What if you handed the drinkers at the Green Dragon pub in Portland three IPAs of the region?

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Too often they have a sticky sweetness that no amount of hops can balance (some being IPAs by name).

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Most use the plant with expressionistic abandon in ever-bitterer brews: dry-hopped, fresh-hopped and continuously hopped double, triple and imperial IPAs.

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Of course, the irony is that all the new wave Belgian breweries are making American-style imperial IPAs and barrel-aged imperial stouts.

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Sweeter than other IPAs, it still packs in fistfuls of hops, the bitterness of which is tempered somewhat by slight lemony pop.

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But more often, rye hones the edge of hoppy IPAs.

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His interests include politics, accumulating possessions, and drinking IPAs.

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Then you will regret that thoughtless comment, but I will not wish that on you and hope that you can enjoy IPAs well into your dotage and not have to be content with occasional sips from a regular dining companion.

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However, if you are a significant shareholder of a smaller-cap company like wireless connectivity provider iPass (nasdaq: IPAS - news - people ) and intend to present a legitimate resolution at the meeting to unlock shareholder value, the cost of getting to California for the meeting would be an allowable deduction.

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