<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" > <channel> <title>HOMEPAGE Archives | IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</title> <atom:link href="https://my4pax.com/category/homepage/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://my4pax.com/category/homepage/</link> <description>RATING DOUBLE & IMPERIAL IPA BEERS</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2023 00:16:36 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">140527637</site> <item> <title>DIPA OF THE YEAR 2022</title> <link>https://my4pax.com/2023/02/03/dipa-of-the-year-2022/</link> <comments>https://my4pax.com/2023/02/03/dipa-of-the-year-2022/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[ravenjoe]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2023 17:47:08 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[HOMEPAGE]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://my4pax.com/?p=8669</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The selection for DIPA of the Year (DOY) 2022, chosen from the 4PAX “Must Try Before You Die” category of superior tasting double IPA beers, is: STONE COLD STUNNER. Idiom Brewing Company, Frederick, Maryland produced this superb Imperial IPA. The sample tested by the 4PAX weighed in at a whopping 10.4% ABV. This intensely hoppy West Coast Style Triple IPA […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2023/02/03/dipa-of-the-year-2022/">DIPA OF THE YEAR 2022</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The<strong> </strong>selection for<strong> </strong><strong>DIPA of the Year</strong> (<strong>DOY</strong>) <strong>2022</strong>, chosen <strong> </strong>from the 4PAX “<strong>Must Try Before You Die</strong>” category of superior tasting double IPA beers, is:</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="8674" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2023/02/03/dipa-of-the-year-2022/doy22/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY22.jpg?fit=342%2C208&ssl=1" data-orig-size="342,208" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="DOY22" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY22.jpg?fit=300%2C182&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY22.jpg?fit=342%2C208&ssl=1" class="size-medium wp-image-8674 aligncenter" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY22.jpg?resize=300%2C182&ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="182" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY22.jpg?resize=300%2C182&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY22.jpg?w=342&ssl=1 342w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></strong></span><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>STONE COLD STUNNER. </strong> Idiom Brewing Company, Frederick, Maryland produced this superb Imperial IPA. The sample tested by the 4PAX weighed in at a whopping 10.4% ABV. This intensely hoppy West Coast Style Triple IPA is piney, citrusy, and remarkably dry with a crisp, bitter finish, it strikes the perfect balance between complexity and drinkability.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Idiom Brewing Company began their craft brewing journey during a trip to visit friends who had recently moved to a small town outside Portland, Oregon, 10 years ago. During that trip, they hiked the trails near Multnomah Falls, saw the sites in downtown Portland and drank some of the finest beer that Oregon had to offer. While there, their friend invited them to brew a stove-top batch; an Irish Red, to be exact. They happily agreed and loved every bit of it! They came home with an undying passion for craft beer and brewing. That initial stove-top batch has evolved into brewing countless recipes which have spanned a wide range of styles and experimental flavors. The rest, as they say, is history!</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Idiom Brewing Company has a simple goal in mind – that craft beer is both a way of life and an art form; ultimately an expression of themselves. These expressions in beer allow them to create new experiences, and new flavors, for their customers. While their recipes have been honed over many years, they continue to innovate by utilizing new and/or experimental hops, local ingredients, and unique flavor profiles, to stretch the limits of their imagination, and that of the customer’s palate.</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>TASTE QUALITY ANALYSIS</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">To illustrate the difference in the overall taste quality between the selected <strong>DIPA of the Year</strong> (<strong>DOY</strong>) and that of the other samples in the 4PAX data base, we generated the following figure. It shows the average grades (solid dots) for each of the four taste parameters for the selected DIPA of the Year versus the dispersion in the average grades for the remaining 4PAX data samples.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="8680" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2023/02/03/dipa-of-the-year-2022/doy_2022-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY_2022.png?fit=560%2C420&ssl=1" data-orig-size="560,420" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOY_2022" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY_2022.png?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY_2022.png?fit=560%2C420&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-8680" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY_2022.png?resize=450%2C338&ssl=1" alt="" width="450" height="338" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY_2022.png?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY_2022.png?w=560&ssl=1 560w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>LEGEND</strong>: </span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RED Dot ( Solid ) – average APPEARANCE;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GREEN Dot ( Solid ) – average AROMA;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BLUE Dot ( Solid ) – average MOUTHFEEL;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BLACK Dot ( Solid ) – average FLAVOR;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘X—X’ – measured spread, [ MEAN, +/- 1 SIGMA ].</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>TAKEAWAY</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In terms of which taste characteristics influenced our selection of <span style="color: #993300;"><strong>STONE COLD STUNNER</strong></span> as the <strong>2022 DIPA of the Year (DOY)</strong>, measurements show that <strong>Appearance</strong>, followed by <strong>Mouthfeel</strong> and <strong>Flavor</strong>, in that order, produced the superb taste quality characteristic of this year’s <strong>DOY</strong>.</span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2023/02/03/dipa-of-the-year-2022/">DIPA OF THE YEAR 2022</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://my4pax.com/2023/02/03/dipa-of-the-year-2022/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8669</post-id> </item> <item> <title>DIPA OF THE YEAR 2021</title> <link>https://my4pax.com/2022/01/29/dipa-of-the-year-2021/</link> <comments>https://my4pax.com/2022/01/29/dipa-of-the-year-2021/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[ravenjoe]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2022 17:42:09 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[HOMEPAGE]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://my4pax.com/?p=8209</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The selection for DIPA of the Year (DOY) 2021, chosen from the 4PAX “Must Try Before You Die” category of superior tasting double IPA beers, is: QUOTE “IT’S A TRIP. More than 30 years ago, a group of oxygen- and alcohol-deprived amateur hikers convened in a Pakistan hotel room after summiting the world’s deadliest mountain. There, Flying Dog was born. […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2022/01/29/dipa-of-the-year-2021/">DIPA OF THE YEAR 2021</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The<strong> </strong>selection for<strong> </strong><strong>DIPA of the Year</strong> (<strong>DOY</strong>) <strong>2021</strong>, chosen <strong> </strong>from the 4PAX “<strong>Must Try Before You Die</strong>” category of superior tasting double IPA beers, is:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="8214" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2022/01/29/dipa-of-the-year-2021/doy2021/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DOY2021.png?fit=522%2C366&ssl=1" data-orig-size="522,366" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOY2021" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DOY2021.png?fit=300%2C210&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DOY2021.png?fit=522%2C366&ssl=1" class="size-medium wp-image-8214 aligncenter" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DOY2021.png?resize=300%2C210&ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="210" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DOY2021.png?resize=300%2C210&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DOY2021.png?w=522&ssl=1 522w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-size: 18px;">QUOTE</span></em></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>“IT’S A TRIP</strong>. More than 30 years ago, a group of oxygen- and alcohol-deprived amateur hikers convened in a Pakistan hotel room after summiting the world’s deadliest mountain. There, Flying Dog was born. <strong>A RENAISSANCE (AND MOUNTAIN) MAN</strong>. George Stranahan — a PhD in physics, founder of the Aspen Center for Physics, professional photographer, writer — led that expedition to the summit of K2 in 1983, at the age of 52. In 1990, George opened a brewpub in Woody Creek, Colorado with Richard McIntyre, a man who continues to be well ahead of his time. <strong>GONZO MEETS BEER</strong>. “Ralph, please. I beg you. Please do a quick beer label or maybe two for George. Your label must include one of my quotes about wisdom and drink. OK?” – <em>H</em>. That <em>H</em>stood for Hunter S. Thompson, a longtime friend and tenant (who never paid the rent) of George. The Ralph? The one, the only and the inimitable Ralph Steadman. <strong>GOOD BEER, NO SH#T</strong>. (4pax bleep) Live on the BBC, Ralph scrawled those four simple words across his canvas and our mantra was born. We embrace the weird and view craft beer as an art form unlike any other. <strong>AND F#CK CENSORSHIP</strong>. (4pax bleep) We live in a world where people are coddled, messages are muddled, and ideas are squashed in the name of political correctness. When the Thought Police closed in on us, we went to Federal court to defend our right to free speech and expression. May they rest in peace forever, or at least until they are brought back to life like in that weird Reanimator movie. We’re not gonna rule that out…</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>UNQUOTE</strong></span></em></span></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>TASTE QUALITY ANALYSIS</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">To illustrate the difference in the overall taste quality between the selected <strong>DIPA of the Year</strong> (<strong>DOY</strong>) and that of the other samples in the 4PAX data base, we generated the following figure. It shows the average grades (solid dots) for each of the four taste parameters for the selected DIPA of the Year versus the dispersion in the average grades for the remaining 4PAX data samples.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="8173" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/07/26/dipa-taste-analysis-statistical-study-of-beer/doy_2021/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DOY_2021.png?fit=1164%2C874&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1164,874" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOY_2021" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DOY_2021.png?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DOY_2021.png?fit=580%2C436&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-8173" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DOY_2021.png?resize=450%2C338&ssl=1" alt="" width="450" height="338" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DOY_2021.png?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DOY_2021.png?resize=1024%2C769&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DOY_2021.png?resize=768%2C577&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DOY_2021.png?w=1164&ssl=1 1164w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>LEGEND</strong>: </span></p> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RED Dot ( Solid ) – average APPEARANCE;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GREEN Dot ( Solid ) – average AROMA;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BLUE Dot ( Solid ) – average MOUTHFEEL;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BLACK Dot ( Solid ) – average FLAVOR;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘X—X’ – measured spread, [ MEAN, +/- 1 SIGMA ].</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>TAKEAWAY</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In terms of which taste characteristics influenced our selection of <span style="color: #993300;"><strong>TRIPLE DOG</strong></span> as the <span style="color: #000000;"><strong>2021 DIPA of the Year (DOY)</strong></span>, measurements show that <span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Appearance </strong></span>and <span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Aroma</strong></span>, followed by <span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Mouthfeel</strong></span> and <span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Flavor,</strong></span> combined to produce the <span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Number 4</strong></span> rated DIPA in our collection of superb tasting IPAs.