Mitch Steele, author of the IPA book and former brewmaster at Stone Brewing joins me this week to discuss recent trends in India Pale Ale and the craft IPA revolution.
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Topics in This Week’s Episode (42:38)
- Today my guest is Mitch Steele, author of the book IPA: Brewing Techniques, Recipes and the Evolution of India Pale Ale (Amazon affiliate link). Mitch is also the former brewmaster at Stone brewing and is in the middle of launching a new brewery called New Realm Brewing Co in Atlanta, Georgia.
- We spend a few minutes updating everyone on some of the projects Mitch has been working on since leaving Stone.
- Mitch gives us his thoughts on the current state of craft beer IPAs which now dominate craft brewing in the US – in many cases making up 50% or more of the volume for many craft breweries.
- Mitch discusses some of the new IPA styles – starting with the controversial cloudy Northeast IPA style.
- We discuss Session IPAs which Mitch defines as a low alcohol IPA, and some of the challenges with balancing a session IPA.
- Mitch shares his thoughts on fruited IPAs including some of the better fruits to use, and how to balance these beers.
- We talk about triple IPAs including the popular Pliny the Younger from Russian River.
- Brad brings up the topic of turning every beer into an IPA – which has happened at some West coast breweries now.
- Mitch tells us why IPAs have a short shelf life and the importance of cold storage and expiration dates.
- We finish by talking about New Realm Brewing Co – the new brewery Mitch is opening this fall in Atlanta.
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