
Message blipp beers 14840 º places 219 º 09:35 Sat 9/17/2016 Originally posted by Theydon_Bois Originally posted by CH-303 About to add a Rye IPA beer, but not sure whether it should be added as IPA or Specialty Grain. Doing an RB "rye IPA" beer search shows them being added to either style... Should it depend on whether the rye is prominent or not? Normal default is Spec Grain but I would also taste first and make a call. I’ve had plenty of Spec Grain IPA’s that in my mind are simply an IPA. Depends on the level of prominence as you allude to. Just the loss of a premier style rate to suck up the Merican bier judges. Fruit beer is another bug bear of mine on this front. A lot of folks just slam in a beer as a fruit beer because it mentions it in the name, despite the beer being 90% like an IPA, Amber etc. If it’s an English IPA I’d also add it to Specialty Grain. The traditional English IPA hops (Fuggles and EKG) probably won’t be very prominent, and it likely won’t be above 25 IBUs. So either Specialty Grain or Golden Ale.

Message Ibrew2or3 P beers 10529 º places 353 º 11:21 Sat 9/17/2016 Originally posted by blipp Originally posted by Theydon_Bois Originally posted by CH-303 About to add a Rye IPA beer, but not sure whether it should be added as IPA or Specialty Grain. Doing an RB "rye IPA" beer search shows them being added to either style... Should it depend on whether the rye is prominent or not? Normal default is Spec Grain but I would also taste first and make a call. I’ve had plenty of Spec Grain IPA’s that in my mind are simply an IPA. Depends on the level of prominence as you allude to. Just the loss of a premier style rate to suck up the Merican bier judges. Fruit beer is another bug bear of mine on this front. A lot of folks just slam in a beer as a fruit beer because it mentions it in the name, despite the beer being 90% like an IPA, Amber etc. If it’s an English IPA I’d also add it to Specialty Grain. The traditional English IPA hops (Fuggles and EKG) probably won’t be very prominent, and it likely won’t be above 25 IBUs. So either Specialty Grain or Golden Ale. For me that gets confusing. If I’m in the mood for an English IPA and I’m using ratebeer to find one I would search IPA. Searching Golde or Specialty Grain wouldn’t occur to me.
Message Ernest P beers 9435 º places 229 º 15:14 Sat 9/17/2016 Putting beer in "Specialty Grain" is a great way to compare porters, IPAs, and pale lagers, all in the same category! It’s great!
Message stevoj P beers 16036 º places 1237 º 19:23 Sun 9/18/2016 Originally posted by Travlr Originally posted by Theydon_Bois Originally posted by CH-303 About to add a Rye IPA beer, but not sure whether it should be added as IPA or Specialty Grain. Doing an RB "rye IPA" beer search shows them being added to either style... Should it depend on whether the rye is prominent or not? Normal default is Spec Grain but I would also taste first and make a call. I’ve had plenty of Spec Grain IPA’s that in my mind are simply an IPA. Depends on the level of prominence as you allude to. Just the loss of a premier style rate to suck up the Merican bier judges. Fruit beer is another bug bear of mine on this front. A lot of folks just slam in a beer as a fruit beer because it mentions it in the name, despite the beer being 90% like an IPA, Amber etc. definitely agree re: fruit beer. Ditto.