New England IPA is a style of American IPA that has turned the beer world on its head. It contains a rather intense, tropical fruit forward hop aroma and flavor.
It is heavily dry hopped so much that it contributes to the beer’s hazy appearance.
A New England IPA has full body, smooth flavor and a less perceived bitterness that a typical IPA offers.
The West Coast IPA
For many years the palate of the American IPA drinker accepted bitterness as an accepted flavor quality to a good beer. Afterall, the counterbalance between the sweet maltiness required a bitterness to round out the overall flavors of a beer.
This essentially was the 1980s and 1990s in America when it came to IPAs. These IPAs were mostly brewed on the west coast in America. Breweries on the east coast were also pickin