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Introducing The first Historical IPA mixedpack

Read a short summary of how IPA was discovered and rose to become a world-dominating style during the 1800s before nearly disappearing after World War 1. You can buy a mixed pack featuring four different historical beers re-created from this period.

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The Historical ipa mixedpack no.1

Read a deep-dive into the story of how IPA was discovered and rose to become a world-dominating style during the 1800s before nearly disappearing after World War 1. You can buy a mixed pack featuring four different historical beers re-created from this period.

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250 Years of IPA

The India Pale Ale (IPA) is the modern world in a glass. Its history began just before the Napoleonic Wars as an attempt to make regular pale ale more shelf stable, grew with the British Empire, nearly disappeared after two World Wars, and then surged back to life at the turn of the new millennium.

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The Story of Hops

This is the story of beer as we know it today, told from the perspective of its sexiest ingredient. Follow the story of hops from medieval kitchens and monasteries through the rise, and clash, of empires, and finally to the modern craft beer industry that helped resurrect good beer after it nearly disappeared during the 20th century.

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What is Terroir? A Definition and Three Things to Get You Started

Terroir means the unique flavours and aromas that result from the climate, soil and landscape where a plant is grown. It comes from the French word “terre” (land) and roughly means “of the land.” Beers made with 100% of their hops from a single farm are different from nearly all other beers on the market, which are made using hop blends from big commercial producers.

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