IPA Regional Varieties October 21, 2019

Hey peeps what's up. I've been reading up on beers and came to a realization about India Pale Ales aka IPAs. What I didn't know was that for American IPAs, region of brewing plays a big part in what kind of IPA you might come across. The book The Complete IPA: The Guide to Your Favorite Craft Beer by Joshua M. Bernstein describes the seven distinct regions of IPA brewing:

☆ Northeast and Mid-Atlantic: Juicy and fruity is all the rage as a smooth, lush ride replaces the bitterness.

☆ Southeast: The heat makes southern brewers do strangely delicious things. Some create tropical fruit bombs, while others go resinous or embrace a substantial malt bill.

☆ Midwest: The heartland features many of America's foundational IPAs - balanced, not afraid to flaunt malt, but also embracing the latest and greatest hops.

☆ Rocky Mountains: If you favor IPAs that mimic marijuana in liquid form; hightail it to Colorado.

☆ Southwest: Hot days and cool nights conspire to create both drier and slightly more substantial IPAs that go gloriously overboard on aromatics rather than bitterness.

☆ West Coast: Potent bitterness and aroma fuel these lean, dry and golden IPAs, turning them into high-powered performance vehicles.

☆ Pacific Northwest: Like pine trees and a citrus grove in liquid form, the slightly darker IPAs celebrate the agriculture-rich region's hop variety.

With those descriptions in place, my next post will focus on an untried type of IPA known as a New England IPA aka NEIPA. Keep your eyes peeled for it.

Until Then Happy Drinking,
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