Beer Style: India Pale Ale
The Next Great IPA
There may be no style that has evolved and branched out into as many sub-styles during the craft beer era as IPA. So the question on many homebrewers’ minds is where the style is going next. We asked a number of brewers and beer industry professionals for their thoughts.
Cold IPA
Whether it’s a new, distinct style or just a modified version of an existing style, one thing we can all agree on is that cold IPAs are delicious. Learn to brew this smooth, dry IPA that hits all the right hoppy notes.
Whale Spit IPA
Whale Spit IPA (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.072 FG = 1.012 IBU = 61 SRM = 7 ABV = 7% Ingredients10 lbs. (4.5 kg) 2-row pale malt1.2 lbs. (0.5 kg) Carapils® malt1.2
Logboat Brewing Co.’s Rocket Shark Vista Flyer clone
This was the fifth iteration of Logboat’s rotating IPA Rocket Shark Series in which the brewers wanted to explore and experiment with Vista. “Rocket Shark Vista Flyer is a juicy IPA featuring a unique blend of hops for a layered taste experience. Vista, Nelson SauvinTM, and Huell Melon hops contribute notes of bright tropical fruit, white wine, big strawberry, and subtle gooseberry. An Ideal IPA for those who love a big, fruity beer with depth and nuance,” said Jason Woody, the brewer who designed the recipe.
Russian River Brewing Co.’s Blind Pig IPA clone
“My first version of Blind Pig IPA was in 1994 at my very first brewery, Blind Pig Brewing Company, which was located in Temecula, California. This recipe originated from my homebrew days starting in 1989. Years later after Natalie and I took over Russian River Brewing Company from my former employer, Korbel Champagne Cellars, we were able to obtain the trademark for Blind Pig IPA so we brought her back to life.” – Vinnie Cilurzo
Russian River Brewing Co.’s Happy Hops clone
As hazy IPAs were gaining popularity, and before Russian River had brewed Mind Circus, our hazy IPA, I wanted to see if I could brew a beer that had all the juicy notes of a hazy IPA, but that was clear to the look. So Happy Hops became what I jokingly called our, “not so hazy, hazy IPA.” It is more of a progressive/modern IPA in that it has a lower bitterness compared to our other IPAs, but it carries lots of rich, juicy hop notes due to backloading the whirlpool with a sizable hop addition as well as a good size dry hop charge. – Vinnie Cilurzo
Deviant Wolfe Brewing Co.’s Norwegian Wizard Crisis clone
This hazy IPA is a staple in Deviant Wolfe’s lineup that relies on kveik yeast for a quick, warm fermentation. There are significant hops additions, all of which come post-boil.
Revolution Brewing Co.’s Infinity-Hero IPA clone
Revolution calls Infinity-Hero IPA a New Generation IPA. “The whole intention of Infinity-Hero is to create more of a new-school IPA using unique hop varieties and different processes,” says Head Brewer Jim Cibak.
Revolution Brewing Co.’s Anti-Hero IPA clone
The flagship from Revolution Brewing and a quintessential Midwest IPA. According to Revolution’s Head Brewer Jim Cibak, the goal with Anti-Hero IPA is brewing a sessionable hoppy beer with a firm malt foundation (but not overly sweet) and layered “C-hop” flavor and aroma. A beer where there’s enough malt to balance out all the wonderful kettle and dry-hop additions you’re throwing at it.
Oakshire Brewing Co.’s A Life Beyond the Dream clone
Dextrose is used as the catalyst for the dryness of such a big beer while letting the malt balance out the huge hop load. Oakshire likes using the Incognito® hop oil (both of these varieties are available in smaller homebrew quantities) to get the resinous character while maintaining the mouthfeel for this triple IPA.
Simcoe® SMaSH IPA
Let Simcoe® shine in this Single Malt and Single Hop (SMaSH) refresher!
Gordon Strong’s West Coast IPA
(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.063 FG = 1.011IBU = 72 SRM = 6 ABV = 6.9% Ingredients5.5 lbs. (2.5 kg) Pilsner malt5 lbs. (2.3 kg) 2-row pale malt1.5 lbs. (680 g)
