Marcus and I went to 2nd Street Brewery in Santa Fe yesterday. The beer was not so good. I had the kolsch and Marcus had a pale ale that was waaay hoppy. It tasted like a IPA. I wonder what the IPA tasted like!
It looked like a majority of the people there were eating, not really drinking too much. It was about 3:30 or 4pm. I'm sure most of their sales are from food. (which is pretty good, not great, but up to SF standards) It was busy and the large patio area where most of the patron were seated was almost full.
Oh, the employees are rude.
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Whether it's the brewers pushing their hop-headedness, or that's actually the average micro-drinking American taste, the pale ales in this country have a high hopiness to them. I'd be willing to be that they are still within style requirements. I'm with you on it though, I think a pale should be "unchallenging" to the pallet, an amber somewhat sweet, and the IPA should showcase the hops used (both in bitterness and hopiness).
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