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A new style of IPA. Wayfinder and Ecliptic introduce Cold IPA By washingtonbeerblog on February 11, 2021 at 4:24 PM
The IPA lexicon just got bigger. West Coast IPA, Hazy IPA, Northeast IPA, Brut IPA, and whatever-else IPA. You can now add
Cold IPA to the mix. The whole point of Cold IPA is to provide a crisper version of IPA.
Wayfinder Beer collaborated with Great Notion Brewing last year to create a Cold IPA. That’s the first time I’d ever heard of such a thing. Now, Wayfinder Beer has collaborated with
Ecliptic Brewing to create another Cold IPA. As far as I can tell, a precious few other breweries have offered beers of this style, though I think Kevin Davey (brewmaster at Wayfinder) might deserve credit for the advent of the style. Hard to say. Not a lot of info out there. Not sure anyone ever really gets credit for inventing a new beer style anyway. A lot of independent invention happens out there in the beer world.
Ecliptic Brewing and Wayfinder Beer Collaborate on Cosmic Collaboration Cold IPA
Cosmic Collaboration Series and is set to release its first beer in this fun series next week. For the first beer in this series for 2021, Ecliptic partners with
Cosmic Collaboration Cold IPA.
John Harris, Ecliptic’s Owner and Brewmaster teamed up with Wayfinder’s Brewmaster, Kevin Davey, to create Ecliptic’s take on this beer style. Dubbed a
Cold IPA, this style is eerily similar to that of an India Pale Lager, but a bit more amped up.
Cold IPA is brewed with Pilsner malt and lager yeast and features Pacific Sunrise and Talus hops that sits at an impressive 8% ABV.
PORTLAND, Ore. Ecliptic Brewing is pairing up with Wayfinder Beer to brew a Cold IPA. Shipping February 17th in 16-ounce cans and draft, this will be Ecliptic’s first Cosmic Collaboration with Wayfinder and the first of 2021.
“Cold IPA” is a newer term, and the style aims to feature a crisper IPA. John Harris, Ecliptic’s Owner and Brewmaster teamed up with Wayfinder’s Brewmaster, Kevin Davey, to create Ecliptic’s take on the style. The beer is brewed with Pilsner malt and lager yeast and features Pacific Sunrise and Talus hops. Says Davey, “Cold IPA is our attempt at making a ‘Wester than West Coast’ IPA’, but it’s not a lager… it’s more of a crossover style”. Adjuncts help lighten the body and increase drinkability. In Davey’s words, the result is a “very clean, dry and extremely hop forward” beer.