The siren call of the IPA is luring even the most Belgian-y of breweries with Monkish getting a huge response to their one-off cans of hoppy goodness and now Brewery Ommegang is following up their Nirvana IPA with a new Double IPA, the Great Beyond.
From the brewery’s statistics division, “Nirvana debuted almost exactly one-year ago throughout the brewery’s northeast backyard of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. In only 12 months, as reported by IRI in NY Food data, Nirvana is already the #3 selling NY-IPA. Overall, it is the #13 selling IPA 6-pack despite having weighted distribution well below 50%.” Basically, it is flying off shelves in New York.
Great Beyond weighs in at a hefty 8.8% ABV with 83 IBUs. It is “brewed with pilsner and Munich 20 malts, along with additions of flaked oats, and dextrose, Great Beyond has a beautifully smooth mouthfeel. Hopping is done throughout the brewing process with a blend of Columbus, Cascade, Centennial, Mosaic, Calypso, and Mandarina Bavaria hops, and the beer is fermented with American ale yeast.”
