BCS Final Four: Vote, vote, vote!
And then there were four. That’s right, beer fans, we’re down to the Final Four of the TapWerks Beer Championship Series. We’re just a couple days away from crowning Oklahoma’s favorite beer for 2011 and awarding the coveted Golden Taphandle Trophy. Which beer will it be? Redbud Pale Ale? COOP Native Amber? Dogfish Head 60-Minute IPA? Choc 1919? Your votes will decide the winner. But first, we need your votes to decide which two beers will advance to the final. So get your vote on, people. Here’s a look at the updated bracket. The polls will close today at 9 p.m., and remember, you can vote up to 10 times per day for any one beer. And don’t forget to mark Wednesday night on your calendar — TapWerks is hosting a special pint night to announce the winner of the BCS. On with the voting!
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Michael, what do you mean? Are you saying Native Amber inst an amber beeer? If so, I, as well as many others will disagree. A great,albeit hoppy, version of an American-style amber and would do well alongside the west coast versions as well. By all counts not an IPA. That being said I won’t repeatedly go over my disdain for how beers cross categories and local beers get put alongside next to beers like dogfish 60min.
COOP has one IPA that would be F5, Native Amber is slightly hoppy but it’s not an IPA by definition, would you also consider Fat Tire an IPA? Zeppelin, Gran Sport Porter, DNR, Horny Toad, Seasonal offerings of Stout and others, do not qualify as IPA’s per the following BJCP guidelines, http://www.bjcp.org/styles04/Category14.php. I would recommend you read and understand these guidelines before you just say that pretty much everything from COOP is an IPA. What’s wrong lager boy? Afraid you might taste something? 
It is one thing to dislike a brewery but to just spout off and brand everything just shows ignorance.
Also of note an IPA is defined as having 40+ IBU, of course this can move a little depending on malts. Native Amber comes in at 35 IBU, so even by definition it won’t qualify for an IPA.
COOP is NOT an amber. If anything it tastes like an IPA (which is pretty much everything from COOP).