Top of the Hops: Paste IPA Challenge Winner Revealed

By Josh Jackson at 3:53 PM on April 5, 2013

Sixty-four IPAs began Paste's Top of the Hops IPA Challenge, but there can only be one winner. After blind-tasting 60 pairs of American India Pale Ales through four rounds, four beers still had a shot at the Championship.  read more

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Paste's IPA Challenge Final Four Spotlight: Odell IPA

By Josh Jackson at 3:21 PM on April 4, 2013

Today, we profile the last beer to reach the Final Four in the Paste IPA Challenge.   read more

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Paste's IPA Challenge Final Four Spotlight: Bell's Two Hearted Ale

By Josh Jackson at 3:08 PM on April 3, 2013

We talked to Laura Bell of @BellsBrewery about the history of Two Hearted Ale.  read more

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Paste's IPA Challenge Final Four Spotlight: Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA

By Josh Jackson at 12:13 PM on April 2, 2013

We talked with Firestone Walker brewmaster Matt Brynildson about making the Union Jack, a beer first released in 2008.  read more

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Paste's IPA Challenge Final Four Spotlight: Cigar City Jai Alai

By Josh Jackson at 3:44 PM on April 1, 2013

This week, we'll be revealing the Final Four in Paste's Top of the Hops IPA Challenge. First up, from the Southeast bracket, is Cigar City Brewing's Jai Alai.  read more

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Top of the Hops: Paste's IPA Challenge - Round 2 South

By Josh Jackson at 2:23 PM on March 28, 2013

Today’s battles determined the final eight spots in the Sweet Sixteen. There’s been a surprising amount of variety in the winners—no single approach seems to be working better than others, but execution is everything. From simple, single-note hops to more complex and unusual flavor combinations—when done well there’s nothing like an IPA. Even at this stage, the Southeast was still the weakest of the four brackets, but you won’t hear us complaining about having to drink these beers. And at least one of them looks to have a shot at going all the way to the finals. The Southwest, on...  read more

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Top of the Hops: Paste's IPA Challenge - Round 1 Northeast

By Josh Jackson at 12:36 PM on March 21, 2013

If there's one thing our first eight head-to-head matchups taught us about our IPA Challenge, it's that tasting 16 IPAs in a day amounts to a lot of beer.  read more

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Surly Brewing's Overrated IPA Label Rejected for Unicorn, Rainbow Images

By Mark Rozeman at 6:00 PM on February 6, 2013

According to The Full Pint, Minneapolis-based Surly Brewing Company was recently denied permission by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) to use the proposed label design for its new West Coast-style IPA, Overrated....  read more

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