</span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2022/01/29/dipa-of-the-year-2021/">DIPA OF THE YEAR 2021</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://my4pax.com/2022/01/29/dipa-of-the-year-2021/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">8209</post-id> </item> <item> <title>2021 DOM WINNERS</title> <link>https://my4pax.com/2021/02/12/2021-dom-winners/</link> <comments>https://my4pax.com/2021/02/12/2021-dom-winners/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[ravenjoe]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:01:30 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[HOMEPAGE]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://my4pax.com/?p=7595</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The 4PAX rates/grades from 6 to 8 Double India Pale Ales (DIPAs) each month and select from this group a brew that exhibits all of the taste qualities that we look for in a great DIPA. The selected brews comprise an honorary group known as the 2021 DOM Winners. This category was established as a […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2021/02/12/2021-dom-winners/">2021 DOM WINNERS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The 4PAX rates/grades from 6 to 8 Double India Pale Ales (DIPAs) each month and select from this group a brew that exhibits all of the taste qualities that we look for in a great DIPA. The selected brews comprise an honorary group known as the <strong>2021 DOM Winners</strong>. This category was established as a “hall of fame”, of sorts, to enshrine past and present DOM winners.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Noted below each of the DIPA labels is the DIPA’s overall rating; a listing of the distinguishable taste parameter(s) that characterize each DIPA, with the dominant feature(s) highlighted in <strong><span style="color: #993300;">red</span></strong>; and the corresponding 4PAX designated ‘Tasteability’ category.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following is a list of the monthly award recipients for the year <strong>2021</strong>:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="7592" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_0121/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/DOM_0121.png?fit=552%2C293&ssl=1" data-orig-size="552,293" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_0121" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/DOM_0121.png?fit=300%2C159&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/DOM_0121.png?fit=552%2C293&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-7592 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - JANUARY, 2021" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/DOM_0121.png?resize=300%2C159&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - JANUARY, 2021" width="300" height="159" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/DOM_0121.png?resize=300%2C159&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/DOM_0121.png?w=552&ssl=1 552w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.14 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>AROMA</strong>, APPEARANCE, MOUTHFEEL, FLAVOR</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">TRY IT, YOU WILL LIKE IT</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="7754" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_0221/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DOM_0221.png?fit=527%2C268&ssl=1" data-orig-size="527,268" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_0221" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DOM_0221.png?fit=300%2C153&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DOM_0221.png?fit=527%2C268&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-7754 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - FEBRUARY, 2021" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DOM_0221.png?resize=300%2C153&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - FEBRUARY, 2021" width="300" height="153" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DOM_0221.png?resize=300%2C153&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DOM_0221.png?w=527&ssl=1 527w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.45 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>APPEARANCE, </strong><strong>MOUTHFEEL</strong>, AROMA, FLAVOR</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="7830" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_0321/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DOM_0321.png?fit=570%2C316&ssl=1" data-orig-size="570,316" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_0321" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DOM_0321.png?fit=300%2C166&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DOM_0321.png?fit=570%2C316&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-7830 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - FEBRUARY, 2021" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DOM_0321.png?resize=300%2C166&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - FEBRUARY, 2021" width="300" height="166" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DOM_0321.png?resize=300%2C166&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DOM_0321.png?w=570&ssl=1 570w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.21 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>FLAVOR, </strong><strong>AROMA</strong>, MOUTHFEEL, APPEARANCE</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="7934" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_0421/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DOM_0421.png?fit=539%2C318&ssl=1" data-orig-size="539,318" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_0421" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DOM_0421.png?fit=300%2C177&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DOM_0421.png?fit=539%2C318&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-7934 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - APRIL, 2021" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DOM_0421.png?resize=300%2C177&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - APRIL, 2021" width="300" height="177" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DOM_0421.png?resize=300%2C177&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DOM_0421.png?w=539&ssl=1 539w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.08 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>FLAVOR</strong>, <strong>MOUTHFEEL</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">TRY IT, YOU WILL LIKE IT</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="7986" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_0521/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/DOM_0521.png?fit=562%2C285&ssl=1" data-orig-size="562,285" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_0521" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/DOM_0521.png?fit=300%2C152&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/DOM_0521.png?fit=562%2C285&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-7986 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - MAY, 2021" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/DOM_0521.png?resize=300%2C152&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - MAY, 2021" width="300" height="152" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/DOM_0521.png?resize=300%2C152&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/DOM_0521.png?w=562&ssl=1 562w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.17 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>MOUTHFEEL, AROMA, </strong>APPEARANCE, FLAVOR</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">TRY IT, YOU WILL LIKE IT</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="8073" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_0621/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DOM_0621.png?fit=533%2C275&ssl=1" data-orig-size="533,275" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_0621" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DOM_0621.png?fit=300%2C155&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DOM_0621.png?fit=533%2C275&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-8073 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - JUNE, 2021" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DOM_0621.png?resize=300%2C155&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - JUNE, 2021" width="300" height="155" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DOM_0621.png?resize=300%2C155&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DOM_0621.png?w=533&ssl=1 533w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.45 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #993300;"><strong>APPEARANCE, </strong>FLAVOR, MOUTHFEEL</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="8271" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2021/02/12/2021-dom-winners/dom_7to9_21/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_7to9_21.png?fit=964%2C585&ssl=1" data-orig-size="964,585" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_7to9_21" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_7to9_21.png?fit=300%2C182&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_7to9_21.png?fit=580%2C352&ssl=1" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8271" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_7to9_21.png?resize=300%2C182&ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="182" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_7to9_21.png?resize=300%2C182&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_7to9_21.png?resize=768%2C466&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_7to9_21.png?w=964&ssl=1 964w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.30 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>MOUTHFEEL, FLAVOR</strong>, APPEARANCE</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="8272" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2021/02/12/2021-dom-winners/dom_1021_2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1021_2.png?fit=977%2C606&ssl=1" data-orig-size="977,606" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_1021_2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1021_2.png?fit=300%2C186&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1021_2.png?fit=580%2C360&ssl=1" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8272" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1021_2.png?resize=300%2C186&ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="186" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1021_2.png?resize=300%2C186&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1021_2.png?resize=768%2C476&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1021_2.png?w=977&ssl=1 977w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.30 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>MOUTHFEEL, FLAVOR</strong>, APPEARANCE</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="8273" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2021/02/12/2021-dom-winners/dom_1121_2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1121_2.png?fit=981%2C627&ssl=1" data-orig-size="981,627" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_1121_2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1121_2.png?fit=300%2C192&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1121_2.png?fit=580%2C371&ssl=1" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8273" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1121_2.png?resize=300%2C192&ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="192" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1121_2.png?resize=300%2C192&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1121_2.png?resize=768%2C491&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1121_2.png?w=981&ssl=1 981w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.47 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>APPEARANCE, AROMA</strong>, MOUTHFEEL, FLAVOR</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="8274" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2021/02/12/2021-dom-winners/dom_1221_2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1221_2.png?fit=981%2C660&ssl=1" data-orig-size="981,660" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_1221_2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1221_2.png?fit=300%2C202&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1221_2.png?fit=580%2C390&ssl=1" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8274" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1221_2.png?resize=300%2C202&ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="202" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1221_2.png?resize=300%2C202&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1221_2.png?resize=768%2C517&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DOM_1221_2.png?w=981&ssl=1 981w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.23 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>FLAVOR, AROMA</strong>, <strong>MOUTHFEEL, APPEARANCE</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2021/02/12/2021-dom-winners/">2021 DOM WINNERS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://my4pax.com/2021/02/12/2021-dom-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">7595</post-id> </item> <item> <title>DIPA OF THE YEAR 2020</title> <link>https://my4pax.com/2021/01/06/dipa-of-the-year-2020/</link> <comments>https://my4pax.com/2021/01/06/dipa-of-the-year-2020/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[ravenjoe]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 22:19:27 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[HOMEPAGE]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://my4pax.com/?p=7487</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The selection for DIPA of the Year (DOY) 2020, chosen from the 4PAX “Must Try Before You Die” category of superior tasting double IPA beers, is: PHANTOM HAZE. Boulevard Brewing Company, Kansas City, Missouri crafted this truly outstanding Double IPA. Weighing in at 7.5% ABV and 30 IBUs, this supernaturally delicious beer is big, bold and beautifully balanced, bursting with […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2021/01/06/dipa-of-the-year-2020/">DIPA OF THE YEAR 2020</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The<strong> </strong>selection for<strong> </strong><strong>DIPA of the Year</strong> (<strong>DOY</strong>) <strong>2020</strong>, chosen <strong> </strong>from the 4PAX “<strong>Must Try Before You Die</strong>” category of superior tasting double IPA beers, is:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="7490" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2021/01/06/dipa-of-the-year-2020/doy2020/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOY2020.png?fit=483%2C337&ssl=1" data-orig-size="483,337" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOY2020" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOY2020.png?fit=300%2C209&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOY2020.png?fit=483%2C337&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-7490 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE YEAR 2020 - PHANTOM HAZE" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOY2020.png?resize=300%2C209&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE YEAR 2020 - PHANTOM HAZE" width="300" height="209" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOY2020.png?resize=300%2C209&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOY2020.png?resize=481%2C337&ssl=1 481w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOY2020.png?w=483&ssl=1 483w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #993300;">PHANTOM HAZE</span>. </strong> <a href="http://www.boulevard.com">Boulevard Brewing Company</a>, Kansas City, Missouri crafted this truly outstanding Double IPA. Weighing in at 7.5% ABV and 30 IBUs, this supernaturally delicious beer is big, bold and beautifully balanced, bursting with luscious tropical hop flavors. Pouring an inviting shade of orange, <span style="color: #993300;"><strong>PHANTOM HAZE</strong></span> combines 10 different hops with an oat and wheat malt bill to give this DIPA a juicy, hop-forward taste with a pillowy mouthfeel. <em>Malt</em>: Pale Malt, Wheat Malt, and Naked Oats. <em>Hops</em>: Citra, Idaho 7, Amarillo, Strata, Calypso, Cascade, El Dorado, Galaxy, Mosaic, and Ekuanot. The taste is clean, sweet tropical citrus, and geranium. The Malt is moderately sweet, pillowy, and subtle. The Hops are juicy with mild bitterness.