I’m slightly confused about comments about a NEIPA not tasting like beer? In what way does it not taste like beer?
I could understand if it was one of these mango milkshake IPAs with kilos of added fruit pulp/puree and loads of lactose, but a NEIPA is just malt, wheat, oats, hops and yeast.
A stout doesn’t taste like a bitter, which doesn’t taste like a pale lager, which doesn’t taste like a west coast IPA, which doesn’t taste like a hefeweizen, but nobody would claim any of them didn’t taste like beer.