Washington Beer Blog
Cold IPA – a bigger, deeper definition of this “newish style IPA”
By washingtonbeerblog
on February 23, 2021 at 2:42 PM
Not long ago,
I posted a story about a new collaboration beer from Ecliptic Brewing and Wayfinder Beer, two damned fine breweries in Portland, Oregon. As to what style of it beer they created, it was dubbed a “Cold IPA,” which I described as a newish style IPA. I did not offer a very robust description or definition of the style and the process behind Cold IPA. (Above: The world’s first Cold IPA – Relapse Cold IPA, Wayfinder Beer.)
Truth be told, it did not occur to me that I needed to provide a lot of detail. If an award-winning, highly respected brewer like Kevin Davey (Brewmaster at Wayfinder Beer) said it was a “newish style,” and that it was different than other styles, I assumed people would take him at his word. Furthermore, for this particular collab beer, Kevin worked with John Harris, the brewmaster at Ecliptic Brewing. He is nothing short of a legend in the brewing world. Look it up.