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After art school John McDonald, Boulevard’s creator/owner made his living as a carpenter, always fascinated by the creative process. He started homebrewing. He visited breweries. He put together a business plan, sold his house to raise money, and set out to find the rest of the resources he would need to start a brewery. His original business plan called for someday selling 6,000 barrels a year. By the third-year sales passed 7,000 barrels, and continued to climb. Boulevard began selling its beers in neighboring cities and states. The original Bavarian brewhouse, designed to produce only a few thousand barrels a year, was approaching 100,000 barrels by 2004, turning out a dozen 1,000-gallon brews each and every day. In 2006 John was able to invest in a $25 million expansion project that brought a new building with a 150-barrel brewhouse, packaging halls, offices and hospitality spaces. With a new brewhouse, his brew team’s creative energies were unleashed. The Smokestack Series was launched, featuring an ever-evolving array of even bigger, bolder beers. Not finished, in 2016 he commissioned “Cellar Five,” a 3,600 square foot building home to six 1,000-barrel fermentation tanks, increasing Boulevard’s fermentation capacity by 40%. But he didn’t stop there. In 2018 Boulevard completed construction and installation of a brand new 24,000 square foot Canning Hall, housing a high-speed canning line capable of filling up to 350 12-ounce cans per minute.</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>TASTE QUALITY ANALYSIS</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">To illustrate the difference in the overall taste quality between the selected <strong>DIPA of the Year</strong> (<strong>DOY</strong>) and that of the other samples in the 4PAX data base, we generated the following figure. It shows the average grades (solid dots) for each of the four taste parameters for the selected DIPA of the Year versus the dispersion in the average grades for the remaining 4PAX data samples.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="7494" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2021/01/06/dipa-of-the-year-2020/doy_2020/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOY_2020.png?fit=1164%2C874&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1164,874" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOY_2020" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOY_2020.png?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOY_2020.png?fit=580%2C436&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-7494" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOY_2020.png?resize=450%2C338&ssl=1" alt="" width="450" height="338" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOY_2020.png?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOY_2020.png?resize=1024%2C769&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOY_2020.png?resize=768%2C577&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOY_2020.png?w=1164&ssl=1 1164w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>LEGEND</strong></span>: </span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RED Dot ( Solid ) – average APPEARANCE;</span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GREEN Dot ( Solid ) – average AROMA;</span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BLUE Dot ( Solid ) – average MOUTHFEEL;</span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BLACK Dot ( Solid ) – average FLAVOR;</span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘X—X’ – measured spread, [ MEAN, +/- 1 SIGMA ].</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>TAKEAWAY</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In terms of which taste characteristics influenced our selection of <span style="color: #993300;"><strong>PHANTOM HAZE</strong></span> as the <strong>2020 DIPA of the Year (DOY)</strong>, measurements show that <strong>Aroma </strong>and<strong> Flavor,</strong> followed by <strong>Mouthfeel</strong> and <strong>Appearance</strong>, combined to produce the superb taste quality characteristic of this year’s <strong>DOY</strong>.</span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2021/01/06/dipa-of-the-year-2020/">DIPA OF THE YEAR 2020</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://my4pax.com/2021/01/06/dipa-of-the-year-2020/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">7487</post-id> </item> <item> <title>DIPA OF THE YEAR 2017</title> <link>https://my4pax.com/2020/05/28/dipa-of-the-year-2017/</link> <comments>https://my4pax.com/2020/05/28/dipa-of-the-year-2017/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[ravenjoe]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 21:20:58 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[HOMEPAGE]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://my4pax.com/?p=6597</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The selection for DIPA of the Year (DOY) 2017, chosen from the 4PAX “Must Try Before You Die” category of superior tasting double IPA beers, is: ARCK ANGEL, with BLUEBERRIES, by Pizza Boy Brewing Company, 2240 Millennium Way, Enola, Pennsylvania. This brewery is host to Al’s of Hampden, a relaxed haunt with a huge selection of craft beer and a […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2020/05/28/dipa-of-the-year-2017/">DIPA OF THE YEAR 2017</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="5977" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2020/05/28/dipa-of-the-year-2017/webp-net-resizeimage-5-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-1.png?fit=200%2C161&ssl=1" data-orig-size="200,161" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Webp.net-resizeimage-5" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-1.png?fit=200%2C161&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-1.png?fit=200%2C161&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-5977" title="DIPA OF THE YEAR 2017 - ARCK ANGEL WITH BLUEBERRIES" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-1.png?resize=250%2C201&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE YEAR 2017 - ARCK ANGEL WITH BLUEBERRIES" width="250" height="201" /></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The<strong> </strong>selection for<strong> </strong><strong>DIPA of the Year</strong> (<strong>DOY</strong>) <strong>2017</strong>, chosen <strong> </strong>from the 4PAX “<strong>Must Try Before You Die</strong>” category of superior tasting double IPA beers, is:</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #993300;"><strong>ARCK ANGEL, with BLUEBERRIES</strong>,</span><strong> </strong>by Pizza Boy Brewing Company, 2240 Millennium Way, Enola, Pennsylvania. This brewery is host to Al’s of Hampden, a relaxed haunt with a huge selection of craft beer and a large menu of Italian dishes, pizzas & subs. Unfortunately, this beer is no longer being produced.</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>TASTE QUALITY ANALYSIS</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">To illustrate the difference in the overall taste quality between the selected <strong>DIPA of the Year</strong> (<strong>DOY</strong>) and that of the other samples in the 4PAX data base, we generated the following figure. It shows the average grades (solid dots) for each of the four taste parameters for the selected DIPA of the Year versus the dispersion in the average grades for the remaining 4PAX data samples.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="6631" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2020/05/28/dipa-of-the-year-2017/blueberry_spread/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BLUEBERRY_SPREAD.png?fit=991%2C737&ssl=1" data-orig-size="991,737" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="BLUEBERRY_SPREAD" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BLUEBERRY_SPREAD.png?fit=300%2C223&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BLUEBERRY_SPREAD.png?fit=580%2C431&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-6631" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BLUEBERRY_SPREAD.png?resize=452%2C336&ssl=1" alt="" width="452" height="336" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BLUEBERRY_SPREAD.png?resize=300%2C223&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BLUEBERRY_SPREAD.png?resize=768%2C571&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BLUEBERRY_SPREAD.png?w=991&ssl=1 991w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>LEGEND</strong>: </span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RED Dot ( Solid ) – average APPEARANCE;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GREEN Dot ( Solid ) – average AROMA;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BLUE Dot ( Solid ) – average MOUTHFEEL;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BLACK Dot ( Solid ) – average FLAVOR;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘X—X’ – measured spread, [ MEAN, +/- 1 SIGMA ]</span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>TAKEAWAY</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In terms of which taste parameters influenced the 4PAX selection of <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>ARCK ANGEL, with BLUEBERRIES</strong></span></span><span style="caret-color: #ff0000;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as the</span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 2017</strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <strong>DIPA of the YEA</strong>R <strong>(</strong></span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">DOY)</strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, measurements show that <strong>all four</strong> taste parameters – <strong>Appearance</strong>, <strong>Aroma,</strong></span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Mouthfeel, </strong>and<strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Flavor – </strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">produced the superb taste quality characteristic of this year’s <strong>DOY</strong>.</span></span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2020/05/28/dipa-of-the-year-2017/">DIPA OF THE YEAR 2017</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://my4pax.com/2020/05/28/dipa-of-the-year-2017/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">6597</post-id> </item> <item> <title>LIKELIHOOD RATIO | IPA TASTE ANALYSIS</title> <link>https://my4pax.com/2020/04/02/likelihood-ratio-ipa-taste-analysis/</link> <comments>https://my4pax.com/2020/04/02/likelihood-ratio-ipa-taste-analysis/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[ravenjoe]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 15:07:51 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[HOMEPAGE]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://my4pax.com/?p=6251</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Bayes’ Theorem can be written in two different ways, in terms of probabilities, and in terms of odds ratios. Bayes’ Theorem in the probability form is used to characterize the ‘Tasteability’ of the individual taste categories in terms of the four graded taste parameters – Appearance, Aroma, Mouthfeel, and Flavor. It does this by computing the conditional […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2020/04/02/likelihood-ratio-ipa-taste-analysis/">LIKELIHOOD RATIO | IPA TASTE ANALYSIS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div> <p><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Bayes’ Theorem</strong> can be written in two different ways, in terms of <strong>probabilities</strong>, and in terms of <strong>odds ratios</strong>.</span></p> <figure id="attachment_6232" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6232" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="6232" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/07/26/dipa-taste-analysis-statistical-study-of-beer/bayesian_image_3/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_3.png?fit=600%2C340&ssl=1" data-orig-size="600,340" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="BAYESIAN_IMAGE_3" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_3.png?fit=300%2C170&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_3.png?fit=580%2C329&ssl=1" class="wp-image-6232 size-medium" title="BAYES' THEOREM - PROBABILITY FORM" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_3.png?resize=300%2C170&ssl=1" alt="BAYES' THEOREM - PROBABILITY FORM" width="300" height="170" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_3.png?resize=300%2C170&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_3.png?w=600&ssl=1 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-6232" class="wp-caption-text"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">BAYES’ THEOREM – PROBABILITY FORM</span></strong></span></figcaption></figure> </div> <div> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://my4pax.com/2018/07/26/dipa-taste-analysis-statistical-study-of-beer/"><strong>Bayes’ Theorem</strong></a> in the <strong>probability form</strong> is used to characterize the ‘Tasteability’ of the individual taste categories in terms of the four graded taste parameters – Appearance, Aroma, Mouthfeel, and Flavor.