Notch American Session Beer releases first IPA but won’t call it a “session IPA”
I’m not big on the term “Session IPA”, and maybe that is surprising, but I’ve fought against the idea that a session beer is a watered down version of an existing style. (Is an IPA a watered down DIPA? Is a Bock a watered down Double Bock?) All of my beers (unless non-style specific) have been styles in their own right, brewed for centuries, and not some compromise of ABV and flavor. Session IPA sounds like a compromise to me. Session IPA is also the easiest and most obvious entry into session beer for most brewers, as there is not a lot of risk taking with that direction. Additionally, most of the “Session IPAs” I’ve seen fall into the “normal” ABV category.
Right on the money.
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Beers: Notch Left of the Dial IPA
had Founders All Day IPA?
No, but want to.
At 4.7% ABV, I’d say that’s on the fringe of what may be acceptably called a session beer. Anything 4.9 & under can get away with it in the USA without too many complaints.