Since the enzyme used in brewing a Brut IPA helps convert unfermentable sugars into fermentable sugars, the result is less residual sweetness and more alcohol. The effect is a very dry (not sweet) beer. Think extra brut champagne. With a beer that dry, balancing flavor and bitterness can ...
DIPA, an innocuous looking acronym stands for Double IPA. Wait what? Do we literally mean double of an IPA? What the heck even is an IPA? How do we double it? To answer these questions, we are going to dive into a history lesson, discuss how beer styles are set, and finally ...
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Alcohol in IPA Beer IPA beer tends to have a higher alcohol content that typically ranges from 7% to 10%, with some brews going as high as 16%. This is because the hops used in IPAs can be rather intense. To counterbalance this effect, brewers will often add more malt – resulting in...
An IPA is a hopped up,stronger pale ale. It's not a hard and fast definition, though. As IPAs have become stronger and hoppier, so have pale ales. What is the strongest IPA beer? Sink the Bismarckis a quadruple IPA that contains four times the hops, four times the bitterness and ...
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What Ale Beer Is Broadly speaking, all beer fits into two categories: ales and lagers. Under these umbrella terms are a large number of sub-styles, all of which you can find at your typical craft beer bar. One of the main differences between these two broad styles is the fact that a...
Cloudy … with a chance of meatballs?Nah,that was just to grab your attention. What makes a Hazy IPA different is without a doubt its hazy appearance, but also the brewing process, grains, and yeast used. Yeast: Low to medium flocculating yeast to promote suspension in the beer and reduc...
If you’re new to IPAs, read on for a crash course. Extra credit if you’ve got one next to you right now – hands-on learning is always effective! (You can locate supplemental educational material using our Beer Finder.) ImageWhat does IPA stand for and what is the history of the...
Purinton is a beer historian and scholar who teaches world and food history at Northeastern University in Boston. He immediately poked holes in some of the premises of my story. “By the time the British were colonizing India, they had already been shipping beer across countries and oceans for...