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The Mount Rushmore of IPAs, According to 8 Beer Experts

VinePair

For pretty much the last two decades, the IPA has been the No. In that time, we’ve seen the beer industry go from malty English IPAs to dank West Coast options — teeth-chatteringly bitter double and then triple and even quadruple IPAs — to softer, fruitier, and hazier New England-style options.

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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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Oktoberfest Season Is In Full Swing: This Week's Beer Events & Socials

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

Jake did a lot to pivot Windmill from a milkshake IPA and pastry stout destination to a place that could (and did) make delicious lagers, saisons and other less-hyped styles while also continuing that reputation for hazies and hefty beers. Happy 4th birthday to Goldfinger Brewing. No, it’s really great.

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In a World of Hazy IPAs, These Beers Use No Hops at All

VinePair

By the mid-1700s, IPAs were being shipped out from Britain, and hops became a staple of almost all beer from then on. And as recently as 2013, a number of craft brewers around the world banded together to mark Feb. That said, plenty of regional gruit beers survived the test of time.

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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 10 Weirdest Ingredients Ever Put Into Beer

VinePair

3: Squid Ink In 2014, at the helm of the Black IPA trend, 3 Sheeps’ founder and brewmaster Grant Pauly wasn’t fully satisfied with how black IPAs were manifesting as a true IPA variant. “It 3 Squid Ink Black IPA was born. Released around 2020, it arrived at 4.5 3 Sheeps Brewing Company Nimble Lips, Noble Tongue Vol.

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9 Things You Should Know About Maine Beer Company

VinePair

Since then, the Freeport-based brand has expanded several times, going from a small shop to a one-room tasting room in 2013, and finally expanding to a much larger brewery that can accommodate about 450 guests indoors with a barn, patio, and pizza oven in 2019. has a vast range of beers, but its most renowned brew is its flagship IPA Lunch.

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