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It does this by computing the conditional probability of a taste event, given a joint set of graded taste parameters:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="8967" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/07/26/dipa-taste-analysis-statistical-study-of-beer/picture121/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?fit=5321%2C1269&ssl=1" data-orig-size="5321,1269" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Picture121" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?fit=300%2C72&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?fit=580%2C138&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-8967" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?resize=580%2C138&ssl=1" alt="" width="580" height="138" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?resize=300%2C72&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?resize=1024%2C244&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?resize=768%2C183&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?resize=1536%2C366&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?resize=2048%2C488&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?resize=1200%2C286&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?resize=1980%2C472&ssl=1 1980w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?w=1740&ssl=1 1740w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px" /></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">When written in the <strong>odds ratio form</strong> (see below), Bayes’ theorem relates the odds ratio in favour of the ‘Tasteability’ category (TCAT) given the taste data (POST_OR), to the odds ratio in favour of the TCAT in the <em>absence</em> of any taste data (PRE_OR). The factor that relates the two is the <strong>Likelihood Ratio</strong> (LR).</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="8971" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2020/04/02/likelihood-ratio-ipa-taste-analysis/picturexyz/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picturexyz.png?fit=2502%2C733&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2502,733" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Picturexyz" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picturexyz.png?fit=300%2C88&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picturexyz.png?fit=580%2C170&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-8971" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picturexyz.png?resize=500%2C146&ssl=1" alt="" width="500" height="146" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picturexyz.png?resize=300%2C88&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picturexyz.png?resize=1024%2C300&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picturexyz.png?resize=768%2C225&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picturexyz.png?resize=1536%2C450&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picturexyz.png?resize=2048%2C600&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picturexyz.png?resize=1200%2C352&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picturexyz.png?resize=1980%2C580&ssl=1 1980w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picturexyz.png?w=1740&ssl=1 1740w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">As the LR increases, so too do the odds in favor of the TCAT ( categories A,B,C, or D ), given the graded set of taste parameters ( columns B-E ) – the<strong> higher </strong>the <strong>odds</strong> (POST_OR), the<strong> greater </strong>the<strong> probability </strong>( Pr( A | BCDE ) ) that the graded taste set<strong> Characterizes </strong>the given<strong> TCAT</strong><strong>.</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="9074" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/07/26/dipa-taste-analysis-statistical-study-of-beer/table2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?fit=3093%2C1576&ssl=1" data-orig-size="3093,1576" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="TABLE2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?fit=300%2C153&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?fit=580%2C296&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-9074" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?resize=450%2C229&ssl=1" alt="" width="450" height="229" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?resize=300%2C153&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?resize=1024%2C522&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?resize=768%2C391&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?resize=1536%2C783&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?resize=2048%2C1044&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?resize=1200%2C611&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?resize=1980%2C1009&ssl=1 1980w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?w=1740&ssl=1 1740w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: center;"> </div> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2020/04/02/likelihood-ratio-ipa-taste-analysis/">LIKELIHOOD RATIO | IPA TASTE ANALYSIS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://my4pax.com/2020/04/02/likelihood-ratio-ipa-taste-analysis/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">6251</post-id> </item> <item> <title>2020 DOM WINNERS</title> <link>https://my4pax.com/2020/02/03/2020-dom-winners/</link> <comments>https://my4pax.com/2020/02/03/2020-dom-winners/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[ravenjoe]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:58:53 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[HOMEPAGE]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://my4pax.com/?p=5870</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The 4PAX rates/grades from 6 to 8 Double India Pale Ales (DIPAs) each month and select from this group a brew that exhibits all of the taste qualities that we look for in a great DIPA. The selected brews comprise an honorary group known as the 2020 DOM Winners. This category was established as a […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2020/02/03/2020-dom-winners/">2020 DOM WINNERS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The 4PAX rates/grades from 6 to 8 Double India Pale Ales (DIPAs) each month and select from this group a brew that exhibits all of the taste qualities that we look for in a great DIPA. The selected brews comprise an honorary group known as the <strong>2020 DOM Winners</strong>. This category was established as a “hall of fame”, of sorts, to enshrine past and present DOM winners.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Noted below each of the DIPA labels is the DIPA’s overall rating; a listing of the distinguishable taste parameter(s) that characterize each DIPA, with the dominant feature(s) highlighted in <strong><span style="color: #993300;">red</span></strong>; and the corresponding 4PAX designated ‘Tasteability’ category.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following is a list of the monthly award recipients for the year <strong>2020</strong>:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="5868" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_0120/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DOM_0120.png?fit=495%2C308&ssl=1" data-orig-size="495,308" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_0120" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DOM_0120.png?fit=300%2C187&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DOM_0120.png?fit=495%2C308&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-5868 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - JANUARY, 2020" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DOM_0120.png?resize=300%2C187&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - JANUARY, 2020" width="300" height="187" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DOM_0120.png?resize=300%2C187&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DOM_0120.png?w=495&ssl=1 495w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.19 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>AROMA</strong>, FLAVOR, MOUTHFEEL</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">YOU MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="6167" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_0220/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DOM_0220.png?fit=479%2C268&ssl=1" data-orig-size="479,268" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_0220" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DOM_0220.png?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DOM_0220.png?fit=479%2C268&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-6167 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - FEBRUARY, 2020" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DOM_0220.png?resize=300%2C168&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - FEBRUARY, 2020" width="300" height="168" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DOM_0220.png?resize=300%2C168&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DOM_0220.png?w=479&ssl=1 479w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">RATING = <strong>3.89 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">APPEARANCE, AROMA, MOUTHFEEL</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">“<strong>TRY IT, YOU WILL LIKE IT</strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="6262" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/02/10/dipa-champion-beer-championship/dom-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DOM.png?fit=491%2C308&ssl=1" data-orig-size="491,308" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DOM.png?fit=300%2C188&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DOM.png?fit=491%2C308&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-6262 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - MARCH, 2020" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DOM.png?resize=300%2C188&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - MARCH, 2020" width="300" height="188" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DOM.png?resize=300%2C188&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DOM.png?w=491&ssl=1 491w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.21 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>APPEARANCE, AROMA</strong>, <strong>FLAVOR</strong>, <strong>MOUTHFEEL</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">YOU MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="6448" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_phantom_haze/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DOM_PHANTOM_HAZE.png?fit=514%2C293&ssl=1" data-orig-size="514,293" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_PHANTOM_HAZE" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DOM_PHANTOM_HAZE.png?fit=300%2C171&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DOM_PHANTOM_HAZE.png?fit=514%2C293&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-6448 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - APRIL, 2020" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DOM_PHANTOM_HAZE.png?resize=300%2C171&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - APRIL, 2020" width="300" height="171" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DOM_PHANTOM_HAZE.png?resize=300%2C171&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DOM_PHANTOM_HAZE.png?w=514&ssl=1 514w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.34 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>APPEARANCE, AROMA</strong>, <strong>FLAVOR</strong>, <strong>MOUTHFEEL</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">YOU MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="6661" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_may_2020/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DOM_MAY_2020.png?fit=537%2C302&ssl=1" data-orig-size="537,302" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_MAY_2020" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DOM_MAY_2020.png?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DOM_MAY_2020.png?fit=537%2C302&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-6661 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - MAY, 2020" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DOM_MAY_2020.png?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - MAY, 2020" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DOM_MAY_2020.png?