(Escondido, CA) – Hopburst-ing: A technique wherein an irrational amount of hops are added during the final phase of brewing to coax out intense flavors and aromas without imparting harsh bitterness.

Stone Brewing Company is set to release Go To IPA in six-packs and draft beginning on March 3rd as a new year-round national release. The debut follows several low-ABV IPA examples from Stone’s peers including but not limited to: Lagunitas Daytime, Founders All Day and Boulevard Pop-Up. More on this beer below…

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ABV: 4.5%

Since Day One, we’ve been abundantly forthright and fully transparent about our lust for hops. It’s led us to craft many an IPA, most of them imperial—some intense for their time and all timeless in their intensity.

For Stone Go To IPA, we are embracing our hop obsession in a new way, funneling an abundance of lupulin-borne bitterness into a “session” IPA delivering all the fruity, piney character of a much bigger IPA at a more modest ABV level. To accomplish this, we employed “hop bursting.” The result is an Alpha-acid-rich beer that fans can enjoy more of without
settling for less of the assertive hop character you, like us, crave. So, sit back and go two with your new everyday go-to IPA and bask along with us in the glory of the almighty hop.

Pairing Notes:

Appetizers: Chips & salsa, Cajun shrimp, oysters on the half shell, ceviche, buffalo-fried cauliflower
Soups & Salads: Cheddar cheese soup, Thai salad w/peanut dressing, tortilla soup, miso soup, cucumber & mint salad
Entreés: Jerk chicken, grilled salmon, stuffed poblano peppers, vegetable masala
Cheeses: Cabot Clothbound Cheddar, Cowgirl Wagon Wheel, Parmigiano Reggiano, extra sharp Vermont Cheddar
Desserts: Carrot cake, spice cake, persimmon tart, apple fritters
Cigars: La Flor Dominicano Double Claro No. 42, Illusione hl Holy Lance Candela, Arturo Fuente 8-5-8 Flor Fina Claro

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Hat tip to The Ale Runner for reporting first.