IPA - From bitterness to fruitiness
First of all, what is a “Pale Ale”? This English word simply identifies high fermentation blond beers. “Pale” refers to the colour of the beer, and “Ale” stands for a top-fermented beer.
To understand why “India” was added to the name of this type of beer, we have to go back to the 18th century, during the British colonial period. The troops of the British East India Company, who couldn’t find beer in the country, decided to bring it to the new territories. Unfortunately, the beer did not withstand the long journey at sea and was undrinkable at its arrival in Indian trade ports.
To overcome this problem, the exporting breweries created new brews that could be better preserved. To do this, they increased the alcohol content and used the only natural preservative available, hops. They added massive quantities of hops during the brewing process, thus allowing the beer to be kept for a much longer period. The result was a beer with strongly pronounced notes and flavour and, most importantly, genuine and refreshing tartness. This became the India Pale Ale, a very popular premium beer. One of the most faithful representatives of this category is the IPA from the Shepherd Neame brewery.
These beers were widely drunk in India and Britain, until they almost disappeared at the end of the 20th century, due to a new tax on beers with high alcohol content. However, this style made a huge comeback in the 1990s, especially in the US, with the Stone brewery’s IPA.
Today, this type of beer has become very popular worldwide. Thanks to the different varieties of hops created over the past 20 years, IPAs can have a palette of varied flavours and accents, with flowery, fruity, herbal, resinous, spicy, lemony notes, etc. The best known is certainly the Punk IPA from Brewdog.
A selection of our finest IPAs, buy our beer online
Brussels Beer Project Delta IPA
Our first beer, elected by more than 850 Brussels' locals in the summer of 2013!
Riegele Simco 3
Cold hopped with Simcoe Hops at exactly zero degrees Celsius in the beer cellars.
Insel East Coast IPA
Fruity, hoppy, grapefruit, intense red berries with spicy notes, no bitterness
BRLO German IPA
This unfiltered India Pale Ale is brewed with three different hops from Germany.
Schoppe Bräu Holy Shit Ale
XPA's big brother. More bark. More bite. For those who can't get enough.
Schoppe Bräu XPA
True complexity. As diverse as the hood its from: straight outta Kreuzberg!
Badger Cranborne Poacher
Complex flavours of damson and liquorice give the beer its rich plummy taste and makes ...
Shepherd Neame India Pale Ale
An IPA with a smooth body and aroma bewitching of caramel, candy, with one side spring ...
St. Austell Big Job
An English double IPA that knows how to claim its place among the lovers of this style
Beavertown Lupuloid
A big beer, hailed by craft enthusiasts that delivers on experience time after time
Black Sheep Pineapple Milkshake IPA
Brewed with fresh pineapple juice and fragrant Denali hops.
Brewdog Punk IPA boite
A transatlantic fusion between India Pale Ale and tropical fruit aromas.
Brewdog Jack Hammer
A fatally hopped bite that produces incredible sensations for this IPA from Scotland
Brewdog Double Punk
The UK’s favourite craft beer – the beer that started it all – gets ramped up to 8.2% ...
Innis & Gunn Gunnpowder IPA *
An explosion of aromas from Cascade, Centennial and Mandarina hops.
Brewdog Jagged Edge
We dialled down our most legendary West Coast IPA creating a 5.1% homage to the style ...
Brewdog The Vermont Sessions
Northern England and Northern Scotland unite for this New England IPA
O'Hara's Session IPA
Brewed to be light and easy drinking while still full of the flavours of a traditional ...
O'Hara's 51st State IPA
This unfiltered IPA takes its inspiration from the New England IPA style
O'Hara's Tropical IPA
An IPA bursting with tropical flavours of tangerine, papaya, citrus and mango.
De Molen Amarillo
Dry-hopped with Amarillo, a lot of citrus in the aroma and a malty taste.
Uiltje Big Fat 5
Simcoe, Chinook, Citra, Amarillo and Columbus, this 8% ABV West Coast style DIPA.
Uiltje Bird of Prey
A supernatural IPA chock-full of citra, chinook and mosaic hops and always super hoppy ...
De Molen Dag & Dauw
Bergamot gives this IPA a very refreshing character, perfect for spring and summer.
VandeStreek Hop Art
Hop Art IPA is a fruity IPA, brewed with Citra, Columbus and Cascade classic hops
Uiltje Getting Juicy With It
Malts; Pilsner, Flaked Barley, Flaked Oats Hops; Talus, Idaho7, Phato Yeast; London Fog
Pietra Corsican IPA
Explosion of notes of tropical fruits and lemon flavours with a pleasant bitterness.
Nogne Two Captains Double IPA
This double India Pale Ale was originally brewed by the winner of the Norwegian Home ...
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