VinePair

AUGUST 7, 2024

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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VinePair

JUNE 6, 2024

Hazy IPAs have been the headliner of American craft beer since the early 2000s. That’s why we asked seven brewers which hazy IPA they think is the most overrated. While I respect these standard-bearers, we’re at a point where just about everyone makes a solid hazy IPA. But as with any trend, there was eventually backlash.

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VinePair

JULY 3, 2024

If there’s one guiding law IPA devotees are taught at the beginning of their craft beer journey, it’s to drink their hazies fresh. For many, checking the canned-on dates on the bottom of IPAs is standard practice, and some are quick to pass up an otherwise automatic purchase if it’s more than a few weeks old.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Then came the now-infamous Voodoo Ranger, a rebrand of the brand’s Ranger IPA. The original 2017 line consisted of just two beers: the Voodoo Ranger IPA and Imperial IPA. A third expression, the Juicy Haze IPA, rolled out a year later. Voodoo Ranger Electric Thunderclap IPA ABV: 7.5%

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VinePair

JUNE 20, 2024

The broad category of IPAs contains some of the most popular beers in the United States. Among them are hazy IPAs, the juicy, ultra-hoppy brews that captured the attention of American craft beer drinkers — and may never let go. That’s why we reached out to brewers across the country to find out their favorite underrated hazy IPAs.

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VinePair

JULY 3, 2024

Hazy IPAs had yet to step into their role as the dominant substyle of the traditional West Coast variety, and this was the age of tinkering. In fact, Davey says his experimental brew was an answer of sorts to Kim Sturdavant’s Brut IPA invention in San Francisco during that same era. Tune in for more.

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VinePair

JANUARY 27, 2025

Weve seen bourbon barrel-aging work its magic on stouts , the IPA has birthed multiple substyles , and the number of craft breweries in the U.S. Were not sure what events inspired this triple IPAs title, but we certainly have some questions. The beer industry has come a long way in the past 20 plus years. has grown nearly 10-fold.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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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Imbibe Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Where bitter IPAs and rich imperial stouts polarized beer drinkers, an approachable style of ale that originated in Cologne, Germany, is finding fans in beer enthusiasts and casual imbibers alike. Having a low-alcohol beer as your flagship is definitely more desirable [than a double IPA],” says co-owner Jeff Huss.

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VinePair

AUGUST 29, 2024

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. In some states, IPA does count for as much as 70 percent of craft beer sales.

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Imbibe Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Beer’d Brewing ’s Check Out My Trapper Keeper IPA and Against the Grain’s Citra Ass Down double IPA exist in the same beverage universe. “It Wink-wink weed speak and scents cultivate a fun-loving image and following, but most American drinkers like lager and not pungent IPAs. Last year, SweetWater released the 4.5

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Imbibe Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2024

Non-Alcoholic IPA Simcoe, Cascade, Columbus and Amarillo hops all make appearances in this nonalcoholic beer offering from California brewery Bravus, which uses a proprietary process that employs manipulated yeast to adjust the brew’s alcohol content. The result is an IPA with hoppy bitterness and a silky body boasting less than 0.5%

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 21, 2025

In this article, we explore the meaning behind its name, how its distillation process stays true to tradition, and the lasting impact Glenfiddich has had on the world of single malt whisky. Read the full article at Glenfiddich: The Story Behind the Name, the Process, and Its Influence on Whisky

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VinePair

OCTOBER 2, 2024

By the mid-1700s, IPAs were being shipped out from Britain, and hops became a staple of almost all beer from then on. When we consider the advent of the IPA, many beers of the time were fortified with high ABVs and heavy doses of hops so that they wouldn’t spoil on their journeys to other parts of the world.

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Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 24, 2024

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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VinePair

JANUARY 27, 2025

High Life is often present in the cooler at Other Halfs original Brooklyn taproom for staff and guests to enjoy as a change of pace from the ultra-hoppy hazy IPAs that made the brewerys name. I cant go out after work and start drinking IPAs like, Im already kinda drunk, Shaw says. [I Change of Pace The beers 4.5

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VinePair

JANUARY 21, 2025

From coriander seed infusions to the birth of an IPA substyle, here are 10 things you should know about La Chouffe and the brewery behind it. Brasserie dAchouffe produced the first-ever Belgian IPA following a request from a U.S. We can thank the founder of Hoegaarden for La Chouffes coriander kick. The best part?

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 10, 2024

Pacific Northwest-based Alaska Airlines serves Straightaway canned cocktails and Stumptown coffee from Portland, Oregon, as well as a custom-brewed IPA from Seattle’s Fremont Brewing and the nonalcoholic Electro Lime Cerveza from Northern California’s Best Day Brewing.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 10, 2024

In what will likely come as no surprise, IPAs — the most popular craft beer style — claim the top spot in 21 states. State Beer Alabama Hitchhiker Good People Brewing Company IPA – American | 7.40% Alaska Blessed Anchorage Brewing Company Stout – American Imperial | 15.50% Arizona White Russian Imperial Stout Sun Up Brewing Co.

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2024

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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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

And after the initial boom of West Coast IPA, the cloudy New England style came along to dominate the scene. The next big style is price-conscious West Coast IPAs. We have seen customers having more sticker shock over the last two years and burning out on hazy IPAs. The beer business is constantly evolving. Ipswich, Mass.

