Re:So You Think You Want to Open a Brewery (2014)
by OJFord on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @03:28PM
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Well, I concede that it may be even more exaggerated in other American styles, but certainly American IPAs are very much more carbonated than IPAs in Britain that aren't imitating that style.
'Imperial IPA' in Britain denotes a more traditional style - of course it's not regulated, but the one thing you can be certain of is that it won't be in the 'American IPA' style (you can get British made IPAs sold as 'American IPA', i.e. it is meant as a classifier of style, not orgin).
Traditional IPAs are low in carbonation even among British ales, highly hopped (boiled and dry), and 6-9%.
In short, the way you're saying it's used in America doesn't sound wrong to me!
(I believe dry hopping actually originated with the IPA, and its long voyage from London docks to India.)
'Imperial IPA' in Britain denotes a more traditional style - of course it's not regulated, but the one thing you can be certain of is that it won't be in the 'American IPA' style (you can get British made IPAs sold as 'American IPA', i.e. it is meant as a classifier of style, not orgin).
Traditional IPAs are low in carbonation even among British ales, highly hopped (boiled and dry), and 6-9%.
In short, the way you're saying it's used in America doesn't sound wrong to me!
(I believe dry hopping actually originated with the IPA, and its long voyage from London docks to India.)