Who It's For: IPA devotees, IPA skeptics, wine people curious about beer, and anyone who has ever ordered a hazy without being entirely sure what that meant.
The India Pale Ale has done more to shape modern beer than any other style. It has been loved, over-loved, hated, revived, reinvented, and argued about at every bar in America. Today the category runs from the classic English original to hazy, juice-forward American versions, with a long list of subgenres in between.
Master Cicerone® Jen Blair walks us through where the style came from, how it traveled, and how it fractured into the many IPAs on tap today. We taste across the spectrum from the historical benchmark to the modern extremes, cover what hops actually do to a beer, and dig into why this one style keeps setting the pace for the craft world.
Educator: Jen Blair