Photo Credit: New Belgium Brewing Quick Characteristics Brewery New Belgium Brewing Company Location Fort Collins, CO Style American IPA … [Read more...]
The History of Red IPA Red IPA is one of the newest sub-styles to break off of the American IPA style category. But, it is also the sub-style with the weakest case for separation. Little differentiates the Red IPA sub-style from its mother. A little less caramel maltiness and a shade or two … [Read more...]
History of Mandarina Bavaria Hops The Hop Research Center in Hull Germany has been developing hop varieties since 1926. In the past, all of their research was focused on creating hardier disease resistant, higher yielding varieties in the same vein as the well known traditional noble varieties. … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Quick Characteristics Brewery Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Location Milton, DE Style American IPA … [Read more...]
History of Ekuanot Hops Ekuanot, pronounced Ee-kwá-not, was Equinox not too long ago, and before that it was known only by its brand number HBC 366. Why was the name changed from Equinox? Well, that had to do with a trademark dispute over the name Equinox. It's hard to find a … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: Stone Brewing Quick Characteristics Brewery Stone Brewing Location Escondido, CA Style American IPA ABV … [Read more...]
History of Teamaker Hops Teamaker is a hop variety unlike any other. It has the lowest alpha acid content of any commercially available variety, while the beta acids are higher than that of Galena, which is usually considered the poster-child for high beta-acids. This high beta-to-alpha ratio … [Read more...]
IPA vs. CDA: What's in the Name? Is it a Black IPA... an American Black Ale (ABA)... a India Black Ale (IBA)... or a Cascadian Dark Ale (CDA)? The name of this style, and in some part the style itself, has caused no little amount of consternation in the craft brewing world. We'll get to the style … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: Boston Beer Company Quick Characteristics Brewery Boston Beer Company Location Boston, MA Style "Union of Lager and Ale" … [Read more...]
History of Loral Hops The Loral™ hop variety is the newest "hot hop" in the impressive run of popular hops (think Mosaic and Citra) to come out of the Hops Brewing Company (HBC); a joint venture between John I. Haas and Select Botanicals Group. The sudden and intense interest in this … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: Sierra Nevada Brewing Quick Characteristics Brewery Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Location Chico, CA Style Double IPA … [Read more...]
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