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Ever wondered why your favorite hoppy brew is called an “India Pale Ale”? In this episode, we dig into the boozy backstory of the IPA. It started as a practical solution for shipping beer across oceans, became a staple of British colonial history (for better or worse), and eventually morphed into the hop bomb we know and love today. From Burton-on-Trent to your local taproom, it’s a wild ride full of yeast, empire, and a whole lotta hops.
Sources:
- Cornell, Martyn. IPA: the executive summary – Zythophile (2010) — https://zythophile.co.uk/2010/02/04/ipa-the-executive-summary/
- Martyn Cornell, Brewery History journal No.111 (2003) – Hodgson’s Brewery, Bow and the Birth of IPA — https://breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/111/IPA.pdf
- Cornell, Martyn. The Complete Truth About the Origins of IPA – BeerConnoisseur (2015) — https://beerconnoisseur.com/articles/complete-truth-about-origins-ipa
- Oxford Companion to Beer (via Craft Beer & Brewing) – “India Pale Ale” entry — https://beerandbrewing.com/dictionary/YrWv2TqNjS/
- Good Beer Hunting – Interrogating IPA’s Colonial Identity (A. Sailopal, 2021) — https://www.goodbeerhunting.com/blog/2021/6/14/interrogating-ipas-colonial-identity
- CraftBeer.com – Hipsters and Hopheads and Beer Snobs, Oh My! (J. Abernathy, 2015) — https://www.craftbeer.com/craft-beer-muses/hipsters-hopheads-beer-snobs-oh
- Business Insider – Why IPAs are so popular (2015) — https://www.businessinsider.com/why-ipas-are-so-popular-2015-7