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[tomh009]

The challenge I personally have is that I'm not a big fan of IPAs -- and IPA (and others of its ilk) make up the majority of many craft brewers' menus.

I'm hoping that the next stage in the evolution of craft beer will see the craft brewers specialize and develop more distinct styles rather than all of them trying to attack the same market segments (such as IPA). Until then, it's less craft beer for me and imported beers will fill that gap.

There are so many great beers being brewed locally outside the IPA though,  Block3 has many different styles.  I was just at Red Circle, yesterday and tried a flight, wow  great job.   You just have to experiment, and enjoy the fact that you are supporting local...  Thats the biggest factor for me...

I'm old enough that I have already experimented with most of the beer styles that exist. I have a pretty good idea of which styles I like, but of course individual beers may be better or worse than my expectation.

At this point, my priority is good beer (or wine, or whisky …). If it's a craft brewery, that's a nice bonus, but the size of the brewery is not going to override my beer preferences. For me, personally, that is.

I did look at Block Three, and they have some promising-looking beers (Czech lager and Belgian saison). Going out to St Jacobs will be a bigger effort, though! (They do have delivery but not cost-effective for smaller purchases.)