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DOM_MAY_2020.png?w=537&ssl=1 537w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.11 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>APPEARANCE, AROMA</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong>YOU MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="6893" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/ipa-beer-ratings-are-presented-for-the-top-rated-beers-specifically-double-ipa-beers/dom_0620/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/DOM_0620.png?fit=525%2C283&ssl=1" data-orig-size="525,283" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_0620" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/DOM_0620.png?fit=300%2C162&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/DOM_0620.png?fit=525%2C283&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-6893 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - JUNE, 2020" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/DOM_0620.png?resize=300%2C162&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - JUNE, 2020" width="300" height="162" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/DOM_0620.png?resize=300%2C162&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/DOM_0620.png?w=525&ssl=1 525w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.16 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>APPEARANCE, AROMA, MOUTHFEEL, FLAVOR</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong>YOU MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="6997" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_0720-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/DOM_0720-1.png?fit=506%2C293&ssl=1" data-orig-size="506,293" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_0720" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/DOM_0720-1.png?fit=300%2C174&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/DOM_0720-1.png?fit=506%2C293&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-6997 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - JULY, 2020" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/DOM_0720-1.png?resize=300%2C174&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - JULY, 2020" width="300" height="174" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/DOM_0720-1.png?resize=300%2C174&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/DOM_0720-1.png?w=506&ssl=1 506w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.30 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>APPEARANCE, AROMA, </strong>MOUTHFEEL, FLAVOR</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong>YOU MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="7044" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_0820/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DOM_0820.png?fit=568%2C308&ssl=1" data-orig-size="568,308" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_0820" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DOM_0820.png?fit=300%2C163&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DOM_0820.png?fit=568%2C308&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-7044 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - AUG, 2020" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DOM_0820.png?resize=300%2C163&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - AUG, 2020" width="300" height="163" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DOM_0820.png?resize=300%2C163&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DOM_0820.png?w=568&ssl=1 568w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.20 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>FLAVOR, </strong>MOUTHFEEL</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong>YOU MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="7152" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_0920/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DOM_0920.png?fit=531%2C258&ssl=1" data-orig-size="531,258" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_0920" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DOM_0920.png?fit=300%2C146&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DOM_0920.png?fit=531%2C258&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-7152 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - SEP, 2020" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DOM_0920.png?resize=300%2C146&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - SEP, 2020" width="300" height="146" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DOM_0920.png?resize=300%2C146&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DOM_0920.png?w=531&ssl=1 531w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.26 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>APPEARANCE, </strong>MOUTHFEEL, FLAVOR</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong>YOU MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="7211" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_1020/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/DOM_1020.png?fit=579%2C325&ssl=1" data-orig-size="579,325" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_1020" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/DOM_1020.png?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/DOM_1020.png?fit=579%2C325&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-7211 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - OCT, 2020" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/DOM_1020.png?resize=300%2C168&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - OCT, 2020" width="300" height="168" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/DOM_1020.png?resize=300%2C168&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/DOM_1020.png?w=579&ssl=1 579w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.15 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>APPEARANCE, </strong>MOUTHFEEL</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong>YOU MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>*****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="7291" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_1120/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/DOM_1120.png?fit=499%2C260&ssl=1" data-orig-size="499,260" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_1120" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/DOM_1120.png?fit=300%2C156&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/DOM_1120.png?fit=499%2C260&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-7291 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - NOV 2020" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/DOM_1120.png?resize=300%2C156&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - NOV 2020" width="300" height="156" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/DOM_1120.png?resize=300%2C156&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/DOM_1120.png?w=499&ssl=1 499w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.28 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>APPEARANCE, </strong>MOUTHFEEL, FLAVOR</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong>YOU MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>*****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="7456" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_1220/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOM_1220.png?fit=556%2C293&ssl=1" data-orig-size="556,293" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_1220" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOM_1220.png?fit=300%2C158&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOM_1220.png?fit=556%2C293&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-7456 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - DEC 2020" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOM_1220.png?resize=300%2C158&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - DEC 2020" width="300" height="158" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOM_1220.png?resize=300%2C158&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DOM_1220.png?w=556&ssl=1 556w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.19 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>AROMA, </strong>MOUTHFEEL, APPEARANCE</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong>TRY IT, YOU WILL LIKE IT</strong>“</span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2020/02/03/2020-dom-winners/">2020 DOM WINNERS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://my4pax.com/2020/02/03/2020-dom-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">5870</post-id> </item> <item> <title>DIPA OF THE YEAR 2019</title> <link>https://my4pax.com/2020/01/10/dipa-of-the-year-2019/</link> <comments>https://my4pax.com/2020/01/10/dipa-of-the-year-2019/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[ravenjoe]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:52:04 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[HOMEPAGE]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://my4pax.com/?p=5771</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The selection for DIPA of the Year (DOY) 2019, chosen from the 4PAX “Must Try Before You Die” category of superior tasting double IPA beers, is: KABOOM. This terrific Double IPA was crafted by Vanish Farmwoods Brewery located just outside of Lucketts, Virginia. This DIPA weighed-in at 8.6% ABV, but all additional background information such as IBUs or what […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2020/01/10/dipa-of-the-year-2019/">DIPA OF THE YEAR 2019</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The<strong> </strong>selection for<strong> </strong><strong>DIPA of the Year</strong> (<strong>DOY</strong>) <strong>2019</strong>, chosen <strong> </strong>from the 4PAX “<strong>Must Try Before You Die</strong>” category of superior tasting double IPA beers, is: </span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="5781" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2020/01/10/dipa-of-the-year-2019/doy_2019_2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOY_2019_2.png?fit=904%2C625&ssl=1" data-orig-size="904,625" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOY_2019_2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOY_2019_2.png?fit=300%2C207&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOY_2019_2.png?fit=580%2C401&ssl=1" class="wp-image-5781 size-medium aligncenter" title="DIPA OF THE YEAR 2019 - KABOOM" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOY_2019_2.png?resize=300%2C207&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE YEAR 2019 - KABOOM" width="300" height="207" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOY_2019_2.png?resize=300%2C207&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOY_2019_2.png?resize=768%2C531&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOY_2019_2.png?w=904&ssl=1 904w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: #993300;"><strong>KABOOM</strong></span><strong>. </strong> This terrific Double IPA was crafted by <a href="https://vanishbeer.com/">Vanish Farmwoods Brewery</a> located just outside of Lucketts, Virginia. This DIPA weighed-in at 8.6% ABV, but all additional background information such as IBUs or what hops were used in the mix apparently are one of those originating secrets that Vanish wishes to keep. Regardless, if Vanish continues to produce this jewel, the 4PAX consider<span style="color: #993300;"><strong> KABOOM</strong></span> a serious heavyweight that must be sampled sooner rather than later!</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">When Jonathan Staples launched Black Hops Farm in 2014 the goal was to provide local hops to Virginia’s thriving alcohol industry. With an emphasis on hops it was a no brainer that a brewery belonged on the farm. Unfortunately, someone else had plans to turn the property into a housing community. Fortunately, the housing community plans were scrubbed so it made sense to name this brewery Vanish Farmwoods Brewery, since all the farmland and surrounding nature could have vanished.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Vanish resides on 53 acres on the Black Hops Farm in Lucketts, Va. With the use of local ingredients, Vanish Brewery focuses on brews that run from plant to pint and seed to sip. They offer up to 20 beers on tap at a time in a massive Taproom. This brewery strives to cater to the masses. They have plenty of outdoor space with scenic views as well as options for private events both big and small and are known for good beer and a laid-back vibe. If visiting with a group for a casual day of eating, drinking and enjoying each other’s company, there is no need for a party room, they have a large tasting room and outdoor grounds with plenty of space for all to spread out and enjoy the day. They even allow dogs because they have an indoor temperature-controlled dog-friendly area with its own bar.</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>TASTE QUALITY ANALYSIS</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">To illustrate the difference in the overall taste quality between the selected <strong>DIPA of the Year</strong> (<strong>DOY</strong>) and that of the other samples in the 4PAX data base, we generated the following figure. It shows the average grades (solid dots) for each of the four taste parameters for the selected DIPA of the Year versus the dispersion in the average grades for the remaining 4PAX data samples.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="5773" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2020/01/10/dipa-of-the-year-2019/doy_2019/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOY_2019.png?fit=1164%2C874&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1164,874" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOY_2019" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOY_2019.png?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOY_2019.png?fit=580%2C436&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-5773" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOY_2019.png?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1" alt="" width="500" height="375" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOY_2019.png?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOY_2019.png?resize=1024%2C769&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOY_2019.png?resize=768%2C577&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOY_2019.png?w=1164&ssl=1 1164w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>LEGEND</strong>: </span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">RED Dot ( Solid ) – average APPEARANCE;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">GREEN Dot ( Solid ) – average AROMA;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">BLUE Dot ( Solid ) – average MOUTHFEEL;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">BLACK Dot ( Solid ) – average FLAVOR;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">‘X—X’ – measured spread, [ MEAN, +/- 1 SIGMA ].</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>TAKEAWAY</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">In terms of which taste characteristics influenced our selection of <span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #993300;"><strong>KABOOM</strong></span> </span>as the <strong>2019 DIPA of the Year (DOY)</strong>, measurements show that <strong>Appearance</strong>, and then <strong>Flavor</strong>, (mouthfeel and aroma) <span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">produced the superb taste quality characteristic of this year’s <strong>DOY</strong></span>.