One Beer, Four Decades of IPA Trends
IPAs have changed a lot since the mid-1990’s when I first started brewing them. Can you combined four decades of IPA trends into a single beer?
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IPA
Citra-Amarillo-Kveik Fusion IPA
Recipe and tasting notes for CAK – a fusion of modern and historical American IPA. Brewed with kveik & modern hops, but using a traditional approach to malt.
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XJA – An Experimental Hop IPA
One of the nice side effects of my blog and yeast exchange is that people sometimes send me stuff. Recently,
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Jörmungandr Black IPA
A black IPA brewed with Voss kveik yeast, a touch too much centennial and cascade hops, and brewed as black as a moonless night.
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BrainBug 90’s IPA
As my regular readers likely know, I’ve been brewing a long time. December 2016 marked my 20th anniversary as a
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Tears of Chthulu Quad IPA
A few months ago my friend, fellow London Homebrewers Guild member, and occasional brewing pal Devin challenged me to a
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This year marked the fourth year of my hop farming experiment. I added two centennial plants this year, to go
Read moreTasting Notes – Back Mamba the Third
Last month I brewed my traditional beer to use up my home-grown cascade hops. Black Mamba (the third) is a
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Changes from last year – hops & sugar Ever since planting my own hops back in 2013 it has become
Read moreIt was the worst (of beers) and the best (of beers)
December and January have been nuts, so I’m a little behind on my blogging. Way back in November I brewed
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