IPA

Sam Adams Dissects Latitude 48

This spring, Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams) is adding single hopped additions of their Latitude 48 IPA.  Names for the 48th Latitude dubbed the “hop belt” of the Northern Hemisphere.  The regular edition of Latitude 48 is a blend of Ahantum, Simcoe, & East Kent Golding hops.  The new editions dissect the hops of the original Lat 48, plus a few extra.  A bit like Mikkeller has done with their single hop IPA series.

What You Need To Know:
Latitude 48 will be available in 6 options. Regular Latitude 48.  Single hopped editions, Adhantum, Simcoe, East Kent Golding, Zeus, Hallertau Mittelfrueh.

From the labels:

Hallertau: …Brewed only with Hallertau Mittelfrueh Noble Hops, a traditional variety of Bavaria’s Hallertau in Germany… Hallertau Mittelfrueh hops contribute a soft bitterness, along with delicate lemony citrus and resinous pine notes, balanced by slight sweetness and full body from the five different malts.

Cigar City Brewing Releases Papaya IPA

Over the weekend at Cigar City Brewing’ s Hunaphu day, Papaya IPA was released.  Papaya has made a couple of small appearances on draft before this big release.

Papaya IPA is a tropical take on Jai Alai IPA with unsweetened dried Continue Reading →

COMING SOON: Terrapin Indiana Krunkles

Confirmed!  Next edition in Terrapin Brewing’s Side Project Series is indeed “Indiana Krunkles.”   A wheat India Pale Ale.

As mentioned earlier this week, the beer and the name were a unconfirmed.  A wheat IPA is basically a hoppy wheat ale, Continue Reading →

It’s Aprihop Season!

It’s Aprihop season again!  Dogfish Head Brewing’s spring seasonal has shipped.  Apricots and hops really make this beer.  Just read Dogfish’s description:

Aprihop is our fruit beer for hopheads!

It is an American IPA brewed with Pilsner and Cystal malts massively hopped Continue Reading →

Mikkeller Koppi & 10

2 releases from Mikkeller are now stateside – Koppi & 10.  Both IPAs but with a very different ingredients.  Let’s review:

10 – American IPA, 6.9% ABV.   You have seen Mikkeller’s single hop series – 10 beers with the same IPA base, Continue Reading →

Brewdog Adds Punk IPA Cans

Brewdog Brewing (Glasgow, Scotland) recently joined the craft beer in a can revolution.  Their flagship beer “Punk IPA” is now in 12oz/4 pks cans.

James Watt, brewmaster of Brewdog boasted this pic on Twitter – “4 Punks are better than 1”. Continue Reading →

Posted in Boston Beer Company, Coming Soon, Sam Adams

Sam Adams Dissects Latitude 48

This spring, Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams) is adding single hopped additions of their Latitude 48 IPA.  Names for the 48th Latitude dubbed the “hop belt” of the Northern Hemisphere.  The regular edition of Latitude 48 is a blend of Ahantum, Simcoe, & East Kent Golding hops.  The new editions dissect the hops of the original Lat 48, plus a few extra.  A bit like Mikkeller has done with their single hop IPA series.

What You Need To Know:
Latitude 48 will be available in 6 options. Regular Latitude 48.  Single hopped editions, Adhantum, Simcoe, East Kent Golding, Zeus, Hallertau Mittelfrueh.

From the labels:

Hallertau: …Brewed only with Hallertau Mittelfrueh Noble Hops, a traditional variety of Bavaria’s Hallertau in Germany… Hallertau Mittelfrueh hops contribute a soft bitterness, along with delicate lemony citrus and resinous pine notes, balanced by slight sweetness and full body from the five different malts.

Simcoe: …Brewed with only Simcoe hops from the Yakima Valley area of WA….Simcoe hops contribute a grippy bitterness and dramatic grapefruit peel and pine resin notes to this brew, with the slight sweetness and full malt body attempting to balance the concentrated hop character.

Zeus: …Brewed with only Zeus hops from the Yakima Valley area of WA…. Zeus hops contribute clean bitterness and intense, pungent resinous pine flavor to this brew.  The balance of the brew leans strongly toward the hop character, but is softened by the malt sweetness and body.

Ahtanum: …Brewed with only Ahtanum hops, a newer variety from the Yakima Valley area of WA… Ahtanum hops contribute a balanced and typically “American” orange peel, piney, and floral flavor and aroma to this brew, balanced by the slight sweetness and full body from 5 different malts.

