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Taste Test: Session IPAs

Imbibe Magazine

It’s easy to define session IPAs by what they’re not: hard-hitting hops delivery systems with soaring ABVs. This selection of widely distributed options spans West Coast, hazy, and American IPA styles. percent ABV, this approachable beer from Michigan’s New Holland brewery sits well below mainstream IPAs’ 8 or even 9 percent ABV.

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Review: Two Roads Road 2 Ruin Zero Non-Alcoholic IPA

Drinkhacker

takes one of its flagship brews into the NA universe with the launch of Road 2 Ruin Zero, a non-alcoholic IPA. Extremely bitter, almost pungent, it comes across as an extreme example of the west coast IPA style, all hops, leather, greenery, and turned earth. Stratford, Connecticut’s Two Roads Brewing Co.

IPA 87
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Midwest, Mountain, and Northleft: Meet the Latest Regional IPA Styles

VinePair

Today, his legend swims on in another historical artifact, the English-style Commodore Perry IPA from Great Lakes Brewing Co. To attract a broader audience of IPA drinkers, Great Lakes leaned into its geography to create a balanced, subtly sweet, not-too-bitter Midwestern IPA. Bell’s Two Hearted IPA is a bellwether.)

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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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Two Roads Launches Non-Alc IPA Road 2 Ruin Zero

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As the no/low alcohol trend continues strong , leading Connecticut brewer Two Roads Brewing Co. has revealed the latest addition to its line of non-alcoholic beers: Road 2 Ruin Zero Non-Alc IPA. Road 2 Ruin Zero follows the brand’s first two non-alcoholic offerings, an American IPA and a Juicy IPA.

IPA 79
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Brut Busts and Brett Who? The Next Big IPA Sub-Styles That Never Were

VinePair

In January, brewery president and cofounder Dave Thibodeau hit the slopes with a Ska snowboard that outlived its advertised beer: Moral Panic, a bone-dry brut IPA that debuted in 2018 and disappeared in late 2021. A fizzy, fragrant, Champagne-inspired IPA couldn’t hack it in a world gone hazy.

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More Than Just IPA: Across America, Craft Beer Has Surprising Pockets of Regionality

VinePair

Most craft brewers couldn’t imagine life without IPA. In those pockets of regionality, amber lagers, Scotch Ales, fruited sours, traditional beers, and other recipes are almost as popular as IPAs. I mean, I love IPAs. I mean, I love IPAs. Occasionally, they even represent the best-selling craft beer on the market.