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Well researched Les.

Well done Les, that's some real team play there.

Nice to hear you express the same opinion as I have about the IPA too. I thought it was just me.

I first had Caledonia IPA a good few years ago and liked it a lot. It disappeared from the place I used to buy it for a while and when it came back, it just wasn't the beer I remembered. I thought maybe that my tastes had changed, as I had sampled quite a few more beers, including Goose Island IPA since then, but maybe it actually used to be a better beer than it is now.

So the XPA isn't worth a damn either then? Pity.

"sbillings":21g3l2cq wrote: Well done Les, that's some real team play there.

Nice to hear you express the same opinion as I have about the IPA too. I thought it was just me.

I first had Caledonia IPA a good few years ago and liked it a lot. It disappeared from the place I used to buy it for a while and when it came back, it just wasn't the beer I remembered. I thought maybe that my tastes had changed, as I had sampled quite a few more beers, including Goose Island IPA since then, but maybe it actually used to be a better beer than it is now.

So the XPA isn't worth a damn either then? Pity.[/quote:21g3l2cq]
I know. When I arrived in Scotland 11 years ago I liked Caledonian beers but they've gone downhill in recent years IMO. Deuchars has lost its former lovely hoppiness and has become very one-dimensional. 80/- has also lost a lot of its former complexity and just tastes vaguely of caramel to me now. <!-- s:( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_sad.gif" alt="" title="Sad" /><!-- s:( -->

Of course there is nothing to stop us craft brewers attempting to reproduce beers such as these as we remember them rather than their current versions. <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

I have to admit I've never tried the Callie IPA, but it sounds like it's too late to bother? <!-- s:( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_sad.gif" alt="" title="Sad" /><!-- s:( -->

I used to like the 80/-, but I last had it about 6 years ago. Has it changed since then or was I drinking the carameley, non-complex stuff?

&amp;quot;Adeptus&amp;quot;:1kqr1iu3 wrote: I have to admit I've never tried the Callie IPA, but it sounds like it's too late to bother? <!-- s:( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_sad.gif" alt="" title="Sad" /><!-- s:( -->

I used to like the 80/-, but I last had it about 6 years ago. Has it changed since then or was I drinking the carameley, non-complex stuff?[/quote:1kqr1iu3]

I'm not sure when I noticed the change because I don't drink 80/- very often, but it could have been around then. I think it pre-dated the Scottish Courage thing.

I tried the IPA about a year ago and liked it a lot, then I had it again last month and was disappointed. Seeing as I doubt the brew has changed in such a short space of time I guess my taste has just changed.