![]() With every mainstream craft brewer now brewing session IPAs all year round, let’s take a look at some of these fantastic beers. You can take them on a trail with you, enjoy them after a long bike ride or run, and even pack for those long football parties, with the lower calories, carbs, and alcohol ideal for more active lifestyles. If you like your hop-forward beers, Session IPAs are now available all year round. ![]() Think of Session IPAs as the Goldilocks of the IPA world, not too hoppy, not too bitter, and not too high in alcohol, instead, they are just right.Īs a style they are not officially recognized by the esteem BJCP Beer Style Guidelines of 2021, instead, they are categorized under the style of ” 21B – Speciality IPA” which deems that any specialty IPA which is to be described as session should have an ABV between 3% and 5%.Īs the Specialty IPAs category includes IPAs as diverse as a Black IPA, Belgian IPA, Red IPA, White IPA, Rye IPA, and Brut IPA there are very few other style guidelines to follow.īasically, the main difference between a session IPA and a regular IPA will be the lower ABV.Īlthough they will still generally be a more hoppy beer than an American Pale Ale (which also has session variants) and have those same big floral and citrussy, sometimes piney, aromas, they will normally be less dominant than in a regular IPA. A session IPA tends to be a bit softer around the edges. With an average ABV of 8%, most IPA can blow your palate out after just one beer. ![]() Hardly easy-drinking stuff – drinking 2 or 3 in a single session can be a challenge for both your tastebuds and your sobriety. A San Diego classic, it has an ABV of 7.3% and a bitterness rating of 73 IBUs. The current number 1 IPA in the world according to the esteemed beer review site,, is AleSmith IPA. It meets all the requirements, is lower in ABV (therefore fewer calories), and is very easy to drink.īut we craft beer drinkers like our bolder flavors/aromas and if ever a beer needed a toned-down, sessionable version it’s the darling of the craft beer scene, the IPA. Many would argue an adjunct lager like Bud Light is the best session beer. The word sessionable is often used as an adjective to replace “easy to drink” in many beer descriptions. Session is about the drinkability of a beer. While debating with a few of my beer-loving buddies, we decided that session is about more than just a lower ABV. It can be applied to any style of beer, not just an IPA, but the session IPA is, without doubt, the most popular of the session beers here in the US. The word session has generally been used in the beer industry to describe any beer that is lower in alcohol content. What Is a Session Beer? Image by Wolfgang Eckert on Let’s take a look at what makes a beer a session IPA, and we’ll rank some of the best Session IPAs you can find in a store near you below. Many of the larger and more mainstream breweries that are well known for their American IPAs, West Coast or Hazy New England are now brewing Session IPAs. The last few years have seen a surge of craft breweries releasing more session beers, in particular the session IPA. A beer that is easier to drink, lower in alcohol, maybe even lower in calories but still has that same flavor as an IPA, just a little less of it. However, sometimes you just want a beer you can drink for a single session without feeling like you have had a big night out. Don’t get me wrong I love a great IPA, sometimes even a Double or Imperial IPA.Īmerican IPAs offer those bold, beautiful floral, and citrussy aromas and taste with that big hop profile.Īnd it seems I’m not alone, recent data from the trade magazine “Beverage Industry” states that the IPA continues to dominate the craft beer market with a 46% share of the overall craft beer sales.
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