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IPA Family
India Pale Ales are hoppy beers that include American and English IPA, double IPA, hazy, and even experimental IPAs like black, brut, and wheat.
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Mr. Wizard
Recreating IPAs from the ’80s
I want to brew an IPA with pronounced floral flavors as I remember them being in the 1980s.
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Article
Belgian IPA
Belgian IPA is not a well-defined style. In fact, it’s rare to see a commercial example labeled as such (even when marketing heads want to
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Recipe
Offset Bier Co.’s Gooding Farms clone
Gold medal winner at the 2025 GABF in the Vera Hop category. While only 5% ABV, you’d never know by drinking it. Packed with hop flavor an
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Recipe
Gordon Strong’s Belgian IPA
This Belgian IPA example combines ideas from Gordon Strong’s favorite tripel and double IPA recipes.
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Recipe
Bear Chase Brewing Co.’s Evenin’ Sunset clone
The Replicator visits the farm in Bluemont, Virginia, where Bear Chase Brewing opened in 2017 to get the recipe for cloning their Evenin’
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Recipe
Lindgren Craft Brewery’s Monster of Reinvention clone
This IPA is brewed using 100% spent fresh hops for a smooth bitterness.
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Recipe
Weldwerks Brewing’s Transmountain Diversion clone
Like all of Weldwerks’ hazy IPAs, DDH Transmountain Diversion does not include any hops during the boil. The only hops added on the hot si
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Recipe
Weldwerks Brewing’s Juicy Bits clone
Juicy Bits is an iconic hazy IPA and makes up more than 40% of Weldwerks’ production. The juicy aroma and flavor is attributed to equal ad
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Article
Dip Hopping vs. Coolpooling
There have been so many ways developed to impart different hop notes in beer. Two of the ways are dip hopping and coolpooling. They are simi
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Recipe
Coolpooled DIPA
The bittering notes were more subdued than I would like due to the low attenuation, but the flavors and aromatics were definitely enhanced f
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Recipe
Ursa Minor Brewing’s Bear Hop IPA clone
While pineapple from SultanaTM hops are a huge part of Bear Hop IPA, those flavors are complemented by notes of mandarin orange from Centenn
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Article
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 ho