At the the Italia Beer Festival recently held in Rome, I hosted with Giaguarino (born Luca Sabatella) a workshop on IPA. Nothing new under the sun you may think, since the issue has been examined on several occasions.Our approach however has been somewhat challenging because we wanted to offer an overview of the style – from classic interpretations to modern developments – opposing the current Roman “fashion of AiPiEi”, that is somewhat anomalous and aberrant.
Apr
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'10Talking about IPA during the Italian Beer Festival in Rome
Jan
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'10New international beers
As happens from time to time we take a look at the new beers that will soon invade (or have recently invaded) the international market. Let’s start with one of the latest news, which comes directly from the blog Thirsty Pilgrim. It seems that the Belgian Dupont will introduce, in the next April, a special dry-hopped version of its renowned Saison. In broad outline dry-hopping technique is to add fresh hops directly during fermentation. Will be produced once a year and the availability will be quite limited: they will produce only about 250 kegs and 300 to 500 magnum size bottles. Sounds like an interesting variation on the theme for all those who love this beer. But it will takes a lot of luck to have the chance to sample it.
