in Northern California, Cilurzo debuts what would become an instant IPA legend: Pliny the Elder, also a double.Ģ002: Stone Brewing Co.’s Ruination West Coast DIPA sets into motion the “IBU Wars,” a period of breweries angling to produce the boldest, bitterest IPA.Ģ004: The New England IPA is born with the release of The Alchemist’s Heady Topper.

It’s not the last time Cilurzo would make IPA history.Ģ000: After founding Russian River Brewing Co. ġ994: At Blind Pig Brewing in Southern California, Vinnie Cilurzo brews the Inaugural Ale, the first double IPA (DIPA). founding brewer Teri Fahrendorf brews up a turning point, making an English IPA with only American ingredients-an American IPA. brewers to make the English IPA.ġ975: Fritz Maytag, a Ballantine fan who’d purchased Anchor Brewing Co., debuts Liberty Ale, a dry-hopped pale ale, and sparks a wave of American brewers pursuing those hoppy flavors.ġ989: The IPA gets an official nod of acceptance in American brewing with the introduction of an IPA category at the Great American Beer Festival’s prestigious competition.ġ991: In Oregon, Steelhead Brewing Co. in Newark, New Jersey, is one of the first U.S. 1760s: Brewers start adding extra hops to all their beers headed to countries with warmer climates, like English porters and pale ales bound for India.ġ835: The first specific mention of “Pale Ale prepared for India” written as “East India Pale Ale” first appears in an English newspaper.ġ878: Against a backdrop of lager-dominated American brewing, Peter Ballantine & Sons Brewing Co.

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