</span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2020/01/10/dipa-of-the-year-2019/">DIPA OF THE YEAR 2019</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://my4pax.com/2020/01/10/dipa-of-the-year-2019/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">5771</post-id> </item> <item> <title>2019 DOM WINNERS</title> <link>https://my4pax.com/2019/02/05/2019-dom-winners/</link> <comments>https://my4pax.com/2019/02/05/2019-dom-winners/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[ravenjoe]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 15:53:52 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[HOMEPAGE]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://my4pax.com/?p=4599</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The 4PAX rates/grades from 6 to 8 Double India Pale Ales (DIPAs) each month and select from this group a brew that exhibits all of the taste qualities that we look for in a great DIPA. The selected brews comprise an honorary group known as the 2019 DOM Winners. This category was established as a […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2019/02/05/2019-dom-winners/">2019 DOM WINNERS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The 4PAX rates/grades from 6 to 8 Double India Pale Ales (DIPAs) each month and select from this group a brew that exhibits all of the taste qualities that we look for in a great DIPA. The selected brews comprise an honorary group known as the <strong>2019 DOM Winners</strong>. This category was established as a “hall of fame”, of sorts, to enshrine past and present DOM winners.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Noted below each of the DIPA labels is the DIPA’s overall rating; a listing of the distinguishable taste parameter(s) that characterize each DIPA, with the dominant feature(s) highlighted in <strong><span style="color: #993300;">red</span></strong>; and the corresponding 4PAX designated ‘Tasteability’ category.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following is a list of the monthly award recipients for the year <strong>2019</strong>:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="4587" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_0119/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DOM_0119.png?fit=444%2C283&ssl=1" data-orig-size="444,283" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_0119" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DOM_0119.png?fit=300%2C191&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DOM_0119.png?fit=444%2C283&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-4587 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - JANUARY, 2019" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DOM_0119.png?resize=300%2C191&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - JANUARY, 2019" width="300" height="191" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DOM_0119.png?resize=300%2C191&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DOM_0119.png?w=444&ssl=1 444w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.17 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>APPEARANCE</strong>, FLAVOR, AROMA, MOUTHFEEL</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">YOU MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="4878" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_0219/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DOM_0219.png?fit=1017%2C555&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1017,555" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_0219" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DOM_0219.png?fit=300%2C164&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DOM_0219.png?fit=580%2C317&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-4878 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - FEBRUARY, 2019" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DOM_0219.png?resize=300%2C164&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - FEBRUARY, 2019" width="300" height="164" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DOM_0219.png?resize=300%2C164&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DOM_0219.png?resize=768%2C419&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DOM_0219.png?w=1017&ssl=1 1017w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.06 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>AROMA</strong>, FLAVOR, MOUTHFEEL</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">TRY IT, YOU WILL LIKE IT</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="5127" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/02/10/dipa-champion-beer-championship/dom_0319/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DOM_0319.png?fit=572%2C341&ssl=1" data-orig-size="572,341" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_0319" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DOM_0319.png?fit=300%2C179&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DOM_0319.png?fit=572%2C341&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-5127 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH- MARCH, 2019" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DOM_0319.png?resize=300%2C179&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH- MARCH, 2019" width="300" height="179" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DOM_0319.png?resize=300%2C179&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DOM_0319.png?w=572&ssl=1 572w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.16 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #993300;">MOUTHFEEL, FLAVOR</span></strong>, <span style="color: #993300;">APPEARANCE</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">YOU MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <strong> *****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="5323" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_0419_2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DOM_0419_2.png?fit=666%2C375&ssl=1" data-orig-size="666,375" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_0419_2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DOM_0419_2.png?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DOM_0419_2.png?fit=580%2C327&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-5323 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - APRIL, 2019" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DOM_0419_2.png?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - APRIL, 2019" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DOM_0419_2.png?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DOM_0419_2.png?w=666&ssl=1 666w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.06 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #993300;">AROMA</span></strong>, <span style="color: #993300;">FLAVOR, MOUTHFEEL</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">TRY IT, YOU WILL LIKE IT</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>*****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="5521" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_mayjune2_2019/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DOM_MAYJUNE2_2019.png?fit=532%2C336&ssl=1" data-orig-size="532,336" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_MAYJUNE2_2019" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DOM_MAYJUNE2_2019.png?fit=300%2C189&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DOM_MAYJUNE2_2019.png?fit=532%2C336&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-5521 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - MAY/JUNE, 2019" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DOM_MAYJUNE2_2019.png?resize=300%2C189&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - MAY/JUNE, 2019" width="300" height="189" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DOM_MAYJUNE2_2019.png?resize=300%2C189&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DOM_MAYJUNE2_2019.png?w=532&ssl=1 532w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.04 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;">FLAVOR, MOUTHFEEL</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">TRY IT, YOU WILL LIKE IT</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>*****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="5594" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2019/02/05/2019-dom-winners/dom_070819/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_070819.png?fit=715%2C381&ssl=1" data-orig-size="715,381" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_070819" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_070819.png?fit=300%2C160&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_070819.png?fit=580%2C309&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-5594 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - JULY/AUG, 2019" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_070819.png?resize=300%2C160&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - JULY/AUG, 2019" width="300" height="160" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_070819.png?resize=300%2C160&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_070819.png?w=715&ssl=1 715w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.04 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;">APPEARANCE, FLAVOR, MOUTHFEEL</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">TRY IT, YOU WILL LIKE IT</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>*****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="5595" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2019/02/05/2019-dom-winners/dom_0919/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_0919.png?fit=715%2C396&ssl=1" data-orig-size="715,396" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_0919" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_0919.png?fit=300%2C166&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_0919.png?fit=580%2C321&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-5595 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - SEPT, 2019" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_0919.png?resize=300%2C166&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - SEPT, 2019" width="300" height="166" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_0919.png?resize=300%2C166&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_0919.png?w=715&ssl=1 715w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.20 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>APPEARANCE</strong>, FLAVOR, MOUTHFEEL</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong>YOU</strong> <strong><span style="color: #000000;">MUST TRY BEFORE YOU DIE</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>*****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="5596" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_1019/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_1019.png?fit=711%2C398&ssl=1" data-orig-size="711,398" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_1019" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_1019.png?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_1019.png?fit=580%2C325&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-5596 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - OCT, 2019" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_1019.png?resize=300%2C168&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - OCT, 2019" width="300" height="168" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_1019.png?resize=300%2C168&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DOM_1019.png?w=711&ssl=1 711w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.16 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993300;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>FLAVOR</strong>, MOUTHFEEL, </span><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AROMA, APPEARANCE</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">YOU MUST TRY, BEFORE YOU DIE</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>*****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="5689" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_1119/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/DOM_1119.png?fit=973%2C585&ssl=1" data-orig-size="973,585" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_1119" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/DOM_1119.png?fit=300%2C180&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/DOM_1119.png?fit=580%2C349&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-5689 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - NOV 2019" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/DOM_1119.png?resize=300%2C180&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - NOV 2019" width="300" height="180" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/DOM_1119.png?resize=300%2C180&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/DOM_1119.png?resize=768%2C462&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/DOM_1119.png?w=973&ssl=1 973w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.24 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #993300;"><strong>APPEARANCE</strong>, MOUTHFEEL, AROMA, FLAVOR</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">YOU MUST TRY, BEFORE YOU DIE</span></strong>“</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>*****************************</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="5754" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/dom_1219/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOM_1219.png?fit=452%2C314&ssl=1" data-orig-size="452,314" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOM_1219" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOM_1219.png?fit=300%2C208&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOM_1219.png?fit=452%2C314&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-5754 size-medium" title="DIPA OF THE MONTH - DEC 2019" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOM_1219.png?resize=300%2C208&ssl=1" alt="DIPA OF THE MONTH - DEC 2019" width="300" height="208" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOM_1219.png?resize=300%2C208&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DOM_1219.png?w=452&ssl=1 452w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING = <strong>4.01 / 5</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dominant TASTE Characteristics:</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993300;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>AROMA</strong>, <strong>MOUTHFEEL</strong>, APPEARANCE, </span><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FLAVOR</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><span style="color: #000000;">TRY IT, YOU WILL LIKE IT</span></strong>“</span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2019/02/05/2019-dom-winners/">2019 DOM WINNERS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://my4pax.com/2019/02/05/2019-dom-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">4599</post-id> </item> <item> <title>STATISTICAL STUDY OF BEER | DIPA TASTE ANALYSIS</title> <link>https://my4pax.com/2018/07/26/dipa-taste-analysis-statistical-study-of-beer/</link> <comments>https://my4pax.com/2018/07/26/dipa-taste-analysis-statistical-study-of-beer/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[ravenjoe]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 16:28:47 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[HOMEPAGE]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://my4pax.com/?p=4049</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>This tab represents the first of several tabs dedicated to the statistical study of beer, specifically the DIPA taste analysis of Double IPA (DIPA) beer. The DIPA taste analysis is performed as part of an overarching statistical study of beer for the purpose of examining all aspects affecting its ‘Tasteability’. The term ‘Tasteability‘ is used throughout the text to describe the […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2018/07/26/dipa-taste-analysis-statistical-study-of-beer/">STATISTICAL STUDY OF BEER | DIPA TASTE ANALYSIS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="8702" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/07/26/dipa-taste-analysis-statistical-study-of-beer/doy_2022-3/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY_2022-1.png?fit=560%2C420&ssl=1" data-orig-size="560,420" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="DOY_2022" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY_2022-1.png?