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Tradition Brewing

A good crisp IPA, looks closest to the AIPA style. The brewery refers to it as a Cold IPA. Hops listed are Pacifica, Wakatu, Motueka and Riwaka. Included in the malt bill are Pilsner and Munich !, commonly used in lagers. Apex lager yeast is also used. This beer was poured from a 16 oz can into a pint glass. Nice, clear deep gold color with a big foamy white head and lots of lacing. Aroma nd taste are mostly hoppy with moderate bitterness. Mouthfeel is crisp and light and features hoppiness without being a "hop bomb". An enjoyable IPA.

While reading the can and looking for anything about this beer, I came up with the description "Cold IPA" to describe the style. Do we have a new iPA style here???? The Hop Culture web site describes Cold IPA. I edited it down to the basics.

A Cold IPA is an IPA fermented at lower temperatures than what is normally used to ferment an ale. Fermenting an IPA at colder temperatures means brewers often use a lager yeast or a combination of a lager and an ale yeast. Super crushable, super crispy, but stronger than lagers with alcohol content equal to a regular IPA or West Coast IPA, something that’s really going to showcase the hops to get that clean grain bill.
In other words, a Cold IPA should be a hop-forward ale with characteristics common in an IPA, but a beer that’s ultimately crisper, cleaner, and more crushable like a lager.