plural IPAs
: a pale ale made with extra hops : india pale ale
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Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Not every day calls for a 14 percent triple IPA.
—Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Harland’s three core beers-the Japanese Lager, West Coast IPA and Hazy IPA-pair with specialties like their rotating New Zealand hopped IPA series, Sour Series and a yearly release of Ube Milkshake IPA.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
Russian River Brewing took home a silver medal for its experimental RnD West Coast Pils #7 (in the new category of Vera hop beer) as did Half Moon Bay’s Hop Dogma Brewing for Muka Laka Hiki, a New Zealand IPA.
—Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
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Noun
At the new Bay View taproom, the brewery will serve small runs as well as Solemn Oath Brewery staples, such as its popular Lü Kölsch, Snaggletooth Bandana IPA, Small Wave City Club hazy IPA and Kidnapped by Vikings IPA.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Not every day calls for a 14 percent triple IPA.
—Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Harland’s three core beers-the Japanese Lager, West Coast IPA and Hazy IPA-pair with specialties like their rotating New Zealand hopped IPA series, Sour Series and a yearly release of Ube Milkshake IPA.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
Russian River Brewing took home a silver medal for its experimental RnD West Coast Pils #7 (in the new category of Vera hop beer) as did Half Moon Bay’s Hop Dogma Brewing for Muka Laka Hiki, a New Zealand IPA.
—Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
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“IPA.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/IPA. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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