Country specific IPAs

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The regional and country-named IPAs generally refer to the region or country of origin (or at least popularization) of the style or substyle; it's not really about the source of the hops. Keep in mind that most of the hops used in NEIPAs are grown in America's West Coast (of course, NEIPAs are an evolution of certain WCIPAs, so that shouldn't be surprising). Belgian IPAs are a bit of an exception, in that they're named based more on the presence of Belgian-style yeast than on where they originated (not that there aren't Belgian IPAs brewed in Belgium), but "Belgian ale" conveys a little more information than does "Japanese ale" or "German ale."

If, say, German breweries en masse ever develop a distinct local IPA substyle, which may or may not utilize traditional German hops, then that's what I'd call a German IPA. I wouldn't call an IPA brewed by an American brewery a "German IPA" just because it utilized Hallertauer Mittelfrueh hops (or whatever is your German hop of choice), even though I have seen beers listed that way.

 

I think you should stop thinking

 

I have discussed the topic of “German IPA” in past threads of the Germany forum. In addition to using ‘new wave’ German aroma hops such as Mandarina Bavaria those sorts of beers could have a differing malt bill – maybe some Munich and/or Vienna Malt to provide a more balanced IPA.

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A local brewery, Blueprint Brewing - had a beer that was labeled a "Vienna IPA", you can see my brief review below. Not sure about the hop varieties though.
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'Cause nobody else makes great IPAs like we do.

'Merica!

 

Well, I think it's more about what hop varieties make sense to be used at certain levels.

I had a beer one time that was hopped to the level of an American IPA but using Fuggle hops. Not good.

 

Scarlet Lane Brewing produced a beer they branded as Asteria Australian IPA:

“Scarlet Lane Brewing Company

July 16, 2017 ·

Our newest member to the family, Asteria Australian IPA is available on draft. Fruity Aussie hops, Aussie yeast finishes w/ mild bitterness.”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1538408446229785

I am personally a BIG fan of Galaxy hops; why not label an IPA that features a hop like Galaxy an Australian IPA?

And then there could be beers branded a New Zealand IPA that feature hops like Motueka, Nelson Sauvin, Riwaka, Wai-iti, etc.

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Someone ought to concoct a No England IPA, like say in San Diego.....

 

Is what you're saying it's not always about the hops, many hops are grown in the PNW, rarely it's about the yeast, and in future it will be up to the region to identify their IPA based on their own parameters?

 

I think the "Down Under" theme has yielded some pretty good brand names for breweries that feature NZ and Aus. hops in some of their beers

 

What about the grain bill of those beers? Are they typically comprised of pale malt or is it the case that darker kilned malts (e.g., Vienna, Munich,...) are part of the grain bill to create a more balanced IPA?

Prost!

 

Nope. What I'm saying is it's never about the hops and always about the region of origin (or at least popularization), with the lone exception of Belgian IPA, because there already was a long tradition of referring to "Belgian ales" as a broad style category including beers that merely nodded toward the techniques, ingredients, and flavor profiles for which Belgium is famous. If a bunch of German breweries, say, start pumping out IPAs using Golden Promise malt and Motueka hops, that's the sort of beer that will lay claim to a "German IPA" designation, with the country of origin of the ingredients being irrelevant. American craft breweries aren't going to impose an IPA substyle on any other country, even if some of them out of self-perceived cleverness (or in jest) choose to label their Saaz-hopped IPAs as "Bohemian IPAs" and the like.

 

Sure glad you cleared that up

 

I had one called black forest ale, it was pretty damn good. I believe it was a house brew at schlosskeller in pforzheim. They had a bit of international brews on bottle too, yum.