True Brews: The art of craft beers

The beer renaissance in the US since the mid-'80s is a phenomenal crowd (enthusiasm) funding project. It has caused brewmasters to dredge up - among other varieties - a memory of India Pale Ale (IPA) and reintroduce it to bitter-loving beerheads. The IPA was born of desperate British attempts to produce a beer that could withstand the vagaries of time and a sea journey from London to its colony in India. Craft beers are having their moment in the sun, with many microbreweries in Indian cities vying to school your tastebuds with complex flavours and finish
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
Published: Mar 27, 2018
True Brews: The art of craft beers

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  • True Brews: The art of craft beers
  • True Brews: The art of craft beers
  • True Brews: The art of craft beers
  • True Brews: The art of craft beers
  • True Brews: The art of craft beers
  • True Brews: The art of craft beers
  • True Brews: The art of craft beers
  • True Brews: The art of craft beers
  • True Brews: The art of craft beers
  • True Brews: The art of craft beers
  • True Brews: The art of craft beers
  • True Brews: The art of craft beers
  • True Brews: The art of craft beers
  • True Brews: The art of craft beers
  • True Brews: The art of craft beers
  • True Brews: The art of craft beers
  • True Brews: The art of craft beers
When the British were expanding their power over the Indian subcontinent, George Hodgson, a London brewer in the 1700s, used his connections to dominate beer export market to India. To preserve the beer for longer periods in hot conditions, he brewed it with extra hops and with higher alcohol levels. It made other brewers in England brew a pale ale that displaced the London brews and came to be called Indian Pale Ale (IPA). In the Indian subcontinent, IPA is not common, and the launch of Little Devils in 2009 in Delhi by TVB Craft Breweries was a sort of homecoming. In 2017, two more IPAs were launched: One from Gwalior-based White Rhino Brewing Co, and the second being Bira 91s.