Metal IPA
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Latest revision as of 15:07, 26 May 2023
The flagship beer from D’Equí brewery is a DDH IPA in the style of Torpedo Extra IPA from Sierra Nevada.xFor an interesting explanation of the difficulties of the DDH term, check out this excellent VinePair article. True to style, and admirably holding up the DDH flag, Metal IPA is an aromatic hop concoction. There is a good reason that this is the most popular beer in the D’Equí line-up.
Across the US, breweries have been all releasing dry hopped or DDH beers, and interpretations vary widely. From Anchor brewery’s Dry Hopped Steam beer to Brasserie Dupont’s Saison Cuvée Dry Hopping, the style is a wild-fire success. And for those of us who are confirmed hop heads, nothing could be better than the world deciding to find new an innovative ways to jam more hops into our beers.
Metal IPA stands tall among these DDH offerings. Resin, Pine, and funky aromas give way to tropical citrus and grapefruit flavors, and the thirst-quenching bitterness is never overwhelming.
Style Guidelines
- Color: Gold (07 SRM)
- Standard: Pale to copper (4-12(8-24 EBC) SRM)
- Clarity: Hop haze and some chill haze
- Standard: Chill haze is acceptable at low temperatures. Hop haze is allowable at any temperature.
- Perceived Malt Aroma & Flavor: Medium-low malt flavors
- Standard: Medium-low to medium intensity malt attributes are present in aroma and flavor
- Perceived Hop Aroma & Flavor: High hop aromas, and flavors. Mostly piney and a little resinous
- Standard: High to very high, exhibiting a wide range of attributes including floral, piney, citrus, fruity (berry, tropical, stone fruit and other), sulfur, diesel-like, onion-garlic, catty, resinous, and many others.
- Perceived Bitterness: Medium-high (45 IBUs)
- Standard: Medium-high to very high (50-70 IBUs)
- Fermentation Characteristics: No diacetyl, no DMS. Fruit for days
- Standard: Fruity esters are low to high. Diacetyl and DMS should not be present.
- Body: Medium
- Standard: Medium-low to medium
Tasting Notes
Hoppy flavors not as intense as the aroma would lead you to believe. Tropical and herbal hop flavors underneath the pine/resin forefront.
