How are they doing it? Choosing Hops Wisely Plenty of brewers are striking the right balance while pushing those limits.
Polyphenols yield green, grassy notes, while compounds such as myrcene can contribute onion or too much resin, especially at higher temperatures. “The nitty gritty details of the brewing process might not be fully understood, but I think the majority realizes there is a limit to the amount of hops that can be effectively added to a beer.”īrewers’ ongoing experimentation is in walking that tightrope, pushing the hop-flavor envelope while avoiding potential pitfalls-such as astringency, vegetal character, or hop burn from too much mass, contact time, or over-extraction.
Bob Grim, cofounder and head brewer at Foam Brewers in Vermont, admits he might be jaded by the savviness of his brewery’s fan base.
On some level, drinkers must understand that there are only so many hops that can go into a beer. Scott Janish-cofounder of Sapwood Cellars in Columbia, Maryland, and author of The New IPA: Scientific Guide to Hop Aroma and Flavor-compares this era to the early aughts’ “IBU wars.” “Now, it’s more like, how many pounds per barrel are you dry hopping?” he asks. Even as clean lagers and bitter West Coast–style IPAs regain favor, hazy IPAs remain popular among many drinkers-and they have become a vehicle for pushing the limits of hop saturation. The stunt crystallizes how breweries are working to quench the apparently insatiable thirst for greater hop character-but also how, inevitably, there must be a point of diminishing returns. The limit they seek is the “limit of enjoyability”-the idea is to stop when at least 50 percent of polled customers cry “uncle,” as maximum hop saturation tips into something no longer drinkable.Īs we go to press, Tree House has released 10 of these IPAs-with recent releases beginning to include liquid hop products-with nary a limit in sight.
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Join them in the pursuit of what’s good.In October 2021, Tree House Brewing in Massachusetts unveiled Project Find the Limit-a series of double IPAs that gradually, progressively cranks up the dry-hop volume as well as the alcohol and residual-sugar content in each new release. Indeed believes innovation isn’t just one thing-it’s a culture created around good people, good beers, and good experiences. Well-known as an engaged and community-oriented brewery, Indeed’s taprooms are warm, welcoming, and home to Indeed We Can, the company’s employee-driven charitable giving program, which donates 100% of taproom net profits to an employee-sponsored local nonprofit every Wednesday of the year. Indeed’s diverse offerings are anchored by its flagship Day Tripper Pale Ale, driven by new hits like Flavorwave IPA and Pistachio Cream Ale, and elevated by its series of wild barrel-aged beer. Mouthfeel: Warming alcohol, medium-bodied, dry finishĪt Indeed Brewing Company, we’re cultivating an artfully eclectic line-up of beers from the heart of Northeast Minneapolis and our new home in the Walker’s Point neighborhood of Milwaukee. Visual: Lightly hazy golden Aroma: Heady pine, dank, grapefruit, and candied citrus abound Taste: Simple malt base that lets the hop flavor shine: orange, pine, dank, etc. Malt: Pale Ale, Flaked Wheat Hops: Simcoe, Lotus, Idaho 7 Yeast: A15 Special Ingredients: Dextrose “Giant for a Day double IPA is our uplifting, friendly, reminder that life’s big moments are what matter most.” “We wanted the brand and can art to lend itself to how ‘big’ of a beer was inside all while being inviting and evoking charm and nostalgia at the same time,” says Andy Kiekhafer, Creative Director, Indeed Brewing Company. Giant for a Day features artwork by local Minneapolis artist Chuck U. We hope you grab a six-pack and reminisce about craft beer memories while drinking a fresh DIPA.” “Giant for a Day is West Coast in style-bright and bitter, loaded with one of our favorite old-school hops (Simcoe) combined with a massive dry hop of new-school hops that we’ve been digging (Lotus and Idaho 7). I think a lot of us have moved to drinking more Pilsner and Pale Ales, but we got excited about making a DIPA again,” says Ryan Bandy, Sales Director, Indeed Brewing Company. “When we first began talking about making a Double IPA, we all started reminiscing about the first time we tried our favorite DIPAs-Hopslam, Abrasive, Enjoy By, Pliny the Elder-and how much the DIPA nostalgia mirrored the time which we first fell in love with craft beer.
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