What new IPA styles are trending?

West Coast IPAs. Seeing more breweries doing WC IPAs these days. Still not as much as before but it seemed like so many breweries were only doing hazies/NE ipas. Now I see those breweries doing both styles. NE still seem to be the most popular but I am seeing a resurgence in clear, and clean IPAs.

if you’re most interested in Midwest IPAs maybe post on that particular forum.

 

Remember when session ipas were everywhere? All day ipa was new an so many others came out

 

Belgian IPAs are not a new thing, they've been around for quite a while.

I don't foresee a new IPA trend that'll catch on like the NEIPA did, I think we will see the hazy trend start to fade a little bit and a resurgence of the WCIPA and C hops.

 

I hope that grassy, resinous, piney, basically-licking-tree-bark IPAs start to come back in vogue. I really miss those.

 

I personally wish that white IPA, some would call belgian I guess, would return. I remember a while back some of these started popping up...the one I enjoy and remember the most was: Saranac's (https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/99/76375/).

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Harpoon (https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/98/80702/) had one as well. I would love to see some places take on the style now. Does anyone see these brewed anymore?

 

New Belgium’s winter seasonal, Accumulation, is a White IPA and readily available at the moment. Quite good too...

 

I feel like session ipas are still a thing. So many low calorie IPAs released this year and more to come next year.

I hope more kviek IPAs come out. The ones made well are really enjoyable.

 

which ales were those?

 

From recent memory, this is time line of hyped IPA's in the US

West Coast IPA
Black IPA
Session IPA
Adjunct IPA (grapefruit/coffee/peppers/etc)
New England IPA
Brut IPA
100 Calorie IPA

 

I'm happy about this. I'm hazed/NE IPA fatigued. I do like some certain breweries that make them, but there are so many nasty ones, imo. A clean/clear, crisp, hoppy, piney, grapefruit, citrus, dank, and somewhat bitter West Coast IPA is the best. Amen, brother

 

I'm with ya' on that! Please, would somebody tell breweries to stop making milkshake IPAs?! Or at least stop calling them IPA?! Haha They are not IPAs, imo. Lol

 

I'll drink these all day. I'm happy that WCIPAs are gaining some speed again

 

Brut IPA's were supposed to be the thing. I can't remember the last time I saw one.

Triple and Quadruple IPA's are popping up around here. I think I might even have seen a quintuple? Or maybe I just misremember that. At any rate, I can't bring myself to enjoy anything much over 8%, except maybe as something to pour over pancakes.

 

They are still everywhere, some are just labeled as 'low-cal' now, not 'session'.

The ones in my area doing both are still putting some haze and softer mouthfeel into their so called 'WCIPAs', so kind of a hybrid and not that good (from what I've tried, which isn't many).

 

Last month @cavedave discussed a 'new' IPA sub-style of West Coast Hazy IPA in a NBW post:

"Characteristics of West Coast Hazy IPA

• Lighter-bodied, dry finish, minimal residual sugar
• Hazy in appearance, not milky
• Hop-derived (not yeast-derived) aromas similar to NEIPA
• Bitterness somewhere between an NEIPA and a West Coast IPA

To elaborate on those characteristics a bit further:

• The body is similar to what some now refer to as California IPA or even a lager. A hazy beer is not always thick. This may throw people off, but the availability of thousands of London III bombs will do that.
• Haze brings softness to beer. You can achieve bitterness and softness simultaneously, which is kind of cool."

You can read more here:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/new-beer-weekend-15.649447/page-4#post-7074481

Cheers!

 

That sounds akin to what is termed "West Coast Hazy IPA" sub-style discussed above (post #16).

How many commercial versions have you had? Did any of those breweries brand their beers as "West Coast Hazy IPA"?

Cheers!

 

Last October there was a thread entitled Brewer's Perspective: West Coast Haze with a link to an article:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/commun...spective-west-coast-haze.648461/#post-7054322

Cheers!

 

Good call and I haven't had that one in a very long time. I'm gonna make sure to grab some next time I beer shop.

 

I agree with your time line, but I feel there was also a wave of real lean pils malt no crystal malt IPAs that were popular right before the adjunct phase. Examples are Sculpin and Flower Power.