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VinePair

MAY 5, 2024

Among the coveted list-makers are several breweries from Colorado, California, and Michigan, showing that despite the prolonged hazy IPA craze of New England, the western pockets of the U.S. Regardless, the brand continues to impress with its stalwarts and season offerings, like 2022’s Dank Dust IPA.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Given the continued IPA craze, this year’s most-entered categories included Juicy or Hazy IPA , West Coast IPA, and American-Style IPA. Juicy or Hazy IPA (349 entries) Gold: Professional Human Being, Ambitious Ales, Long Beach, Calif. Bronze: IPA for Aliens, Masthead Brewing Co., Yakima, Wash. Lemont, Ill.

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VinePair

JANUARY 23, 2024

From hazy IPAs to pastry stouts to smoothies lactosed within an inch of their lives, here are the ones the pros believe have been given more credit than they’re due. Although I think there are a lot of overrated hazy IPAs around the world, I respect this style because it’s an ‘entrance door’ for a lot of non-craft beer drinkers.

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VinePair

JUNE 9, 2024

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. Arkansas: Amadeus Vienna Lager From Stone’s Throw Brewing To break up the onslaught of IPAs and stouts to come, we’re tapping this stellar Vienna lager from the folks at Little Rock’s Stone’s Throw Brewing.

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Cheers

JANUARY 13, 2025

Its a hazy IPA with the bold, juicy hop flavors that beer enthusiasts crave, she notes. Hops are actually great for gut macrobiotics, she adds, and the rise in NA beer is directly in line with functional beverages made with adaptogens and probiotics. What NA brews has Benecke been recommending for January?

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VinePair

DECEMBER 2, 2024

lager specialists Utopian and, in the Midlands, Round Corner , with whom they’ve recently created a new Hazy IPA. Lowrise’s new Hazy IPA offers a good example of where low-calorie beer in the U.K. The article Light Years: Has Britain Finally Fallen for Low-Calorie Beer? Drinkers want their low-calorie beverages to taste nice.

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Imbibe Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2024

Non-Alcoholic IPA Simcoe, Cascade, Columbus and Amarillo hops all make appearances in this nonalcoholic beer offering from California brewery Bravus, which uses a proprietary process that employs manipulated yeast to adjust the brew’s alcohol content. The result is an IPA with hoppy bitterness and a silky body boasting less than 0.5%

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VinePair

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Set in the eponymous neighborhood — a hub of craft-beer culture in San Diego and home to a dozen fully fledged production facilities or satellite taprooms — founder Kelsey McNair’s brainchild brewery makes flawless IPAs of all stripes, as well as delightfully clean lagers and decadent barrel-aged imperial stouts. First it was their IPAs.

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

Customers wear brewery merch and congregate in taprooms, bantering about smash-hit IPAs and others that swung for the fences but fell short. Great Notion partnered with the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team for the 2021–2022 season, selling a custom-label edition of its Ripe IPA at home games.

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VinePair

MAY 2, 2024

. “Not that any hop is overrated, but New Zealand hops seem to be dominant in almost every IPA and lager these days. Right now, I really love seeing noble hops in traditional styles, and I especially hope to see classic West Coast hop flavors in advertised West Coast IPAs.” Derek Gallanosa, head brewer, GOAL.

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VinePair

JANUARY 1, 2024

Sure, there are seven IPAs below, but that’s arguably a fair representation of the craft beer market at large. True to its reputation, the brand continues to deliver consistent hits, and the Free Wave Hazy IPA is no exception. Good Time Brewing Company IPA New York City Everything about Good Time Brewing’s IPA is nostalgic.

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VinePair

AUGUST 14, 2024

Start a brewery, crank out some IPAs , and you, too, could become a millionaire! Their Pale Ale might be the most iconic craft beer ever made; their Celebration IPA one of the most seasonally beloved. The thing that gets Bell’s to my Mount Rushmore is one of America’s all time favorite IPAs: Two Hearted.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Legendary IPA Heady Topper debuted in 2003 at The Alchemist brewpub in Waterbury, Vt., Though many years have passed since, Heady Topper remains as the pioneering example of the New England Double IPA, and its popularity has been at a fever pitch ever since. A testament to how amazing of a beer it is?

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VinePair

JANUARY 11, 2024

IPAs With IPAs , enjoying them as fresh as possible is always the golden rule. Greenness can be tough on the palate as well as the digestive system, but if an IPA is purchased within two days of its canning, letting it sit in the fridge for about a week will usually allow the harshness to mellow itself out.

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Spiritz

JANUARY 21, 2025

Last week, Watt, who stood down as chief executive of the Punk IPA brewer in May 2024, said in a video that “the whole concept of work-life balance was invented by people who hate the work that they do. BrewDog co-founder James Watt has called the UK “one of the world’s least work-oriented countries.”

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VinePair

JUNE 23, 2024

These days, the hordes still come flocking to Russian River Brewing during a two-week window every Spring to pick up a few bottles of the famous, crisp, and clean Triple IPA. While “Denver’s True Heavy Metal Brewery” is often raved about for its mixed culture beers, Nazareth is a testament to TRVE’s prowess in the IPA realm.

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