Beer Style: IPA Family
West Coast IPA
Clear, crisp, and packing a punch, the modern West Coast IPA offers drinkers plenty of hop character. Take a journey to Southern California where this style was born and has since been exported around the world.
Tropical Punch IPA
The use of yeast strains specifically chosen for their thiol enhancing capabilities are becoming common. Here is a way to optimize their use.
Kinsmen Brewing Co.’s Pollendrome DIPA clone
“We knew we wanted to try to make a honey DIPA because of the thiol boost, so we designed it to be as much of a ‘hazy DIPA’ as possible.”
The Cool New Style: Cold IPA
Cold IPA is the latest IPA sub-style sweeping the nation (and beyond). It features a grain bill that includes adjuncts to dry out the finish and is often fermented warm with a lager yeast, making cold IPA the perfect style to showcase hops. A couple of pros, including the brewer who invented the style, share their advice and clone recipes.
Wayfinder Brewing Co.’s Chronokinetic Cold IPA clone
A blinding sunlight-colored IPA, cool-fermented to showcase its clean balance of new Yakima hops and tropical New Zealand varieties. Juicy, tropical, citrus-lemon, mint, and a bit of dank. Chronokinetic is a sticky, time-altering journey to the hop nebula.
Arbeiter Brewing Co.’s Cold IPA (Dip Hopped Variation) clone
This particular cold IPA recipe is the only one Arbeiter dip hopped and the only one of around 6 or 7 variations on cold IPA they’ve brewed twice.
Titletown Brewing Company’s Green 19 IPA clone
Trading bitterness for hop flavor, balance is the goal, especially with generous additions of caramel and Victory® malt that provide additional body, color, and balancing sweetness.
Hazy Brewing Case Studies
The hazy category continues to evolve and grow as craft brewers from all sized breweries put their own spin on the craze for haze. Grant Lawrence and Tyler Schoales talk with different
Brewing Balanced DIPAs: Tips from the Pros
Double IPAs are big, bold beers, but they also require balance and a careful touch. Get tips for brewing DIPAs from three pros churning out award-winning hop bombs.
Earth Eagle Brewing Co.’s New England Gangsta clone
Earth Eagle Brewing Co.’s New England Gangsta clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.058 FG = 1.010IBU = 54 SRM = 6 ABV = 6.4% This West Coast-style IPA is a
New Ventures Brewing Co.’s Stuck on the Earth clone
New Ventures Brewing Co.’s Stuck on the Earth clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.063 FG = 1.012IBU = 73 SRM = 6.6 ABV = 6.8% American IPA brewed with fresh ginger.
I Don’t Want to Change the World
I came up with this recipe with my brewing buddy Keith Bartlett to answer a long-standing question we’d both been wondering: How close to a New England IPA could you get using only British hops? It turns out, pretty close. This beer has all the juicy, tropical fruit flavors you’d expect, complemented by a subtle spicy note just to remind you where the hops are from.
