Session IPA style on Beeradvocate

English India Pale Ale seems to fit the bill in some regards.

 

I see the point of adding a new style, especially in light of some of the issues you raise, but I also think you're correct in the 'where do we draw the line with new styles' kind of thinking. Do we create a separate categorization for citrusy hops vs piney hops vs whatever? chocolate stouts vs coffee stouts?

I think an easier to apply strategy would be to have keywords that you could search by, have word clouds or certain keywords. Might be able to thin out nuances within a broader style...

 

Yeah it is a tough trend and one of my favorite new styles. I guess it could also be considered a APA/American Bitter?

I don't think it's worth splitting hairs and creating a bunch of new categories so that's why I take most ratings with a grain of salt.

 

there is a real grey area on what a sessionable ipa is. I consider torpedo a session ipa where others would say 7.2abv is to high to be sessionable

 

I think I just heard Ding cringe.

 

Is there any way in which a "session IPA" isn't just a Pale Ale? In my mind it's just a pale ale with different branding.

 

IPA is also a type of pale ale. I don't know that it necessarily needs its own sub category, but there is definitely a distinction besides marketing.

 

christ on a cracker. there is already a category called PALE ALES that works just fine.

 

Absolutely not. They're pale ales, just with a fancy invented style name given to them so they sell better. Seems to be working so far.

 

brewers figured out if they change the hop bill, drop the malt and call it a session IPA they can charge $3 more a sixer and people will gobble them up.

 

An IPA is a pale ale with more hops and a higher ABV. A session IPA is an IPA with less hops and a lower ABV.

Explain how a session IPA is anything other than a pale ale.

 

To be fair, many of them (like Daytime) aren't all that expensive.

 

Oh, I'm just being a grump. But I can't wait for the calls for 'session imperial' categories which are inevitably coming.

 

My Session Double IPA is not just a regular IPA with a crazy name!

 

I think that's an oversimplification. It's an indication that the pale ale is going to be hopped at higher levels, and malt characteristics will be reduced. I'm not arguing it needs to be it's one style on BA, but I like the idea of the beer in any case.

 

judging from Daytime, it is different from a pale ale. Like was said above, they drop the malt way down.. there's less body than a pale ale with similar hop strength. The lighter body makes the hops come through more, so it's more bitter. Not sure they need their own category, I would still call them pale ales, but they are different in that way. And I dont get how daytime is in the IPA category on here, that baffles me

 

"session" is not a style and will never be here ...