A recent pour of Pliny the Elder (see this week’s CHOW story) reminded me just how impressive a well-made, big IPA can taste. A good India Pale Ale should be crisp, cold and hop-forward. A double IPA, sometimes called an Imperial IPA (a term borrowed from Russian Imperial stouts), is simply a bolder version of […]
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Double Down
Imperial IPAs are big, boozy and appearing with increasing frequency