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One of my only personal negatives about moving back West - every bar you go hasn’t let up on their IPA kick, a movement that should’ve crested half a decade ago, and continues to crowd out the summery, easier to down, lagers

Thank You,Malty goodness is what it's all about.You could package summer's eve as aquality IPA and people would buy it.Sheep

I pretty much only drink ales or lagers when it comes to beer.

Lagers are making a comeback... However IPA is America's beer. I don't think it's going away.

I don't know if you ever make it to SoCal, but in Corona there is a brewery called Skyland Ale Works.

What city is Skyland in? I’m probably not too far away.

IPAs are an acquired taste from my Enlisted days. Ten or Twelve years ago my fellow sailers got me onto IPAs in the name of their approach to get the highest alcohol content out of every beer. Of course, IPAs are usually 2%-4% higher than their lighter peers. But like any acquired taste it eventually hits you - why did I ever like this? The bitterness and sleepy heaviness caught up with me after about seven years of not questioning IPAs.

What city is Skyland in? I’m probably not too far away.

IPAs are an acquired taste from my Enlisted days. Ten or Twelve years ago my fellow sailers got me onto IPAs in the name of their approach to get the highest alcohol content out of every beer. Of course, IPAs are usually 2%-4% higher than their lighter peers. But like any acquired taste it eventually hits you - why did I ever like this? The bitterness and sleepy heaviness caught up with me after about seven years of not questioning IPAs.

Skyland is in Corona (right off the 91 pretty much at the Orange County / Riverside County line).

As for IPAs, I should clarify. I'm not a fan of sweetness. My preferred flavor profiles are spicy, salty, sour and bitter. Not sweet. I'm the guy who drinks my coffee strong and black, can't find dark chocolate dark enough, actually enjoys the flavor of orange peel [absurdly bitter], etc. So for me, a brutally bitter IPA is like manna to my taste buds. Sugar? Nope. You can keep it.

Skyland is in Corona (right off the 91 pretty much at the Orange County / Riverside County line).

As for IPAs, I should clarify. I'm not a fan of sweetness. My preferred flavor profiles are spicy, salty, sour and bitter. Not sweet. I'm the guy who drinks my coffee strong and black, can't find dark chocolate dark enough, actually enjoys the flavor of orange peel [absurdly bitter], etc. So for me, a brutally bitter IPA is like manna to my taste buds. Sugar? Nope. You can keep it.

I'm not a huge fan of sweet beer, either.  For example, New Belgium's Fat Tire is way, WAY to sweet and malty for me.  There are other examples but that's the first one that comes to mind, and one that many folks are familiar with.

Rather, I'm a fan of balance.  My favorite Czech-style pilsner in the USA, Like Oak Pilz, has quite a bit of hops in it.  Most Euro pilsners do. But it's balanced with an appropriate dose of malt to keep the flavor profile in check.  Additionally, it uses Czech saaz hops, which I find to be quite tasty, rather than the really bitter c-hops that are most commonly found in American West Coast IPAs.  

Balance is the key.  Yin and Yang.  Someday perhaps young bwar will learn the secrets of the universe.  That is, if he has any taste buds left, that haven't been completely fried by bad West Coast IPAs at that point...

I wouldn't know about knives and forks I eat over the sink

Spaghetti must be a bitch to eat like that.