Thornbridge Jaipur Indian Pale Ale, 4 x 330ml

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This beer is a award winning Indian Pale Ale which is smooth and soft and then Jaipur releases it's hoppiness which is accentuated by a hint of honey. If someone were to ask me what IPA they should have if they had never had one before I would most certainly point them in the direction of Jaipur. Indeed, champions founded the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) in 1971 to defend this antique draft system. Pale gold with a firm white head, it had all the contained vibrancy you want in a great pint of cask ale. The cask ale CAMRA reveres is made of characterful local malts, English hops, expressive yeast, and is brewed to a modest strength so that when served on cask it makes for an incredible session beer.

And when we look more closely at Jaipur, with its Maris Otter base and cask ale treatment, we see the blueprint English breweries are now using. The trend today is this Mosaic- and Citra-dominated profile, which means any muppet can make IPA,” says Lovatt. In 2015, Jaipur was joined by Jaipur X, an annually brewed 10% DIPA, which definitely demands to be treated with respect.So here it is, officially, the best way to enjoy Britain’s most award winning brew (and many other IPAs! Here we have the second of Thornbridge’s special versions of Jaipur IPA brewed to celebrate 15 years of their premier beer.

He only lasted a year at Thornbridge before heading home to found BrewDog, where he promptly made an extremely Jaipur-esque beer you may have heard of: Punk IPA. At the time, the great threat was not lager—cask’s ultimate reaper—but artificially-kegged beer large ale-producers tried to pass off as authentic cask.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Pete Brown had tried American hops for the first time at the 2004 Oregon Brewers Festival, and was telling everyone who would listen about the new flavors he’d tasted. You think peeling spuds with a lawn mower and wing walking chicken dippers are a good thing after drinking this. The risk of bringing in two new brewers full of unusual ideas about how beer was supposed to taste was paying off.