If you need a beer to celebrate the return of Lando Calrissian to the post-quels of Star Wars, well you couldn’t find a better named hazy IPA then this release from Inglewood’s Three Weavers.
Brewed in Bespin?
Don’t Forget to CC
Angel City has done a recipe refresh on their Do Not Reply All, taking it out of the Double Dry Hopped realm and over into the hazy category.
The new Do Not Reply All is brewed with Ekuanot, El Dorado and Simcoe hops, leading to “tropical fruit and pineapple notes, a creamy mouthfeel and dry finish”.
If a Tree Falls
Ogopogo is not resting on their anniversary laurels, they have dug into more mythology to come up with, ‘Häkuturi’ is a Double Dry Hopped Hazy Double IPA using only New Zealand hops: Southern Cross, Waimea, and Wakatu. Get yourself a can to learn about the the trees.
Awww!
I am a bit worn down by the special hazy 16oz can releases as I am sure others are, so I found it especially astute of the marketing folk at Offshoot to release their next duet of IPA’s with this label…
Aside from the Z usage, this is a clever way to get above the noise and supply. The charcoal look and the hook of using cats and dogs is a good choice.
Kid Dangerous
Boomtown Brewery continues their Hazy series and this time it is dangerous as in LA Fashion company Kid Dangerous. If you like their fashion then the four-pack ($18), or tap versions should be just your type of risk.
Per the press release, the Hazy “will be full of delectable summer flavors like pineapples, ripe mango, and nectarines. Clocking in at a weighty 8.2%”.
Aquanut
The latest IPA craze is yeast based with Norway being the source. L.A. Ale Works is on v2 of their Aquanut that comes out today and this is what they say about it, “This yeast produces intense tropical and citrus fruit flavors, and mild acidity. We double dry-hopped this beer with Idaho 7 and rare Sabro hops. The beer pours bright and hazy and immediately throws off intense pineapple, coconut, grapefruit, and stone fruit aromatics. The body is full and there is a touch of citrus pith on the finish.”
You won’t miss the blue feather adorned can.
Hazy Prestidigitation
With spring well underway now, it is time for the seasonals to roll in and one of them is from Figueroa Mountain.
Perfect for evenings at the Magic Castle.
Not Cake (and more ERB news)
Not it is not a French version of the Hazy IPA…
…but it is an egalitarian message for the hazy loving masses that Eagle Rock Brewery will be releasing in early April. Marie Antoinette would approve.
She might even approve of the Mexican elderberries used in this outdoorsy collaboration with Alosta Brewing…
Lastly, the biggest news is that Ting Su and Eagle Rock Brewery is now part of the Female Founders Collective. This group aims to enable and empower female founded business. Hopefully this will lead to more breweries with females in all aspects of the process.
Paddles
Unless you are an avid online beer buyer and you loved driving to Orange County to pick up cans, then you may not have been trying many beers from The Bruery’s IPA arm, Offshoot Beer Co. The most known and available is their Relax Hazy IPA which I view favorably. Now there is another one that you might be able to find at your local L.A. bottle shop since it is a collaboration with Mason Ale Works from San Marcos and we seem to get a good supply of their 12oz cans.
But Will They All Stay Hazy?
I shouldn’t be surprised that plain old boring IPA has been dethroned by the “IT” beer of the moment. But the fact that 131 Hazy Pale Ales, 414 Hazy IPA’s and 161 Hazy Double IPA’s have been entered into Great American Beer Festival competition (706 total for those checking their calculators) is still mind blowing. The fact that American style IPA is way back at a mere 331 is crazy.
If I were judging (call me GABF!), I would run away from the three Hazy categories and head back to IPA which has been a gauntlet the last few years. The big question I have is, How long will the Hazy beers be sitting before judging and how will that length of time be factored into the judging. I mean, the category names have HAZY in them. My guess is that if I were coming from far away, I wouldn’t enter the category. It’s hard enough with the sheer volume of entries to break above the crowd but a super fresh option from Denver would have a definite home field advantage. As long as they have consistent haze of course.
Official competition statistics will be published after the GABF Awards Ceremony on Saturday, September 22.