The forerunner to both theAmerican IPAand its descendant the double IPA was the British pale ale. Starting in the 1780’s — and possible before — this beer was exported to India and other places.
Over time a new sort of beer emerged, one with higher hops and enough of a tie to the British India colonies to garner the name India Pale Ale around 1835. This ancestor was America’s genesis spark that spawned a line of brewing creativity finding new expression even today.
One of those expressions has been the Double IPA. Also called Imperial IPA and IIPA, this beer style is a higher alcohol, hoppier version of the American IPA.
Its history is short, stretching back only 22 years, but it was the first major innovation in America’s “great IPA experiment;” an experiment which has gone on to methodically redefine how an IPA can be built.
The first double IPA seems to have been brewed by Vinnie Cilurzo back in June of 1994 for the now closed Blind Pig Brewery of Temecula, California. This was followed two years later buy Rogue releasing I2PA in 1996 and Stone followed two years later with their 2nd Anniversary IPA in 1998. It first appeared under its own category at the Great American Beer Festival in 2003.
Today a brewery really isn’t considered hop-head worthy if it hasn’t at least brewed a special release Double IPA and many commercial breweries have an example of the style seasonally, if not year round.
Full on fruity, Vermont Ale yeast / malted and flaked oats & double dry-hopped with a healthy amount of Citra and Vic Secret Style: New England DIPA Country of Origin: Ireland...
A rare blend of choice hops creates an explosion of fresh-cut pine and citrus flavors for a complex, rich and delicious flavor.
Style: Imperial IPA
Country of Origin: USA
Brewery: New Belgium
Higher Plane IPA achieves the perfect balance of delicately bitter flavors and tropical, juicy aromas. Channel your inner haze.
Style: Imperial IPA
Country of Origin: USA
Brewery: New Belgium
New England style Double IPA,tropical fruit aroma, big body, lots of flavour, some bitterness.
Style: Double IPA
Brewery: Trouble Brewing
Country of Origin: Ireland
Triple Hazy Jane is awash with a melee of soft ripe fruit flavours spanning from peach to mango to apricot. Beneath the onslaught of juicy hops is a low background...
Explosively aromatic, fresh & fruity. The mother of all DIPAs dry-hopped to the brim with Cascade, Citra and Simcoe perfectly balanced by pilsner malts, wheat and flaked oats. Style: IPA /...
Post modern classic reimagined. The UK’s favourite craft beer – the beer that started it all – gets ramped up to 8.2% for a relentlessly hoppy onslaught that balances a...
Explore the world of craft beer with us! Box contains variety of styles and breweries - selection of 16 cans from our range, picked by us. Perfect gift, or just...
A delicious combination of tropical fruit, citrus and dank resin notes dominate this DIPA thanks to a huge dosing of 20 g/L dry hop load of Columbus, Simcoe and Galaxy. ...
Yelamu is a collaboration with our good friends at Magic Rock and is a powerfully hopped Double IPA. Expect a ferociously full flavoured beer with a juicy character and well...
The first Collab comming out To Øl City was made in collaboration with their good friends at Fuerst Wiacek! They brewed up this beautiful rounded DIPA, brewed with Citra Cryo,...
We were in search of something fantastic. Something juicy, something hazy, something ripe with notes of mango, melon and citrus. So we said, "Reason be damned," and filled our kettles...
Featuring Nelson Sauvin, Simcoe and Chinook. Aroma: tangerine, guava, pine. Flavour: malt backbone is tempered by a gentle rounded bitterness and sweet citrus, melon and weed. Style: DIPA / Imperial Country...
From the land of the Māori, sheep, and Flight of the Conchords also comes some of the world’s finest hops. These tropical and citrus fruit-forward hops share similar flavour and...