I.P.A. Chronicle 3: ABC

The I.P.A. Chronicle is our exploration of hop-forward beer. Whenever we can fit it, we brew a new batch of progressively hoppy beer. The first batch was a Black Rye IPA. Our second volume was called Southwest Pacific, brewed using New Zealand-grown hops.

I.P.A. Chronicle 3 was the result of a homebrew competition that was held in conjunction with our annual I.P.A. Festival in June. The Best of Show winner would brew their beer with us as our Great American Beer Fest PRO-AM entry, as well as be released as the next I.P.A. in our series. The winning homebrewer was Bob Bridges, member of the PUB Guild.

I.P.A. Chronicle 3: ABC is named for the 6 varietals of American hops used in the recipe: Apollo, Amarillo, Bravo, Columbus, Citra, Chinook. The combination of hops results in a citrusy, piney, grassy spectrum like a rollercoaster in Hop Valley.

Bob's recipe introduced a new malt to Dunedin Brewery, melanoidan, which is what gives I.P.A. Chronicle 3: ABC it's ruby red hue as well as sugar-cookie malt body. We have already added melanoidan malt to this year's Oktoberfest Lager & have plans to use it in this year's pumpkin beer, the Big Bam Boo.

I.P.A. Chronicle was released in August 2011.

I.P.A. Chronicle 3: ABC has been explored in the following variations:
• Standard Draft
• Cask-Conditioned
• Cask-Conditioned, Summit Dry-Hopped
• Cherry Sauvin ABC IPA
• ABC IPA Simcoe Dry-Hopped