Session IPA Beers We Like and You Should Try:įounders Brewing, All Day IPA (Grand Rapids, MI) – Coming from a brewery known for their Kentucky Bourbon barreled wonders of immense size, what has instead become their flagship beer is this year-round IPA weighing in at 4.7% ABV and 42 IBU. We don’t care, as long as it tastes good and doesn’t get us too… pissed. As far as Session IPAs go, the intention is to provide a flavorful, big-tasting beer that’s easier to drink and won’t weigh you down. In case you were wondering, the BJCP has a session category for each style (3% to 5% ABV) and the GABF has a specific Session category featuring all low ABV styles.
#Session ipa vs ipa pro
Pro Tip: If you feel the need to call a 5%+ ABV beer a Session or Sessionable, prepare for potential heckling. Today, most categorize 5% ABV (or less) a true session, while some brewers create Session Ales that are even higher. Most Session purists demand that the style be defined as any beer no higher than 3 or 4 percent ABV, just as those cask conditioned worker pints were back in the day. The fact that this law remained in place until 1988 is astounding, yet explains why many Session beers today are still British styles, just like the IPA.įurther definition gets tricky. This called for a lighter beer than your everyday stout or porter, allowing workers to drink more beer without getting too pissed, in the English sense. Workers were allotted two drinking periods or “sessions” of 4 hours each workday. The most common explanation for the term harkens back to the days of WWI-era England when they actually drank on the job, even while manufacturing weapons – great idea!
Now the history of the term session, like that of the IPA, is a little murky as well. When it comes to Session Ales, the IPA is the most popular these days in America and if you’ve been living under a rock and don’t understand just what IPA stands for, we’d be happy to give you more details.
#Session ipa vs ipa series
Welcome to the latest in our ongoing series (drum roll please…) “What the Hell is a Session IPA?” So we’re going all in on one of the world’s most popular styles: the Session IPA or India Pale Ale. It’s this thirst for knowledge that drives us to dig deeper into the stories behind the beer we drink, thus protecting you from the embarrassment of not knowing exactly what it is you’ve decided to put in your mouth.Īlthough the Session IPA name is an oxymoron unto itself, we just couldn’t help ourselves in tackling one of the more complex and controversial beers today.
You might get the impression that we, the beer gurus of ACB, understand all there is to know about beer, yet we’re still learning just like you.
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