What Even Is “American IPA”?
PUNCH
OCTOBER 24, 2024
What is “American IPA”? Craft beer experts and brewers weigh in on the substyle and how it differs from West Coast– or New England–style.
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PUNCH
OCTOBER 24, 2024
What is “American IPA”? Craft beer experts and brewers weigh in on the substyle and how it differs from West Coast– or New England–style.
Imbibe Magazine
AUGUST 30, 2024
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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VinePair
OCTOBER 17, 2024
And while the sheer number of bitter brews on the market right now might be an annoyance to some , the IPA isn’t likely to fall out of favor any time soon. According to the Chicago-based data firm IRI , IPAs are the primary drivers of growth in the craft beer industry and account for 44.37 percent of the overall market share.
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%
VinePair
OCTOBER 30, 2024
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.)
Imbibe Magazine
APRIL 12, 2024
And that is, fittingly, how I plan to enjoy my four-pack of Hopworks ‘ new Organic West Coast IPA brewed for the Earth to Beer campaign. The Hopworks Earth to Beer brew is a true West Coast IPA, with bright, piney aromas and a crisp and bitter backbone. For Earth Day, or any day, go drink some beer outside.
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
AUGUST 14, 2024
I’m mostly posting this to note how things have flipped: IPA now basically means “hazy” and “juicy” to most drinkers, so I guess we have to put “Hoppy” on an IPA label now so people aren’t shocked by bitterness when they taste what’s in the can.
VinePair
JUNE 25, 2024
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.
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.
VinePair
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
For beer lovers, few releases usher in the holidays quite like Sierra Nevada Brewing’s Celebration IPA. However, for true hop-heads, there is a Celebration IPA-adjacent beer that has proved near-impossible for fans to taste: Celly Drippins. The finished product is jam-packed with hyper-concentrated Pacific Northwest hop flavors.
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.
Drinkhacker
AUGUST 9, 2024
New brews from our buddies at Stone Brewing, both in the IPAverse… Stone Delicious Hazy IPA – The newest addition to the Stone Delicious family is this spot-on hazy, a creamy and fruit-filled expression of tangerines, mangos, apricots, and lemon — all bright as could be but set against a backdrop of creamy, vanilla-scented malt.
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.
Drinkhacker
OCTOBER 21, 2024
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.
Cheers
JANUARY 8, 2024
Oskar Blues has expanded upon its beer brands with higher-ABV and larger-format takes: the recently rebranded Dale’s Double IPA (9.0% ABV) and Imperial Hazy Blues IPA (9.5% Dale’s Double IPA in early 2022 underwent a rebrand to put the Dale’s name front and center, including the Dale’s Pale Ale 19.2
VinePair
JUNE 19, 2024
Over the past decade, IPAs have dominated the hearts, minds, and fridges of the beer drinking public. Some people joke that the acronym stands for “Immediate Profits Ahead” because of how much of a sure thing it is in the business, but today we’re going to discuss an IPA that sure wasn’t. Tune in for more.
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.
Drinkhacker
JULY 1, 2024
Karbach’s Hopadillo is mainstay beer offering in Texas (reportedly the best-selling IPA in the state for 11 years), and now you can punch up that IPA character even further with the addition of Hopadillo Juicy. Nothing shy here at a 7.3% abv — 0.7% higher than standard Hopadillo.
PUNCH
MAY 29, 2024
Once dubbed the “hottest style,” the low-proof spin on the genre is waning. But of the few still on shelves, these three beers represent the misunderstood category at its best.
Drinkhacker
MARCH 3, 2024
Firestone Walker never met a beer style it didn’t like, and while it is constantly churning out sours, barrel-aged expressions , iconic lagers , and more, it’s the IPAs that Firestone really seems to gravitate to. Lately, the brand has dropped three different mixed-IPA cases, all featuring something new and something old.
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.
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.
Cheers
MAY 22, 2024
Founders All Day IPA, originally launched in 2009 and today one of the leading craft beers , has undergone a rebranding. The post Founders All Day IPA Gets a New Look appeared first on Cheers. This is the product’s first brand refresh since 2011. The rebranding hopes to create a more accessible appearance.
Cheers
AUGUST 9, 2024
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. The post Two Roads Launches Non-Alc IPA Road 2 Ruin Zero appeared first on Cheers.
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.
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.
Bar Magazine
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Launching in February, Hazy Day, a fruity IPA (4.3% ABV), and Prior Life, an All Day IPA (3.4% Hazy Day is a smooth, fruity hazy IPA, with orange, citrus and tropical notes. The eternally light Prior Life is an easy drinking All Day IPA with mellow tropical notes and a citrus aroma.
PubClub
DECEMBER 18, 2023
AVB (alcohol-by-volume) double IPA. The Original 40 Brewing Company has released Big Tings West Coast Double IPA, along with a much more modest 5.2 who joined Original 40 in May 2022, called Big Tings his “favorite West Coast Double IPA I’ve created here. ABV Double IPA Craft Beer appeared first on PubClub.
PUNCH
AUGUST 20, 2024
Craft beer brewers like Stillwater Artisanal are making “postmodern”beers brewed for flavor instead of specific styles like lager or IPA.
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.
PUNCH
APRIL 4, 2024
The best craft beer breweries in 2024, from a minimalist operation serving lagers to the brewers making IPAs that spotlight regional flavors.
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
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.
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.
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.
VinePair
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The most overrated beer trends, according to brewers: Posting negative beer reviews on social media Side-pull faucets Lagers Non-alcoholic beers Hard teas Overly fruited sour beers Triple and quadruple IPAs Cold IPAs Stovepipe cans “Posting negative beer reviews on your social media page is the most overrated trend in craft beer.
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%
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
JULY 19, 2024
Get 20% off for 1 year Last night’s birthday beers included a Gnosis Brewing Gnack lager, a Farm Club Schwarzbier and a Hop Butcher Grid IPA. These vintage-style vending machines for their Truth IPA from Rhinegeist look rad and I would love one for my garage. Lagunitas gave their IPA branding a little glow up.
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%
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.
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
OCTOBER 7, 2024
We broke the news of its discontinuation back in early 2019 , calling it “the end of an era” as Goose was pivoting to beers like Old Man Grumpy and Next Coast IPA. Craft Brewing Business talks with the team behind the Founders All-Day IPA brand refresh and new ad campaign. Leigh’s Brewing Co.
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.
Cheers
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
A new take on the classic All Day IPA: All Day Single Hop, featuring the Mosaic hop dankness with pineapple and citrus aromas. The latest All Day Variety Pack, which features All Day Single Hop and the return of All Day Chill Day, a Cold IPA. Available September-December. Available September-December.
VinePair
MARCH 8, 2024
Over the years, fans have fallen in love with the brewery’s pale ales and IPAs that are brimming with character and complexity, as well as the company’s clear dedication to the environment. has a vast range of beers, but its most renowned brew is its flagship IPA Lunch. Following the popularity of its premiere IPA, Maine Beer Co.
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