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Derek · Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 2926 Location: Kelowna, BC

Seems to be gaining in popularity.... even from coast to coast in Canada!

http://www.canadianbeernews.com/2012/04/30/vancouver-island-brewery-launching-brewers-batch-series-with-flying-tanker-white-ipa/

http://www.canadianbeernews.com/2012/05/04/rockbottombrewnosers-ultimate-white-ipa-to-be-tapped-today/

Interesting little write-up:
http://theyakandyeti.blogspot.ca/2012/01/whats-next-purple-ipa.html

Was the first commercial one actually Deschutes & Boulevard?
http://draftmag.com/beereditor/meet-the-white-ipa/

Is this a subclass of the Belgian IPA or Wit bier? Can it include the hopped-up American Wheats like FFF Gumballhead or Great Lakes Miami Weisse?

Deschutes should have called it a Cascadian Wit.

saints_gambit · Joined: 31 May 2010 Posts: 376 Location: Toronto, Ontario

I had the Green Flash linchpin on the trip. I think this is probably less a style than a divergent sort of culdesac, but as culdesacs go, it's a good 'un.
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Derek · Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 2926 Location: Kelowna, BC

It is a strange divergent... from multiple sources.

Personally, "White IPA" makes me think of an American IPA that's brewed with wheat or an American Wheat that's hopped like an IPA.

Throw in the spices and Belgian yeast, and I'd be more inclined to call it an Imperial Wit.

The Black IPA is still controversial... it'll be interesting to see how this plays out!

TheSevenDuffs · Joined: 17 Sep 2010 Posts: 1842 Location: Mississauga

I've only had a couple of White IPAs, one of which was the Deschutes/Boulevard Conflux #2. It was spectacular. I see that Anchorage Brewing has one out right now. I would love to try theirs.

Derek · Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 2926 Location: Kelowna, BC

Viva LA Cascadia!!!
http://www.beerwrangler.com/cascadian-wheat-ale-a-beer-is-born/

markaberrant · Joined: 16 Nov 2007 Posts: 1518 Location: Regina, SK

Tapsucker · Joined: 28 Apr 2006 Posts: 1278 Location: Toronto

markaberrant · Joined: 16 Nov 2007 Posts: 1518 Location: Regina, SK

markaberrant · Joined: 16 Nov 2007 Posts: 1518 Location: Regina, SK

Nothing personal against you guys, I'm not trying to be a troll, and I do see value in classifying beer to an extent, but I am really tired of all the hand wringing over how to categorize these crazy new space age beers.

Tapsucker · Joined: 28 Apr 2006 Posts: 1278 Location: Toronto

G.M. Gillman · Joined: 19 Feb 2009 Posts: 1050

White IPA is as far as I know a wit style using a lot of West Coast hops. That German weizen that used a lot of U.S. hops, that Schneider beer, is an example although not a Belgian white, but it's in the ballpark. Excellent style with a lot of potential.

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Derek · Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 2926 Location: Kelowna, BC

rejtable · Joined: 12 Nov 2010 Posts: 312

I don''t know much about categories or space aged beers, but I had the White IPA at the Rockbottom last weekend and it just wasn't good beer.

BrausBackinTown · Joined: 15 Nov 2011 Posts: 73 Location: Toronto

I dunno - some of these beers cost a lot of money, and I personally like to know if the beer I'm buying will be something I like or not, and the type and amount of hops used, the malts and the yeasts make all the difference in the world. I don't like wheat beers with banana or cloves. I do like them dry. I ESPECIALLY like them with west coast hops. And it's nice to know, when I'm picking something up if it's a bananas and cloves or a west coast hop bomb. In fact, I wouldn't mind if some brewers put MORE info in their beer names. I'm not crazy about English IPAs, and I don't know how many times I've bought a IPA expecting West Coast hops and instead tastes grass and nuts.

There's a beer for every occasion, and to be able to properly match the beer to the occasion, I need as much information about the beer as possible before I buy it.

markaberrant · Joined: 16 Nov 2007 Posts: 1518 Location: Regina, SK