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
Dogfish head, a craft brewery in Delaware, US, announced a collaboration ale—Dragons & YumYums—with US indie rock darlings The Flaming Lips, slated for release in Spring 2018. In India, an example of indie music’s association with craft beer is musician-singer Raghu Dixit, along with Gaurav Vaz, guitarist for The Raghu Dixit Project, investing in Geist, started in Bengaluru by Narayan Manepally, Paul Chowdhury and Mohan Alapatt in 2008.
