Beavertown Brewery

Why it matters

Neck Oil is one of the few British beers to make a genuinely low-strength IPA work at national scale, which is harder than it looks: below 5% there is very little malt body to carry the hop load.

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Reference beers

• Beavertown Gamma Ray5.4% ABV

  The British-brewed American pale ale that reached supermarket and pub distribution first, and the entry point many British drinkers used into the style.

• Beavertown Neck Oil4.3% ABV

  A session IPA that solved the hardest problem in the category — keeping hop character at a strength you can drink several of.

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Styles it is associated with

• Session IPA — IPA hop intensity at a strength you can drink several of — lean, dry and aromatic, with the malt kept minimal.
• American pale ale — The beer that defined American craft brewing: clean pale malt under bright citrus and pine hop character, balanced rather than extreme.