Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

Why it matters

Its continual-hopping method — adding hops steadily across the whole boil rather than at discrete points — is one of the few genuinely novel process contributions of the American craft era.

Details

Reference beers

• Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA6% ABV

  An American IPA hopped continually across the whole boil rather than at discrete additions.

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Styles it is associated with

• American IPA — The defining modern craft beer: intense citrus, tropical and resinous hop aroma over a lean malt base, finishing firmly bitter.

Traditions

• American craft brewing — The post-1980 American movement built on intense hop character, reinterpretation of European styles, and rapid categorical change.