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The Evolution of the IPA, from 19th Century England to Now

VinePair

And though people love to loathe them, IPAs are the current bread and butter of the American craft brewing industry. Part of the style’s success are its numerous substyles, which have allowed IPAs to straddle nearly every major beer category on the market. There’s very little that the IPA hasn’t been able to achieve.

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27 Seasonal Beer Releases Worth Traveling For [MAP]

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California: Russian River Brewing Company Pliny the Younger Availability: Late March-early April The Pliny the Younger release of 2010 pioneered line culture in American craft beer culture as we know it. The double dry-hopped edition of the beloved hazy goes heavy on the Citra, and it’s a certified gem in the IPA segment.

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Breweries Are Finding Fertile Partnerships With Gardeners and Plant Collectors

Imbibe Magazine

The striking flowers of woolly bluecurls, an evergreen shrub, lend a mix of candied lavender, mint, and pine to Island Brewing ’s HopLiner IPA. The youthful crowd is lively and engaged, and conversations run from conservation to why fruity hummingbird sage excels in IPAs. It was mostly the place that your grandmother likes to come to.

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Fertilized by Opportunity and Innovation, Cider Is Expanding Its Appeal

Imbibe Magazine

Big flavor is a selling point in beverage alcohol, from potent Buzz Ballz cocktails like Sour Apple Chiller to New Belgium’s Voodoo Ranger line of imperial IPAs, including punch-like Fruit Force and Juice Force. Within brewing, the “imperial” adjective describes a brawnier, boozier beer, often an IPA or stout.

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The One Beer You Should Bring Home From Every State [MAP]

VinePair

That means you’ll spy a lot of IPAs here, but you’ll also find plenty of seasonal stouts, dependable lagers, and eccentric sours, too. Space & Rocket Center, the Huntsville Museum of Art, and as of 2010, Yellowhammer Brewing. The 120 Minute IPA is a behemoth of a beer, clocking in at 15 to 20 percent ABV depending on the batch.

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San Diego’s Mike Hess Brewing Introduces Special Craft Beer For City Tacos

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The Mike Hess Blessed City Hazy IPA is brewed exclusively for City Tacos. Named the Blessed City Hazy IPA, it is a 7.0% Mike Hess Brewing was founded in 2010 by former U.S. San Diego’s Mike Hess Brewing has created a special beer for City Tacos to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the popular taco restaurant.

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Next Wave Awards Brewer of the Year: Derek Gallanosa

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In 2010, he took a gig as a cellarperson at local Karl Strauss Brewing Company and sponged up all the knowledge he could. With beer-industry hype around him, Gallanosa continued pumping out his signature pastry stouts alongside lagers to hazies and West Coast IPAs. in Northern California. Brewing back home. One example would be GOAL.’s

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