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The Mount Rushmore of IPAs, According to 8 Beer Experts

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For pretty much the last two decades, the IPA has been the No. In that time, we’ve seen the beer industry go from malty English IPAs to dank West Coast options — teeth-chatteringly bitter double and then triple and even quadruple IPAs — to softer, fruitier, and hazier New England-style options.

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Brut Busts and Brett Who? The Next Big IPA Sub-Styles That Never Were

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In January, brewery president and cofounder Dave Thibodeau hit the slopes with a Ska snowboard that outlived its advertised beer: Moral Panic, a bone-dry brut IPA that debuted in 2018 and disappeared in late 2021. A fizzy, fragrant, Champagne-inspired IPA couldn’t hack it in a world gone hazy.

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Review: Beers of Firestone, Early 2025 Releases

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I don’t think they take a day off at Firestone, where the brews arrive on a breakneck pace, running the gamut from barrel-aged monstrosities to ultra-hoppy IPAs to, for the first time ever, a non-alcoholic beer. I’m not going to belabor it, so let’s just dive right in. I’d say it works.

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The Mount Rushmore of Craft Breweries, According to 8 Beer Experts

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Start a brewery, crank out some IPAs , and you, too, could become a millionaire! Their Pale Ale might be the most iconic craft beer ever made; their Celebration IPA one of the most seasonally beloved. Hill Farmstead: The first time I went to visit Hill Farmstead, circa 2012, a guy advised that I print out Mapquest (Mapquest!)

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The Cutting-Edge Ingredients Making IPAs More Pungent Than Ever

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I swear, this isnt a pull-my-finger prank, I said, cracking open a tall, trophy-gold can of Hazicus Maximus , a new double IPA from Lagunitas Brewing in Petaluma, Calif. That smells so good, she said, sipping the potent IPA. Our current IPA epoch prioritizes turbocharged fruitiness and intense scents. Just one sniff.

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Hand-Pulled Heady Topper Is the Ultimate Bucket-List Beer Experience

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But Kimmich never got hung up on the British tradition of exclusively putting lower-ABV milds, bitters, and whatnot on cask. The citra-hopped double IPA worked well with the serving method, accentuating the beers tropical and piney notes. Primed, double-dry-hopped, and conditioned in the keg using all of the traditional methods.

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