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 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 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.
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
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
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
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.
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 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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cheers
OCTOBER 22, 2024
“The line, which includes our award winning Non-Alcoholic Juicy IPA, is currently outperforming the rest of the non-alcoholic segment in the Northeast,” he notes. Balanced Beers, Lighter Styles Speaking of IPAs, the beer style remains popular, but there have been some shifts in preferences. The Hazy IPA isn’t going anywhere.
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.
Drinkhacker
OCTOBER 5, 2024
10 Barrel Brewing Apocalypse IPA – A burst indeed of Bravo, Northern Brewer, Chinook, Cascade, Centennial, and Amarillo hops informs this lively year-round expression of IPA. It’s a “west coast” expression of IPA partly in name only. Today we look at a trio of them, along with a trio of new brews.
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.
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Temperance established itself early by taking home a GABF Silver for their Gatecrasher IPA in 2014, which went on to earn Gold in 2016. Yesterday afternoon, longtime Evanston brewer Temperance announced that their taproom would be closing on October 27.
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
AUGUST 2, 2024
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.
Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News
JULY 24, 2024
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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.
Drinkhacker
AUGUST 26, 2024
” Space Dust , Dank Dust , now Juice Dust, all beers from Elysian, and all riffs on the IPA theme. Juice Dust falls in the Imperial Juicy IPA category, of course, and the orange-themed cartoonery on the label should cue you in to what’s coming. It’s made with real orange juice in the brewing process, even.
Dry Atlas
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Their Blood Orange IPA stands out for its strong hop character and citrusy finish, with the blood orange flavor complementing the beer without overpowering it. Their Red Martian IPA and West Coast IPA are among the best I’ve had. Their Red Martian IPA and West Coast IPA are among the best I’ve had.
Just Drinks
MAY 14, 2024
A lack of innovation in a sector awash with hazy IPAs has been blamed. The once-dynamic North American craft beer market is now stagnant.
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