How to participate in #IPAMonday

Over the last year, I have met many great craft beer lovers, homebrewers, and breweries via Twitter. On Twitter, there are recurring weekly trends, which take advantage of hashtags as a means to share valuable people to follow. Users post interesting people they enjoy following, over their months (or years) on Twitter.

One such hash modifer is #followfriday, where people inject the tag into a message, listing their favorite people. An example of a Follow Friday tweet would be “#followfriday beer podcasters: @twobeerqueers @hopcast @brewingnetwork.” This is often shortened by using #FF as a means to save characters.

Andy Murphy (@beeraday) of Beer A Day, created a spinoff of this trend, called IPA Monday. Users can insert the #IPAMonday hashtag, which helps those across the greater Twitter community find fellow beer lovers, with posts of beers they are enjoying. It’s fun, and I’ve learned which beers others recommend.

You can create a feed of this hashtag by using Twitter search on the web, or creating a search group in your favorite Twitter client (Tweet Deck, Seesmic, Tweetie, Twittelator Pro, et cetera).

I’ve participated for the past few weeks, and it’s a great way to get to know other people in your area, and across the country. Check out my #IPAMonday choice this week: Founders Brewing Company’s Devil Dancer Triple IPA.

My Twitter post about it, including picture (which is often included) is here.

I encourage you to get involved, and enjoy an IPA on the next #IPAMonday!

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