Why is Brewdog IPA such a good beer?

[Globalti]

What are the characteristics that make it such a good beer? I'd love to home-brew something in the same style - well hopped, light, refreshing and about the right ABV for a couple of pints.

Is it more of a lager than a bitter?

 

[Bazzer]

It certainly is a very pleasant drink. The brewers do seems to have found the right balance with it.
Mrs B likes the fruitiness of Brewdog's Elvis Juice.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Which IPA - Punk?

 

[vickster]

Punk is pretty strong.

I like the Meantime PA and especially the Yakima Red (but it's very hard to get...Bill's do sell it though )

 

[AndyRM]

It's not like a lager, or a bitter, it's an IPA.

ETA: You can get a kit to make your own. No idea how good/close it would turn out.

 

[Globalti]

Yes sorry the Punk IPA.

Is it classed as IPA by virtue of the highish ABV?

 

[further]

IPA was specially brewed so it would keep all the way to India.

 

[vickster]

Yes sorry the Punk IPA.

Is it classed as IPA by virtue of the highish ABV?

https://www.thedailymeal.com/what-s-difference-between-pale-ale-and-ipa

 

[AndyRM]

Yes sorry the Punk IPA.

Is it classed as IPA by virtue of the highish ABV?

Not really, some are quite low - Punk is only 5.6% for example - it's to do with the hops.

 

[Gunk]

Just enjoying one now.

 

[AndyRM]

For those who don't drink, their alcohol free (well, 0.5%) version "Nanny State" is really good. I don't know how they've managed that, because most low/alcohol free beers I've had are a tasteless joke.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

I'm in a minority clearly but I think it tastes really foul, all hops and nothing else, although that's very much the fashion right now isn't it. There's loads of beers that parrot this new American/ West Coast IPA style, all tasting of grapefruit peel and flowers, or something.
I'm also not keen on Brewdog's "tiny independent, just a couple of lads, sticking it to the man and the big brewers" schtick... it might have been true once but they're a very, very big, corporate brewery these days.

But to each his own, I'm glad if you like it!

 

[AndyRM]

Ah, I'd forgotten they did this @Globalti - https://brewdogmedia.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/docs/2019+DIY+DOG+-+V8.pdf

 

[AndyRM]

I'm also not keen on Brewdog's "tiny independent, just a couple of lads, sticking it to the man and the big brewers" schtick... it might have been true once but they're a very, very big, corporate brewery these days.

But to each his own, I'm glad if you like it!

Brewdog may be much bigger, but I think they've stayed pretty close to their punk roots. Majority owned by the guys who set it up, 25% publicly owned and only one private equity investor.

They've had a couple of sketchy incidents with smaller breweries, which haven't been cool though.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

On the theme of IPA, this is a cracking read

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