East Kent Golding: …Brewed with only East Kent Golding hops, a variety first selected in the 1700s in East Kent, England…East Kent Goldings contribute a mellow bitterness to this brew, along with earthy, floral, and apricot notes, balanced by a slight sweetness and full body from the malt blend.

Arrival: Spring, 2011

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, New Releases

Cigar City Brewing Releases Papaya IPA

Over the weekend at Cigar City Brewing’ s Hunaphu day, Papaya IPA was released.  Papaya has made a couple of small appearances on draft before this big release.

Papaya IPA is a tropical take on Jai Alai IPA with unsweetened dried papaya added to the beer post fermentation.

The proceeds from the bottle sales go to support the Florida Brewers Guild.

Availability: Limited. 750 ml bottles. Rare draft.

7.5% ABV

 

 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Terrapin Beer Company

COMING SOON: Terrapin Indiana Krunkles

Confirmed!  Next edition in Terrapin Brewing’s Side Project Series is indeed “Indiana Krunkles.”   A wheat India Pale Ale.

As mentioned earlier this week, the beer and the name were a unconfirmed.  A wheat IPA is basically a hoppy wheat ale, or IPA with a big portion of wheat malt.   Perfect for the Side Project Series.  Pure speculation, Terrapin might be doing more “Krunkles” beers in the future.

Arrival: April-May 2011

 

 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Rumors, Terrapin Beer Company

UNCONFIRMED: Terrapin Indiana Krunkles Coming Soon

Not much known about this beer yet.   Sounds like it is going to a “wheat IPA.”    Due out in June.  With a name like Krunkles, sounds like this beer is headed for the Side Project  Series.

Still most likely in the planning stages, and the name itself is unconfirmed.  Let’s just say the info came from a very reliable source…

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Dogfish Head, Seasonal Return

It’s Aprihop Season!

It’s Aprihop season again!  Dogfish Head Brewing’s spring seasonal has shipped.  Apricots and hops really make this beer.  Just read Dogfish’s description:

Aprihop is our fruit beer for hopheads!

It is an American IPA brewed with Pilsner and Cystal malts massively hopped in in the continuous fashion. The flavor is complimented by the addition of Apricots.After fermentation the beer is dry hopped with irresponsible amounts of Amarillo hops. The beer is hoppy in the aroma with the apricots playing a supporting complimentary role.The flavor is rich with late hop flavors and it’s bitterness is tempered by just the right amount of malt sweetness and fruity undertones from the apricots.  This is one of our most popular seasonal beers and we’ve been brewing it each spring for quite a while now. We release the beer each March and you should find it on the shelves through May.

Style: American IPA
Hops — Amarillo
Malts — Crystal, Pilsner
Fresh Apricots

Availability — March — May.  12oz/4pks, Draft Offerings

7% ABV

Fun Fact: Aprihop was first brewed in 1997

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Mikkeller, New Releases

Mikkeller Koppi & 10

2 releases from Mikkeller are now stateside – Koppi & 10.  Both IPAs but with a very different ingredients.  Let’s review:

10 – American IPA, 6.9% ABV.   You have seen Mikkeller’s single hop series – 10 beers with the same IPA base, each individually hopped with a special hop.  10 is a an IPA with all 10 of those special hops in 1 bottle.  Same IPA base as before, same abv 6.9%.  It’s full of citrus, tropical flavors and light malts.  12 oz bottles.

Koppi – Spice Beer, 6.9% ABV.   This beer will be new to many.  Koppi is a coffee IPA.  Intrigued?  You should be. Guji Natural roasted by a coffee roaster called “Koppi” in Sweden.  Add in Tomahawk hops and you have this beer.  750ml bottles.

Thanks to @AleYeahBeer for the photo

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Brewdog, Cool Stuff

Brewdog Adds Punk IPA Cans

Brewdog Brewing (Glasgow, Scotland) recently joined the craft beer in a can revolution.  Their flagship beer “Punk IPA” is now in 12oz/4 pks cans.

James Watt, brewmaster of Brewdog boasted this pic on Twitter – “4 Punks are better than 1”.  I tend to agree.  No word on if/when these cans will hit stateside.

About Punk IPA:

Hops: Chinook, Simcoe, Ahtanum, Nelson Sauvin
Malts: Marris Otter, Extra Pale Malt
5.6% ABV
45 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay