Learn About India Pale Ale Day
India Pale Ale Day has been created to celebrate the drink that is India Pale Ale!
If you have never tried India Pale Ale before, now is the perfect excuse for you to do so. India Pale Ale has high levels of alcohol. It is a hobby style of beer, with hops referring to the flowers of the hop flowers, which are used for flavoring and bettering beer.
They also act as a stability agent. Aside from the bitterness, they impart citrus, fruit, or floral aromas and flavors.
This type of beer has undergone a bit of a renaissance in recent times. It was developed in 1840 in England, which we will explain more about in the section below. However, this style of beer had mainly died out.
That was until the renaissance of American craft beer occurred in the late 20th century. Today, India Pale Ales are flagship beers for craft brewers all around the world, making them exceptionally popular. Because of this, it is only right that we have India Pale Ale Day to celebrate this type of beer!
There are a number of different types of India Pale Ales that are produced today. This includes a lot of different sub-styles. For example, you have the Double India Pale Ales, which are also called Imperial India Pale Ales.
These represent a very hoppy and strong type of India Pale Ale, which usually have an alcohol content that is more than 7.5 percent by volume.
The style is believed to have originated with Vinnie Cilurzo, who is the owner of California’s Russian River Brewing Company. It is believed that he created this style at the Blind Pig Brewery in California in 1994. This brewery is now defunct.
Another type of India Pale Ale that is popular today is the New England India Pale Ale. This is also sometimes called Juicy India Pale Ale or Hazy India Pale Ale.
This is a style of beer that was invented when the Heady Topper was created by John Kimmich, of The Alchemist. These India Pale Ales have an emphasis on hop aroma, with low bitterness. They are characterized by floral, citrus, and juicy flavors.
They also have a hazy appearance, hence why they are often called Hazy India Pale Ale, and they have a smooth mouthfeel or consistency. These characteristics are reached through a use of a number of different brewing techniques.
This includes adjusting the chemistry of the water, the timing of adding the hops, and the use of a certain strain of yeast.
This merely scratches the surface when it comes to the different types of India Pale Ales that you can find on the market today. You can also get Brut India Pale Ale, which is a dry and crisp version of the drink.
The enzyme amyloglucosidase is added to the drink in order to get rid of the sugars to create this drink. There is then Cascadian Dark Ale, which is also known as Black India Pale Ale, which is not pale in color, as the name suggests.
It has a much darker malty flavor because of the use of roasted malts, yet it shares the same bitter hoppy flavors.
You also have West Coast India Pale Ale, which is known for being dry, very clear, and having a low content of malt.
Or, what about Triple India Pale Ale? This type of ale is characterized by higher alcohol content and higher hop flavors. The alcohol content for this type of India Pale Ale tends to be over 10 percent ABV.