5 Serious India Pale Ales For Sheltering-In-Place

American Craft Beer|April 18th, 2020|

If ever there was a time for drinking at home and supporting you favorite craft brewery…that time is now.

And we’ve five IPAs that pair smartly with staying safe, Netflix and weekend drinking…

Hop-Fueled Variety (Paso Robles, CA) – One of the many drawbacks of the whole sheltering-in-place thing is the style limitations you run into when you “lnstacart” a beer run. More times than not, you’re locked into a six of this of a 4-pack of that…What you don’t get is variety. But Firestone Walker has released a new variety that should help you with that…

Firestone Walker’s Crafted Thru Hops Mixed Can Pack features three hop-forward classics and ups the ante with a new single hop limited release that was developed at Firestone Walker’s experimental Propagator R&D brewhouse in Venice, California.

Firestone Walker Citra Hazy IPA – Available EXCLUSIVELY in the Crafted Thru Hops”Mixed Can Pack and fueled on what Firestone Walker Brewmaster Matt Brynildson calls a single hop “no-brainer,” Citra Hazy IPA is a bold 5.6% ABV grapefruit-driven citrus bomb with a pungent edge and more than its share of SoCal swagger.

Firestone Walker Union Jack – A stunning showcase of HUGE pineapple, citrus and piney aromatics, Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA is the brewery’s classic 7% ABV West Coast Style India Pale Ale and one of this award-winning brewery’s best.

Firestone Walker Mind Haze – After nearly a year of experimentation, also at Propagator R&D brewhouse in Venice, Firestone Walker entered the ‘hazy IPA’ arena in 2019 with this striking brew. Inspired as much by the legendary Bavarian Hefeweizens of southeastern Germany as it is by America’s fast-evolving juicy IPAs, Firestone Walker Mind Haze is a 6.2% ABV Hazy IPA that’s bursting with an imaginative array of tropical hop flavors.

Firestone Walker Flyjack – Crafted for drinkers who keep an active and healthy lifestyle, but don’t want to sacrifice flavor for fewer calories, Firestone Walker Flyjack is a 4% ABV India Pale Ale with only 96 calories and the kind of character and mouthfeel that is normally associated with higher-octane Hazy IPAs.

Going Hazy (Comstock Park, MI) – Using safe, socially distanced methods, Perrin Brewing is providing its neighbors in the Comstock Park area and throughout the state of Michigan with serious beer at an unprecedented time, including the return one of the brewery’s most popular summer seasonals. Brewed with fresh grapefruit pulp and now in a newly designed package, Perrin Grapefruit IPA is a 5% ABV India Pale Ale with a delicate tartness, a sweet, malty backbone, and an uber-bright finish.