re: "The Boot" from Abita

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. I feel like sours are everywhere these days and seem to be what is pushing the envelope whereas I don't see IPA's as trendy whatsoever.

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Where are you located?

And IPA's are still the top seller for most craft breweries and beer bars. There are a lot of good IPA's out there, but for every good IPA, you'll have about 5 average and 10 shitty ones. That's why we are so lucky here in Louisiana to have Parish.

Same goes for sour. If you can do it right, they are fantastic. If you just throw some lacto in the kettle and quick sour a gose and do it because it's a quick seller, you end up making very meh sours (tin roof).

We have a lot of good things going for us locally.

Parish - DIPA's, IPA's, Pale Ales, Coffee Stouts and a few others
Great Raft - Fantastic Brett and sour beers
NOLA - Fantastic Brett and Sour beers

Granted we aren't the Northeast, but we can hold our own.