Time for another IPA substyle? Bright IPA

This is just a modern WCIPA. Brewers out here have been making clear IPAs with frooty hops for years now. I wonder which breweries they visited to borrow the recipes, err, be "Inspired" by.

 

This description sounds like Deschutes Freshed Squeezed or Lagunitas Sucks (original recipe)?

 

Don't know as if I'd call Fresh Squeezed clear or bright.

 

As a real answer here Jack, around Texas and Houston specifically. Lone Pine Yellow Rose almost fits this description, probably the first of its kind around here and made way back in 2013. Maybe not "crystal clear" but certainly a tweener (as I like to call it) between a traditional IPA with some bitterness, but also plenty of melon and berry like fruit flavors. Finishes with a crisp bite, and while sweet-ish, finishes drier that many NEIPA's. Though, I'm beyond trying to parse what exactly a specific IPA sub style is anymore, so maybe I'm of on this ha.

 

How is it that a brewery in the UK can travel to the Pacific Northwest and, “inspired,” develop a whole new style?

That’s like saying I just got back from Mexico and was so inspired by the local cuisine that I invented tacos.

 

I guess I missed that NBW thread, good review. I always get melon and berries from Mosaic hops, which is what is used for Yellow Rose. But that might just be me. Anyway, yeah. probably not a perfect example for this "sub style" but there is enough here to make it a bit different than a lot of other IPA's, so it goes in the in between style for me, thats all I know

 

Marketing ploy…

 

but they used modern hops! Surely developed in England... right? Surely not varieties also developed in the pnw...right?

 

Well, how bout that, my most recent review on BA would fit better than Yellow Rose.

Another local to me, Great Heights, called Serenity by Chan (backstory, Chan owns a Vietnamese restaurant, plus beer bar that is really good in town, they collaborated on this).



My review:

Pours a clear golden/yellow color. A one finger white head forms and recedes quickly. Light lace is left behind.
Aroma is a mix of pine, citrus, and juicer fruits like melon. Along with a "dank" character. Very aromatic and nice.
Taste wise, follows the nose, as this mixes all the pine, citrus, dank, and juicy melon characters. There is a light cracker malt character, and a nice lingering bitterness.
A medium to full body. Crisp carbonation, with a light semi sweet character from the fruity hops. Though because of the bitterness, finishes dry. A good IPA to drink, I can come back to this one easily.

There is a mix of a lot of hops here, Columbus, Citra Cryo, Chinook Cryo, Motueka, & HS Sitiva hops, and it all comes together nicely. With some classic bitterness, but also new age hops that gives a bit more fruitiness. Well done.

I gave it a 3.99, which is a nice score for me. I enjoy the mixing of new and old hops. I don't know if we need yet another sub style, but hey what do I know

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/50326/634592/?ba=champ103#lists

 

If it were the best sounding beer at the store I would give it a shot. However, when I go beer shopping I am usually inundated by so many different IPAs that new ones really struggle to stand out to me. I enjoy trying new brews but very few top my old favorites, and this is especially true when it comes to IPAs.

 

Nice, I'm always a Saint Arnold fan, but yeah I never knew why they have waffled back and forth on that being a "Pils" or "Helles" but I guess it was originally called Pils and they aren't going to change. That is also one of their best selling offerings of the year so I don't think they wanted to mess with the name.

 

This. It’s just an American (modern hops) IPA vs the West Coast IPA with traditional hops.

good call. That is a great example of an American IPA https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1151/57633/