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY_2022-1.png?fit=560%2C420&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-8702" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY_2022-1.png?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" alt="" width="400" height="300" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY_2022-1.png?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DOY_2022-1.png?w=560&ssl=1 560w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This tab represents the first of several tabs dedicated to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>statistical study of beer</strong><b>, </b>specifically the <strong>DIPA taste analysis </strong>of Double IPA (DIPA) beer. The DIPA taste analysis is performed as part of an overarching statistical study of beer for the purpose of examining all aspects affecting its ‘Tasteability’.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The term ‘<strong>Tasteability</strong>‘ is used throughout the text to describe the overall taste quality of the sampled brews in terms of their four graded taste parameters and associated DIPA rating.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first topic of study focuses on characterizing the DIPA beer ‘Tasteability’. This involves extracting that combination of average graded taste parameters from the graded feature database that maximizes the likelihood for each of the four DIPA ‘Tasteability’ categories: “<a href="https://my4pax.com/2018/01/26/best-of-the-best-dipas/"><em>Must Try Before You Die</em>”</a>; “<a href="https://my4pax.com/2018/02/02/average-rated-double-ipas/"><em>Try It, You’ll Like It</em>”</a>; “<a href="https://my4pax.com/2018/02/02/low-rated-double-ipas/"><em>Take It, or Leave It</em>”</a>; “<a href="https://my4pax.com/2018/02/02/lowest-rated-double-ipas/"><em>Don’t Bother, Save Your Money</em>”</a>. </span><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Details and results of this analysis are presented below.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other aspects of the DIPA taste analysis that will be discussed in subsequent tabs include key statistical metrics, distribution functions, and estimation procedures essential to a better understanding of the overall statistical study of beer. Selected topics include:</span></p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ANOVA ( Analysis of Variance ) – statistical technique that analyzes the differences among group means in the sampled data set;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">moment calculations ( mean, variance, skewness, kurtosis );</span></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">the generation of probability distribution functions ( histograms, cumulative distribution functions ).</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The obvious first step in performing a DIPA taste analysis is the actual consumption of beer; i.e. “It’s a well-known fact that consumption of beer leads to improved statistical quality analysis”, quoth one Minitab Blog editor. Please visit this <a href="http://blog.minitab.com/blog/statistics-and-quality-data-analysis/beer-statistics-and-quality">link </a>for “the rest of the story”.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The following overview summarizes the contents of this blog.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><em><strong>Overview</strong></em></span></p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Introduction </strong>to the MY4PAX method of characterizing DIPA beer ‘Tasteability’;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Background</strong>;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Methodology </strong>used to characterize the DIPA beer ‘Tasteability’;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Results </strong>and <strong>Conclusions.</strong></span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>INTRODUCTION</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As already mentioned, the primary goal of this tab is to discuss the MY4PAX method of characterizing the DIPA beer ‘Tasteability’ in terms of the four <a href="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/05/dipa-taste-parameters/"><i>taste parameters</i></a> – Appearance, Aroma, Mouthfeel, and Flavor. Results of the DIPA taste analysis are presented in the Results and Conclusions sections listed below.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="3746" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/bayes_image/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BAYES_IMAGE.jpg?fit=960%2C720&ssl=1" data-orig-size="960,720" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="BAYES_IMAGE" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BAYES_IMAGE.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BAYES_IMAGE.jpg?fit=580%2C435&ssl=1" class="wp-image-3746 size-medium aligncenter" title="DIPA TASTE ANALYSIS: BAYES THEOREM" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BAYES_IMAGE.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1" alt="DIPA TASTE ANALYSIS: BAYES THEOREM" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BAYES_IMAGE.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BAYES_IMAGE.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BAYES_IMAGE.jpg?w=960&ssl=1 960w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Bayes’ Theorem </strong>is the statistical analysis tool that we use to perform this study. It calculates the likelihood of<i> </i>a given ‘Tasteability’ category (TCAT), given a joint set of graded taste parameters – the higher the Bayes probability, the more likely it is that the graded taste parameters craft the given ‘Tasteability’.</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><strong>BACKGROUND</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The web tab <a href="https://my4pax.com/dipa-rating-method/"><em>DIPA Rating Method</em></a> gives a detailed description of the methodology used to grade and rate the DIPA beer ‘Tasteability’.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once the DIPA samples have been graded and rated, and the corresponding DIPA ‘Tasteability’ categories have been determined, <strong>Bayes’ Theorem</strong> is used to characterize the DIPA ‘Tasteability’ in terms of the aforementioned graded taste parameters.</span></p> <figure id="attachment_6232" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6232" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="6232" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/07/26/dipa-taste-analysis-statistical-study-of-beer/bayesian_image_3/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_3.png?fit=600%2C340&ssl=1" data-orig-size="600,340" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="BAYESIAN_IMAGE_3" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_3.png?fit=300%2C170&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_3.png?fit=580%2C329&ssl=1" class="wp-image-6232 size-medium" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_3.png?resize=300%2C170&ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="170" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_3.png?resize=300%2C170&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_3.png?w=600&ssl=1 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-6232" class="wp-caption-text"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: #993300;"> FUNDAMENTAL FORM OF BAYES EQTN</span></strong></span></figcaption></figure> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Bayes’ Theorem</strong> is a powerful statistical tool that relates the probability of a particular ‘Tasteability’ category (TCAT) <em>without</em> any <strong>prior information</strong>, to the probability (<strong>posterior probability</strong>) of the ‘Tasteability’ category given a joint set of graded taste parameters</span> – <span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the higher the Bayes (posterior) probability, the more likely it is that the graded taste parameters Characterize the given TCAT.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Other soon-to-be-added tabs will describe in detail the statistical study of beer that relate to the measurement of<em> </em>statistical moments and the generation of distribution functions that are essential to the taste analysis of beer.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These quantitative measurements provide information on the location (mean) and variability (variance) of the individual groups of graded taste parameters associated with each of the four ‘Tasteability’ categories, thus providing relevant information on the nature of the individual taste parameter distributions (as illustrated in a histogram, for example).</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A third statistical moment, the skewness, is a measure of the symmetry of the shape of the DIPA taste parameter distributions. A negatively skewed distribution indicates a bias towards higher graded taste scores, while a positively skewed distribution indicates a preference for lower graded taste scores.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The results of the statistical study of beer as it relates to the location (mean) and variability (variance) of the individual DIPA taste parameters will be presented in later tabs.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The current tab focuses primarily on the results of the DIPA taste analysis as it pertains to the Bayes’ characterization of the DIPA beer ‘Tasteability’.</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><strong>METHODOLOGY</strong></span></span></p> <figure id="attachment_6224" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6224" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="6224" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/dipa-rating-method/weighted_average/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/WEIGHTED_AVERAGE.png?fit=939%2C706&ssl=1" data-orig-size="939,706" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="WEIGHTED_AVERAGE" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/WEIGHTED_AVERAGE.png?fit=300%2C226&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/WEIGHTED_AVERAGE.png?fit=580%2C436&ssl=1" class="wp-image-6224 size-medium" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/WEIGHTED_AVERAGE.png?resize=300%2C226&ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="226" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/WEIGHTED_AVERAGE.png?resize=300%2C226&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/WEIGHTED_AVERAGE.png?resize=768%2C577&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/WEIGHTED_AVERAGE.png?w=939&ssl=1 939w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-6224" class="wp-caption-text"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; color: #993300;"> SAMPLE WEIGHTED AVERAGE CALC</span></span></strong></figcaption></figure> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Each of the four DIPA taste parameters for each sampled DIPA are <strong>graded</strong> on a scale of 0 to 5 (5 being the highest); <strong>weight averaged</strong> using the MY4PAX <strong>rating</strong> formula (see illustrated example above); and <strong>ratings thresholded</strong> to assign a ‘Tasteability’ classification to each of the sampled DIPAs.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The measured data set is used to calculate each of the joint probability terms present in the <strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bayes</span>‘ <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Equation</span></span></strong> shown below: </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="8967" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/07/26/dipa-taste-analysis-statistical-study-of-beer/picture121/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?fit=5321%2C1269&ssl=1" data-orig-size="5321,1269" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Picture121" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?fit=300%2C72&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?fit=580%2C138&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-8967" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?resize=580%2C138&ssl=1" alt="" width="580" height="138" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?resize=300%2C72&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?resize=1024%2C244&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?resize=768%2C183&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?resize=1536%2C366&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?resize=2048%2C488&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?resize=1200%2C286&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?resize=1980%2C472&ssl=1 1980w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Picture121.png?w=1740&ssl=1 1740w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px" /></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Bayes’ Equation</strong> calculates the conditional likelihood of a given ‘Tasteability’ category – “You Must Try Before You Die”; “Try It, You Will Like It”; “Take It, or Leave It”; and “Don’t Bother, Save Your Money” – given the joint probability of the four graded taste parameters, i.e. Appearance, Aroma, Mouthfeel, and Flavor.