On one hand, the beer social network Untappd doesn’t list it as a style-brewers like Zimmerman have to file their cold IPAs under IPL and pop a (cold IPA) parenthetical on their listings. (Earlier this week, when I asked Arbeiter Brewing’s Aaron Herman about the controversy around cold IPA, he replied, “Loaded question!”) To others, it’s just another name for an IPL or India Pale Lager, a hoppy lager style that’s been around for years. Some people didn’t like the name or the classification. It’s a cold IPA.Ĭreated in the Pacific Northwest back in 2018, this new IPA style started appearing in a handful of beer blogs earlier this year, where commenters promptly responded with everything from bemusement to confusion to outright derision. “And we’re gonna dry hop the shit out of it,” Ankrum concludes.Īdd it all up, and they’ll get a clear, hoppy, easy-drinking IPA that’s crisp and clean-finishing like a lager. The plan with this one is to use Arctic Blend hops from Minnesota’s own Mighty Axe, along with Chinook and Centennial hops. “It’s the antithesis of the hazy IPA, and you get to use new, fun hops with it instead of trying to be all traditional,” Ankrum says, looking on as Zimerman gently stirs the warm pilsner mash. Today, they’re collaborating on a cold IPA.Ī cold IPA-that’s any IPA you pull out of the fridge, right? It’s also a whole new brewing style that’s been popping up around the Twin Cities over the last six months. It’s early on a Tuesday morning, the mid-autumn air is crisp as a Czech pilsner, and it’s brew day for head brewers Lee Ankrum and Bradley Zimmerman (of Dangerous Man Brewing Company and Dual Citizen Brewing Company, respectively). Something very cool-cold, even-is brewing in northeast Minneapolis.
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