</span></p> <figure id="attachment_6233" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6233" style="width: 250px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="6233" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/07/26/dipa-taste-analysis-statistical-study-of-beer/bayesian_image_4/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_4.png?fit=350%2C311&ssl=1" data-orig-size="350,311" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="BAYESIAN_IMAGE_4" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_4.png?fit=300%2C267&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_4.png?fit=350%2C311&ssl=1" class="wp-image-6233" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_4.png?resize=250%2C222&ssl=1" alt="" width="250" height="222" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_4.png?resize=300%2C267&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BAYESIAN_IMAGE_4.png?w=350&ssl=1 350w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-6233" class="wp-caption-text"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 13px;"><strong> <span style="font-size: 15px; color: #993300;">TWO-EVENT VENN DIAGRAM</span></strong></span></figcaption></figure> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">As part of the DIPA taste analysis of the MY4PAX database, <strong>Venn diagrams</strong> are used to visually represent the relationship between the individual scored taste parameters for each of the four different taste events (or parameters).</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The Venn diagram shown below illustrates the joint intersection of <strong>four</strong> different <strong>taste events</strong> within an enclosed, contiguous, partition space. Each enclosed circle within the Venn diagram represents the complete set of graded taste parameters for all DIPA samples per taste category, and taste event. The hashed lines at the center of the figure represent those DIPA samples whose graded taste parameters jointly satisfy the four taste requirements for a given taste scenario.</span></p> <figure id="attachment_3617" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3617" style="width: 370px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="3617" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/venn2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/VENN2-e1581263394488.png?fit=680%2C400&ssl=1" data-orig-size="680,400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="VENN2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/VENN2-e1581263394488.png?fit=300%2C176&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/VENN2-e1581263394488.png?fit=580%2C341&ssl=1" class="wp-image-3617" title="DIPA TASTE ANALYSIS: VENN DIAGRAM" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/VENN2.png?resize=370%2C218&ssl=1" alt="DIPA TASTE ANALYSIS: VENN DIAGRAM" width="370" height="218" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3617" class="wp-caption-text"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong> <span style="color: #993300;">FOUR-EVENT VENN DIAGRAM</span></strong></span></figcaption></figure> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Essential to the application of <strong>Bayes’ Theorem</strong> is the calculation of the joint probability terms present in Bayes’ equation. The algorithm extracts those DIPA samples from the MY4PAX database whose multi-valued taste function satisfies a given taste scenario – e.g. Appearance = [ 2 to 3 ], Aroma = [ 1 to 2 ], Mouthfeel = [ 4 to 5 ], and Flavor = [ 3 to 4 ] – and computes the corresponding joint probability for each of the terms present in the equation above.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">In our application, the Bayes’ algorithm loops over all possible combinations of the multi-valued taste function (in steps of <strong>one</strong>), and extracts that combination of graded taste parameters that satisfies a given taste scenario.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <strong>Likelihood Ratio</strong> (LR) is a separate calculation used in conjunction with Bayes’ Theorem to measure the odds of the graded taste set in favor of a particular ‘Tasteability’ category. The higher the LR, the more likely it is that the corresponding set of graded taste parameters characterizes the ‘Tasteability’ of the particular TCAT – as the LR for each ‘Tasteability’ category, A and B, ( shown below ) increases, so too does the corresponding Bayes’ Probability (P(A|BCDE). For a more detailed discussion of the Likelihood Ratio, <a href="https://my4pax.com/2020/04/02/likelihood-ratio-ipa-taste-analysis/">click here</a>.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="9074" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/2018/07/26/dipa-taste-analysis-statistical-study-of-beer/table2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?fit=3093%2C1576&ssl=1" data-orig-size="3093,1576" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="TABLE2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?fit=300%2C153&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?fit=580%2C296&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-9074" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?resize=500%2C255&ssl=1" alt="" width="500" height="255" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?resize=300%2C153&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?resize=1024%2C522&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?resize=768%2C391&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?resize=1536%2C783&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?resize=2048%2C1044&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?resize=1200%2C611&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?resize=1980%2C1009&ssl=1 1980w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE2.png?w=1740&ssl=1 1740w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><strong>RESULTS</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">As stated in the Introduction, our objective is to use <strong>Bayes’ Theorem</strong> in the overarching statistical study of beer to characterize the four DIPA ‘Tasteability’ categories.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Four plots were generated, one for each taste parameter. Each plot consists of three sub-plots, each corresponding to a different ‘Tasteability’ category.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The colored dots in each sub-plot denote the midpoint of each grading interval; e.g. the grading interval [ 4 to 5 ] is represented by a colored dot located at the center of the grading interval, i.e. [ 4.5 ].</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Sub-plot 1, denoted by the numeral 1 located next to the y-axis, displays the results for the ‘Tasteability’ category, “You Must Try Before You Die”; sub-plot 2 displays the results for the ‘Tasteability’ category, “Try It, You will Like It”; and sub-plot 3, the results for the ‘Tasteability’ category, “Take It, Or Leave It”. The last TCAT, “Don’t Bother, Save Your Money”, contained only a limited number of samples, and was therefore excluded from the study.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Bayes’ results for the four individual taste parameters are shown below:</span></p> <p><center><div id="metaslider-id-6073" style="max-width: 400px;" class="ml-slider-3-94-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-6073 ml-slider ms-theme-default nav-hidden" role="region" aria-roledescription="Slideshow" aria-label="MLE RESULTS"> <div id="metaslider_container_6073"> <div id="metaslider_6073" class="flexslider"> <ul class='slides'> <li style="display: block; width: 100%;" class="slide-9083 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="slide-9083"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/APPEARANCE.png?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" height="300" width="400" alt="" class="slider-6073 slide-9083" title="APPEARANCE" /></li> <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-9084 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="slide-9084"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/AROMA.png?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" height="300" width="400" alt="" class="slider-6073 slide-9084" title="AROMA" /></li> <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-9085 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="slide-9085"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/MOUTHFEEL.png?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" height="300" width="400" alt="" class="slider-6073 slide-9085" title="MOUTHFEEL" /></li> <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-9086 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="slide-9086"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/FLAVOR.png?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" height="300" width="400" alt="" class="slider-6073 slide-9086" title="FLAVOR" /></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div><br /> <center></center></center></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Sub-plot no.1 (denoted by the <strong><span style="color: #993300;">red</span></strong> circles) shows that there is a <strong>94% likelihood </strong>that the ‘Tasteability’ category, “<em><a href="https://my4pax.com/2018/01/26/best-of-the-best-dipas/">Must Try, Before You Die</a></em>”, is characterized by the graded taste parameters: Appearance [ 4 <em>to </em>5 ], Aroma [ 3 <em>to</em><em> </em>4 ], Mouthfeel [ 4 <em>to </em>5 ], and Flavor [ 4 <em>to</em><em> </em>5 ].</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Sub-plot no. 2 (denoted by the <strong><span style="color: #008000;">green</span></strong> circles) illustrates the results for the second rated TCAT, “<em><a href="https://my4pax.com/2018/02/02/average-rated-double-ipas/">Try It, You Will Like It</a></em>”. These results show that there is a <strong>32% likelihood</strong> that this ‘Tasteability’ category has an Excellent [ 4 <em>to </em>5 ] Mouthfeel and Flavor, and Good [ 3 <em>to </em>4 ] Appearance and Aroma.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Sub-plot no. 3 (denoted by the <strong><span style="color: #000080;">blue</span></strong> circles) illustrates the results for the third rated ‘Tasteability’ category, “<em><a href="https://my4pax.com/2018/02/02/low-rated-double-ipas/">Take It, or Leave It</a></em>”. These results show that there is a <strong>77% likelihood</strong> that this ‘Tasteability’ category has a Good [ 3 <em>to </em>4 ] Appearance, Aroma, Flavor, and Mouthfeel.</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><strong>CONCLUSIONS</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Bayes’ Theorem </strong>was used to characterize the ‘Tasteability’ of each of the four, MY4PAX ‘Tasteability’ categories; i.e. determine the joint set of graded taste parameters that maximizes the Bayes likelihood for each TCAT. The analysis results presented herein pertain only to the MY4PAX data base.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Bayes’ characteristic taste sets for each of the four ‘Tasteability’ categories are tabulated below.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="9073" data-permalink="https://my4pax.com/ipa-beer-ratings-are-presented-for-the-top-rated-beers-specifically-double-ipa-beers/table1/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE1.png?fit=2956%2C1796&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2956,1796" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="TABLE1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE1.png?fit=300%2C182&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE1.png?fit=580%2C352&ssl=1" class="alignnone wp-image-9073" src="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE1.png?resize=475%2C289&ssl=1" alt="" width="475" height="289" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE1.png?resize=300%2C182&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE1.png?resize=1024%2C622&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE1.png?resize=768%2C467&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE1.png?resize=1536%2C933&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE1.png?resize=2048%2C1244&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE1.png?resize=1200%2C729&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE1.png?resize=1980%2C1203&ssl=1 1980w, https://i0.wp.com/my4pax.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TABLE1.png?w=1740&ssl=1 1740w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px" /></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please visit the following sites for a review and discussion of the best double IPA beers in America, as rated by 4PAX: <a href="https://my4pax.com/2018/02/27/top-rated-dipas-best-double-ipa-beers/"><em>Top Rated Dipas</em></a>; <a href="https://my4pax.com/2018/02/10/dipa-champion-beer-championship/"><em>DIPA Champion</em></a>; <a href="https://my4pax.com/2018/01/11/dipa-of-the-year/"><em>DIPA of the Year</em></a><em>; </em><a href="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/16/dipa-of-the-month/"><em>DIPA of the Month; </em></a><em><a href="https://my4pax.com/2018/03/29/2018-dom-winners/">2018 DOM Winners</a></em>; <em><a href="https://my4pax.com/2019/02/05/2019-dom-winners/">2019 DOM Winners;</a> <a href="https://my4pax.com/2020/02/03/2020-dom-winners/">2020 DOM Winners</a>; <a href="https://my4pax.com/2021/02/12/2021-dom-winners/">2021 DOM WINNERS</a>; <a href="https://my4pax.com/2022-dom-winners/">2022 DOM Winners</a></em></span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://my4pax.com/2018/07/26/dipa-taste-analysis-statistical-study-of-beer/">STATISTICAL STUDY OF BEER | DIPA TASTE ANALYSIS</a> appeared first on <a href="https://my4pax.com">IPA BEER RATINGS | 4PAX</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://my4pax.com/2018/07/26/dipa-taste-analysis-statistical-study-of-beer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">4049</post-id> </item> </channel> </rss>